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Sabang is a nice place for SCUBA diving. Action Divers are good and associated with Portofino.

Wow, just do it. Go off season to get discounts on rooms etc and less crowds. The most friendly town I''ve ever visited - everyone knows your name (I was only there 5 days but every morning I got a string of locals saying ''Morning Jason''. If you''re travelling on your own this is the place for you. It''s impossible not to get to know people here and have a good time. Will return.

There are few small villages in the island; just enjoy the nature and the beach

The jungle trek/kayak tour was fantastic. We took the tour from a tour operator in the small town. Well worth it. The diving with the dive school at El Galleon was also excellent. Make sure you do the wall dive at Verde Island. The amount of life there is fantastic except the waters at this time of year (mid Feb) are quite cool. Make sure you have a warm wetsuit or wear 2.

If your main motive to go on holiday is diving then this is the place for you. Spectacular diving, a lot of current (not everywhere), amazing corals and lots of fish. If you are not a diver, stay clear from Puerto Galera/Sabang/La Laguna etc, you will hate it. If you like diving but also like lazing about, get a boat to Coco Beach, slightly more expensive, good pool, a beach, good facilities, beautiful grounds and huts, lovely staff.

The many, nearby dive sites were great and the diving instructors (Leo) very knowledgable and helpful. The instructors speak a number of languages (English, French, German, Danish and Tagalog). Whilst in the resort, we found out about the Coco Beach Explorer - which is essentially a cruise ship (120 pax) designed for divers. It goes from Batangas to Coco Beach, Boracay, then a group of islands to the South West of Mindoro, on to Pandan and back to Coco Beach in a week, and would be a fantastic way to explore the wider area, providing that you want a dive holiday and do not have kids that need looking after whilst you are diving because they cannot cater for this. To take advantage of this, you would probably need about 2 weeks' holiday.

Much better than Sabang if want peace and quiet