Evolution Dive and Beach Resort

“Location was great, beach was so nice. Around the corner of the island are some more restaurants and more 'hustle and bustle' so you can choose if you want it more quiet or not. The diving was the best! They take care of all your gear, help you wash it, cary it, set it up etc. Boats were good and divesites amazing! Reasonably priced dives as well.”

“It's a very nice place to stay. Clean, with a lovely territory, remote from a noisy places. Clean beach with the bean bag chairs. It's basically one of the last hotels on the beach line, so it's pretty quiet there and not that crowded. We didn't do diving though but it was fun anyway. Food is a bit pricey, but the taste is great.”

“This resort is probably the best upmarket beachfront option you can get. Our room was clean and really nicely decorated, the AC and wifi worked really well too which is not a given considering how basic all the amenities are on the island. The restaurant / Irish bar served really good food and drinks with lots of seating options, including directly on the beach. The resort mainly caters for divers but we do not dive at all and still had a great time on the beach, with deckchairs and beach towels provided. They also arranged island hopping and snorkeling boat trips for us and you can rent motorbikes to explore the island. This resort is on the best stretch of Bounty beach away from the boat wrecks but still a short walk away from everything, including the Mercado which is the heart of the island at night and does amazing barbecued fish and seafood and local dishes. We always felt save walking everywhere, even at night. One note, I suggest you use their transfer service from Cebu, particularly if you have a lot of luggage. The private boat will drop you directly at the resort and take your luggage to the room. If you go it alone you could be stuck for hours at the harbor waiting for the public boat to fill up (we saw 2 girls stuck and they were told they would have to cover the cost for the empty spaces in order for the boat to go) and you will be dropped at the main jetty on the other beach and will have to walk around 10-15 minutes through the sand to reach the resort. There is really no road access to the resort at all.”

“The location at the beach is excellent. Rooms are quite with a nice balcony and garden view. The restaurant is very chilled out - a great hang out. Hotel and restaurant Staff was very attentive and always helpful. The equipment and dive guides are very professional. We went on the early morning “shark dive” with Maite from Belgium, who was the most engaged dive guide we ever had. Thank you very much Maite !”

“The resort is lovely and so relaxing with loungers on the beach, bean bags to sit on and hammocks to swing in too! Food in the Craic House is good, although the music is a little strange for an Irish bar! The restaurant staff are wonderful and shout out to Freeda and the kitchen staff for organising the most delicious and huge chocolate cake for my husband's birthday and to the girls for their singing and dancing to 'happy birthday' for him! Freeda helped us arrange a boat trip around the island to snorkel, see a sunken wreck, paddle board (and wake board with the paddle board too!) Evolution should promote this to guests more as it was a great little trip! Nick, the owner helped make our stay great too after we mentioned a few things to him, he kept chatting to us checking all was okay and really made us welcome. Sometimes just saying something about a problem rather than waiting till afterwards really helps, so thanks Nick! Patrick was a great instructor and I was gutted I couldn't stay longer to do my PADI with him, as on the DSD dive he made me feel super relaxed and I really enjoyed the dive we did! My husband loved the Thresher shark dive so much that he went out twice with Evolution to do it!”