The location itself is already a bonus, as the Big Lalaguna Beach has the most beautiful view of the beach and the sea, and away from the busy beaches of Sabang, another reason why our guests have called us the best resort they've been in all of Puerto Galera.
Big Lalaguna Beach, is a family oriented area that is also wholesome and Campbell's Beach Resort at the Eastern end of the beach has the most peaceful, serene, and tranquil ambience that you have been looking for in your ideal Puerto Galera resort.
Declared by patrons as the best swimming beach in the area and perfect for snorkeling, Campbell's Beach Resort area boasts of the most beautiful corals and tropical reef fish just a few metres off the beach, only a little walk from this famous Puerto Galera resort.
Most of our spectacular scuba diving sites are just a few minutes boat ride from the resort and we can cater for all your snorkeling and scuba diving needs from beginner to instructor levels at very competitive prices.
Listed by the Club of the Most Beautiful Bays in the World, Puerto Galera is recognized as one of the world's best diving areas with its over 300 species of corals which is the one of the largest concentrations of corals in the whole world, and a highly diverse marine life that can only be found here in the Center of the Center of Marine Biodiversity.
Add to that the variety of shipwrecks from the Spanish Galleon trade of the 15th century and the wreck of World War II patrol boat.
Puerto Galera is approximately 100 miles South of Manila and is situated on the northern peninsula of Mindoro Island. It is separated from Luzon by the Verde Island passage which waters are flushed by the current of the South China Sea.
In 2006, a team of international scientists and divers from the Global Marine Species Assessment of the World Conservation Union declared that the Philippines is the Center of Marine Biodiversity in the world and Verde Island Passages as the "Center of the Center of Marine Biodiversity".
A study by the University of the Philippines in the 1980s, found that the Batangas and Puerto Galera area has one of the highest diversity of marine species in the world. It forms the centre of the golden triangle - The Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia - renowned for their coral and fish species.
The Coral Triangle has 600 species of corals, 1,200 species of finfishes, 700 species of algae, 33 species of mangrove, five out of seven known species of sea turtles, and at least 24 species of crustaceans.
And diving in Puerto Galera, you'll see more than half of that highly diverse marine life in the Coral Triangle. And every divesite has a story of its own.
Puerto Galera has more varieties of fish than the whole Red Sea, and more varieties of soft and hard corals than the Great Barrier Reef.
Puerto Galera is also one of the main Technical Diving destinations in Asia
Current can be very strong up to 6 knots which makes some of the sites a spectacular ride alive with fish life.
So diving with a professional Divemaster or Instructor who knows the area and the currents is very important. Puerto Galera diving, Puerto Galera, Puerto Galera resorts
