– ★★★★
The dreading city life requires you to escape from it in order to maintain balance in your life. Ahh, the relaxation you acquire gives you pleasure. Whenever you look online for a place to stay or to escape; there’s always something that holds you back. But this time; try to pursue it, and you’ll be pleased.
And one resort that’ll give you that exact relaxation away from the city is in Huna-Huna Cliff Resort. It is located at Buyo, boundary Carmen/Catmon, Cebu.
Huna-Huna is a Visayan word for thinking, pondering or contemplating. True to its name; Huna-Huna Cliff Resort offers you a peace and serenity for a calm experience.
With its European Villa inspired theme; you could never go wrong to its relaxing feel facing the vast Camotes Sea. This European situation requires your full attention to its nonchalant ambiance convalescing from your city life.
The white walls and marble tiles of the villa are idyllic, hinting Santorinni, Greece.
The overhead pass is nostalgia of somewhere in France; and the Family house for number of guests makes me remember of an Italian Villa.
The beaut of the place gives time for yourself to escape and contemplate your life while sitting on the bench looking afar on the effervescent Camotes Sea.
Guest House in Huna Huna
GOING THERE
Going to the resort is easy.
All you need to do is to ride a bus bound north at North Bus Terminal, near SM City Cebu. There you will find huge busses; and all you need to find is Ceres Liner. It’s fast, hourly and safe (sometimes, depends on the driver).
When telling the co-operator of the bus (kondoktor) where you’re heading; you can directly say in Huna-Huna, because most of them already know where it is. If not, then tell him at Buy, boundary Carmen/Catmon. The cost will only be P55.00 per person; so it’s not that really expensive.
From the city, you’ll be travelling 1 hour and a half if there’s no traffic. The resort can be found on the right side of the path; and there’s a marquee on the side of the road, if you have a car of your own or the co-operator forgets about you and where you’re heading.
TIP: Whenever you reach Carmen, Cebu; call the co-operator’s attention and make him remember where you’re heading. Or better yet, open Google Maps if you’re on 3G, but I doubt it will operate well on the countryside.
THE PLACE
Booking ahead is always the best thing to do whenever you want to go to a certain place so that you’ll have a guaranteed stay. And when calling the resort (numbers at the end of the post), they will ask you to pay full at their Banilad, Cebu office.
For me, trying to book a room for the next day was lucky because I was only giving a promise to them that my partner and I will not cancel our reservation. But that was really our plan, so cancellation would be inevitable (hehe), but really, try to book really ahead of time.
The air conditioned rooms are available for P2000.00, good for 2 pax with breakfast, and the check in time is 1:00PM, check out on the next day, same time. (Room rates below)
They also have a 2 storey guest house, good for family or group of people.
The resort also offer some relaxing spa treatment for the price range of P900.00-P1,500.00.
THE ROOM
We stayed in Room 11 of the resort, and that is on the bottom-most part on the cliff near the beach where you could take a dip.
The room is just fabulous. Its clean and our stay there was marvellous. If relax is what you’re looking for, then this is perfect for you.
The room is small BUT very, very relaxing. You’ll have your own veranda with table and seats; and for us at Room 11, the sea is just beneath us. It really looks luxurious even thinking about it right now makes me want to go back there.
Staying in their room makes me want to stay there forever.
I love their lights which have the control switch on how bright you want it to be; the very functional hot and cold water which for other resorts are not present; and the bed is soft, so as the pillows and the comforter.
The bed is facing the glass door with the sea as our breath taking view. The window on our left side is a perfect instrument for the sunrise to take a peek before we realize it.
Sometimes you’ll forget to close the glass door and hear the rushing sound of waters outside while you are lying like a king or queen in your very comfortable bed.
And our veranda is perfect for dinnertime, with the warm, romantic lights plus the stars above us.
It was just pure lux. C’est la vie.
TIP: And you should try to ask if Room 11 is available. *wink
THE FOOD
The food is variety there, and mostly it offers Filipino style of cooking. But their breakfast is mixed from Filipino to American to whatever it is in their menu that you’d like to have.
You’ll only have to order ahead of time because they still have to prepare your food from scratch, so it takes a bit of time to finish and serve it to you.
The price ranges from P130.00 – P250.00 depending on what MEAL you order. There are also offers that reach P300.00-P500.00; these are specialties.
THE BEACH
The beach is just part of the resort with no shoreline that is a little bit rocky on most parts. I did not get the chance to swim because I really did not want to. I just wanted to relax in our room, and in our sophisticated veranda.
THE USHER-DOG
When we checked in, we were greeted by a huge black dog (I have no idea what breed it was) which I was much afraid of at first due to its size; when we walked down to our room; he was ahead of us following the attendant, and whenever we stopped, the dog looks at us trying to signal something; then we realized he wants to take us to our room. The dog named ‘she-she’ (I think) was really, really sweet. She had our hearts just for a short stay there because of her kindness to visitors.
HUNA-HUNA CLIFF RESORT
I’m still pondering how relaxed my partner and I were on that resort, and wishing we could just lie there forever… with money magically appear on our table. HAHA
But then, Huna-Huna Cliff Resort is a resort away from hassle.
CONTACT
Cellphone: 09173179741/09322242375
ROOM RATES
*According to hunahuna.com as of 4/8/2014
Air Conditioned Rooms
Php 2,000
Inclusive Breakfast for 2 (two) persons
Prices are regardless of single or double occupancy
Extra Bed without breakfast Php 500
Fan Rooms
Php 1,000 to Php 1,500
Exclusive of breakfast
Prices are regardless of single or double occupancy
Extra Bed without breakfast Php 500
*Day use (maximum of 3 hours)
Air Conditioned Rooms
Php 800 (Php 100 each extra hour)
Fan Rooms
Php 500 (Php 100 each extra hour)
Entrance fee is Php 75 with free use of our cottages. Huna Huna Cliff Resort reserves the right to refuse or discontinue at any time any accommodation to any persons it deems unacceptable under its standard.
RATING
Rooms – 5
Food – 3
Service – 3
Facilities – 3
Ambiance – 5
OVERALL – 3.8/5
MORE PHOTOS
our veranda in the evening
Our veranda in the morning
Our room in the evening
Sunrise
One Setting Travels 