Zamboanguita, Negros Oriental
Your home away from home
A small family-owned beach resort an hour south of Dumaguete, facing Apo Island. Native bungalows in a garden, a pool by the sea, two bars, and a kitchen that opens before the sun is properly up.
Escape to a wonderful experience
Kav's began in 2012, when its owners found a small piece of seashore in Zamboanguita — far enough from the city to hear the tide, close enough to reach the airport, the ferries and the shops within the hour. They built a home first and a resort around it, and opened the gate to guests in 2014. It has been run the same way ever since: personally.
Today that piece of seashore holds ten rooms in native-style bungalows, a garden threaded with stone paths, a pool beside the beach, two bars and an open-air restaurant — with Apo Island, one of the world's great dive sites, sitting on the horizon like an invitation.
Family-owned and personally run since 2012
Ten rooms, three ways to settle in
Every room comes with air-conditioning, a hot shower, TV, a refrigerator, and complimentary water and coffee. The differences are space and company.
An extra bed is ₱700 a night in any room. Write to us with your dates and the reservations desk answers personally — it is that kind of resort.
Travelling as a family?
The Family Room sleeps four across a king and a queen bed, with twenty-five square metres to spread the holiday across. The beach does the rest.
Meet the Family RoomApo Island is the headline
One of the best-regarded dive sites in the world sits across the water from the resort. Around it: island hopping, snorkelling straight off the beach, hot springs on Mount Talinis, and sunsets that clear the bar's stools every evening.
Diving & snorkelling at Apo Island
Marine sanctuary waters, resident turtles and coral gardens — arranged with local boats from the resort
The pool by the beach
Fresh water beside salt water, sun loungers between the two, and the bar within waving distance
Sunset hour
Bean bags in the sand, a cocktail or a mango shake, and the day's best fifteen minutes
The kitchen opens at 6:30
The native open-air restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner with the sea for a view — Filipino favourites beside international comfort food, fish with mango salsa beside a proper burger. When the plates clear, the beach bar takes over: stools in the sand, lights in the thatch, and the dartboard waiting inside.
Reserve a table with your stay
Built for slow afternoons
Dark volcanic sand, bean bags that swallow whole hours, Adirondack chairs arranged around nothing in particular. The resort is small and tranquil by design — fifteen staff, ten rooms, one shoreline — and the only schedule worth keeping is the sunset.
The pool, restaurant, outlook, food, staff, rooms, ambience are first class.
A little gem in Zamboanguita.
The place to stay in Dumaguete.
Small and tranquil. The rooms are modern and comfortable, with daily cleaning and friendly, attentive staff.
Lovely and clean, superb food, friendly and proficient staff.
Reviewed on TripAdvisor, Booking.com and Google
Getting here
The resort sits on the shore at Basak, Zamboanguita, on the southern coast of Negros Oriental. Fly or ferry into Dumaguete and the drive takes about an hour; tell us your arrival time and we will help arrange the rest.
- Dumaguete Airport (DGT)
- About 1 hour by road
- Dumaguete City
- About 45 minutes; shops, ferries, nightlife
- Apo Island
- Boat trips arranged from the resort
- Restaurant hours
- 6:30 AM – 9:00 PM daily
- Guests
- Couples, families and divers all welcome
- Best season
- November to May, the Visayan dry months
The shape of a stay
Small, personal and beachfront — the things that make Kav’s feel like home.
Kitchen open from 6:30 AM
Family-owned since 2012
Two bars, one beach
Pool beside the sea
The quiet coast is waiting
Write to us with your dates and the family answers personally — usually within a day, always with a plan.