Peter's Dive Resort

Highly recommended. Excellent service, delicious food, excellent dive staff. The duplex room was perfect for us - quiet, comfortable, clean, and 2 metres from the water’s edge. The whale shark experience was fabulous and very well run.

The resort and scuba diving is nice. The staff is friendly and professional, dive sites are nice (I dived on 4 locations on the opposite side of the bay). When I was diving it was only our boat on location, therefore the sites were not crowded which adds to the value of experience. They divide the group in subgroups, so it's approx 4 people per one dive master and not everyone goes in at the same time, so you have a lot of space to explore. As far as the whaleshark watching goes.... just don't go. It is a bad experience. There was 16 of us on the boat and when the spotters saw a whaleshark they brought us to the spot, all 16 ppl jumped in the water and swam towards the whaleshark (it was madness, felt almost like fighting with the other snorkellers) and for 10 seconds you can see the whaleshark. Then they put you back on the boat and repeat the process. We saw 1,5 whaleshark. Yes 1,5. One was for 10 seconds max and the 0,5 was because we only briefly saw the tail. After 1 hour the spotters don't feel like working anymore so the boat drives up and down the bay, till the 3 hour slot is done (boats are only allowed to be there for 3 hours) and you go back to resort. Honestly, it is a borderline scam. They could improve the whole tour and it took me about 2h to figure it out how, but I guess easy money is a better option for them and the locals. Some people were totaly overwhelmed by the "experience", but in my opinion, their standards are just really low. Go to Peter's dive resort and do scuba dives. You will love it. It is a quiet place in the south Leyte, the gear they use is good and it is a nice place in general. But skip the whaleshark tour and instead use that money for some extra scuba dives.

An outstanding base for few days of scuba diving and whale shark watching. Everything about this place was absolutely brilliant. Accommodation : we were able to chose from a variety of accommodation types . The condo was a very good size, very clean, high quality aircon. The restaurant : offered a good selection of meals suitable for vegetarians ( and vegans ). The booking and communication : extremely timely, clear, precise and helpful communication . Helped to book diving, whale shark watching, transfers to the port and the airport , organise laundry washing with a local laundry place. Payment methods : unlike many places in the Philippines, there was an option to pay with cash and card at the resort. The scuba diving : excellent dive masters with a strong knowledge of marine wildlife. Beautiful diving locations + option to do a shore dive just outside of the resort, including a night dive. A large selection of high quality scuba diving equipment . Whale sharks watching : if you are looking for an ethical way to see the whale sharks in the Philippines - this is the place for it. There is no shark feeding or bating. They are working with local fishermen who go out on kayaks and look out for the whale shark. Once they spot one, there is a signal to enter the water and swim with them, keeping in mind the safe distance between the swimmer and thew shark. I am hoping to be able to return to Peter's dive resort one day soon. An absolute highlight of my Philippines trip!

The dive staff are excellent, patient, and supportive. Resort staff are friendly and helpful and the food is well above expectations. Great first seawater diving experience! My wife even tried the discovery SCUBA.

I stayed at Peters Dive resport for 1 night during my recent cycling bikepacking trip around Leyte. After a 100+km ride from Abuyog I reached Padre Burgos and inquired if they have any vacancies. I was given a fantastic room on the seafront with amazing view of Sogod Bay. The room hade a really comfortable bed, air con, and super clean and fresh. I had an amazing sleep. The food in the restaurant was delicious and portion sizes were large. Staff were friendly and helpful. Highly recommend this establishment in Padre Burgos!

We stayed in the new building for 2 weeks and enjoyed the patio, screen door, TV, Refrigerator, Wi-Fi and A/C. The rooms were cleaned daily. The swimming pool and patio is clean and quite nice. The downside is the rooms are close to the neighbors and you can hear the dogs barking all night long and roosters in the early morning hours that are close by. The diving and dive guides were very good, the dive boats are poorly laid out and often very crowded with 16+ divers. Twice in a week the large dive boat broke down and plans changed. They offer a whale shark trip multiple times a week during the season. The biggest disappointment was the food from the restaurant often serving packaged or frozen foods and a few items on the menu not available for several days. No desserts and no daily or weekly meal specials. Many room choices to choose from. With a little work this could be a 5 star resort.