I booked dives at a dive shop and upon arrival found out it was pretty far of a walk through sand with my big camera system. It was no problem for the diveshop to send a small boat and pick me up and drop me off at the beach next to hotel daily.

Maybe the best location on the whole island. Right next to the baby sharks and the best beach I found on malapascua. Peaceful, quiet, excellent breakfast, conveniently located to everything. There are a lot of long/small stairs to walk up and down around this whole place (cause its built on the side of a hill). Didnt really bother me, but could maybe see it bothering some, so you should be ok with that.

Stayed in March 2025

I would prefer more filipino traditional food options

The people are friendly and The property feels perfect- beach, peace and quiet vibes.

Stayed in March 2025

The beds, pillows and towels. Pillows are not comfortable and old, towels small and you only get one each

Beautiful place, great location, amazing staff, great food, great, relaxed, fun atmosphere. I arrived for a few days and decided to stay longer. Had a perfect vacation there.

Stayed in January 2025

Would recommend going elsewhere for food.

An amazing resort. Beautiful location, the huts are beautiful and comfortable, the views from the huts are incredible. Staff are very friendly and helpful. A nice house reef right out the front, which has baby black tip reef sharks.

Stayed in February 2025

Snorkeling was amazing

Stayed in January 2025

quiet room with a pleasant garden view where we could relax and chat quietly. Beach area had comfortable recliners with drinks service 20m away at most. My partner loved the friendly cats and dogs. Restaurant was good with possibly the best views in town. We enjoyed talking with the owners. For me, it was the perfect jump off point for my thresher shark dives.

Stayed in January 2025

Maybe more options at breakfast.

Best hotel in the Philippines! This was my fourth stay at Tepanee Beach Resort. The Italian owners are great, so welcoming and friendly. I enjoyed my chats with Andrea each day. Their marine reserve is absolutely amazing. My son and I went snorkelling with the black tip reef sharks several times a day - this was an absolute highlight. They have a small gym on site which functions quite well and the view from the bungalows are stunning. Can't wait to come back again.

Stayed in December 2024

Would have preferred some more breakfast options - restaurant food was lovely though!

Easily the best hotel on the island and so glad we were here for Christmas. The highlight was the marine nature reserve - snorkeling and seeing all the different fish and black tips was exciting and enjoyable. Andrea is a fabulous host, taking the time to get to know guests and help in anyway he can. All other staff were also friendly and accommodating. Our room was spacious and clean, lovely ocean view from the bed which was lovely each morning.

Stayed in December 2024

I loved this place and my stay in Tepanee The Location Is amazing very well located, great views, great vibes and excellent service!! I spent there 1 week and it was perfect. Andrea (the owner) is a perfect host, he helped me with contacts and lot of interesting Info about the isaland 100% recomended!!!

Stayed in January 2025

Very serene and peaceful

Stayed in January 2025

We had another room on top of us and we could hear everything, the floor creaks with every step they took. Breakfast could have more options, the quality of bread and the yogurt they offered wasn’t good.Fruits were also limited.

Location is GREAT! Totally worth it for the protected beach with amazing marine life. The resort looks lovely and you can notice they really take care of it. Staff is friendly.

Stayed in December 2024

Loved everything about it

Very clean, amazing view, restaurant on site was really good. Staff was very nice and helpful. Breakfast was buffet style really good.

Stayed in December 2024

Ambience, location, facilities available, choice of restaurants...

Stayed in December 2024

Some services require extra payment

Beautiful property in a quiet area with private beach Rooms with an old style but very nice I only stayed one night but I had a good time here

Stayed in November 2024

Nothing- loved our stay

Private cabin, overlooking the ocean with good AC. Food at restaurant and beach bar was really good and reasonably priced. Snorkelling in the house reef was gorgeous, lovely to see the baby black tip reef sharks! Staff were wonderful! Great base for diving with one of the local dive shops, we used thresher shark divers who were brilliant.

Stayed in November 2024

Absolutely everything!! The location, the room, the food of the restaurant , the owners and the workers are so nice!!! I could do diving thanks to them, absolutely thankful for all in my stay at Tepanee. I highly recommend it! I will come back for sure!!!

Stayed in August 2024

Breakfast can improve with it's portion. Maybe mosquito lights as there are a lot of mosquitos especially in the morning.

Shower has a good pressure clean and new room

Stayed in October 2024

Clean and loverly staff perfect location

Stayed in September 2024

Beautiful location and you can swim from shore to see the black tip sharks

Stayed in July 2024

Breakfast food Amihan restaurant was horrible. Staff were not friendly and did not seem to want to work. They talk a lot about cleaning towels and replacing them daily, they prefer to do it once every three days, but they didn't even do that. Never replaced our towels though our entire stay. A lot of talk about being green and clean on an island that is very dirty, more like they don't want to incur the costs of cleaning towels. No toothbrush or toothpaste provided. Mold growing on the handle of our sink. No blanket provided.

Seaview beautiful Clean room and water Four hands massage very nice Thresher sharks could be seen from our balcony.

Stayed in June 2024

The AC was struggling a little bit to cool the room down, which, I believe, is in part due to the villa's not having amazing insulation (having proper windows everywhere would help make the huts "greener", arguably, though I understand is much easier said than done). If I had to quibble, I'd mention the toiletries and breakfast service provided (when the buffet was open, the breakfast was great, but on my final day choice was more limited). In fairness, I typically stay in places twice the price, so my perspective may be a bit biased / I still think Tepanee offers great value for money.

I stayed on a friend's recommendation and would definitely stay again. My Tepanee villa had an amazing ocean view and was generally very nicely appointed. The little beach / protected nature area to swim / snorkel at the bottom of the cliff was an added bonus. The staff were very nice and helpful (thanks again for accommodating my late checkout, btw.), also in communicating with MTD to arrange the dives I mainly came for (so I'd recommend going with what they recommend for the diving). Also, I'm very (!) noise sensitive and while, on certain nights, I could hear distant disco noise / thumping at night, I managed to fall asleep without earplugs, so I rate the resort as quiet. In other news: I would recommend the airport transfer suggested by Tepanee, as they communicated well with the driver and were able to better assist me with issues en route (the ferry was cancelled owing to adverse weather conditions, and the driver took me straight to an alternative room that Tepanee staff helped arrange; which ended up not being needed in the end, as navigation eventually resumed later that day; TBA: the fact that they arrange a dedicated boat also minimized time lost waiting for a ferry, which was an added bonus).

Stayed in May 2024

Clean rooms, great view and friendly staff. The resort has a private beach for snorkeling and sun bathing facilities as well.

Stayed in May 2024

As frequent travelers, we were both surprised to find that our backs did not react well to the beds. The spa on the property helped in that area, though. It is greatly appreciated how much care and consideration the owners put into protecting the marine life in and around the property. Building additional ways to communicate the importance of and what the rules are in a kind and friendly way for guests would be helpful.

We enjoyed our accommodation over the water immensely. Waking to the beautiful shades of blue just below our balcony was an incredible way to start the day. Having reliable wifi was wonderful, as we were uncertain about that prior to arrival. Having the protected marine sanctuary right at your fingertips (or footsteps?) was fantastic - especially for us non-diving snorkelers. We ate dinner at the hotel restaurant every night and enjoyed a few meals at the beachside resto as well.

Stayed in February 2024

Not the best if you have an old person travelling with you as there are lots of stairs to get to the appt. It is a 5-7 min walk but very scenic

Set next to a marine sanctuary/private beach where there are lots of black tip sharks. The rooms are really good, the resort is well worth the money. in house spa is nice

Stayed in April 2024