Kudugman Beach Cottages

James Newbery

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March 29, 2025

I would thoroughly recommend staying here. There are a only a handful of cottages and the service feels extremely personal. Food was incredible: simple and thoughtfully presented with local ingredients and well balanced. The staff are so friendly across the resort (they live on site). Location is wonderful with a beautiful beach, and amazing views for dining too. Resort will arrange boat tours to nearby beaches and snorkelling spots. Staff will kindly take care of boat transfers to and from the island. Cottages are very clean and comfortable.

Chris Ahn

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April 23, 2025

We had to cancel our trip to El Nido due to severe weather from the La Niña weather phenomenon. Despite the storms in the area, the property refused to issue a refund or even partial credit. They claimed the room could have been booked by someone else, which doesn’t reflect the reality where rooms remained vacant during our scheduled stay. We were also asked to submit personal health documents, which felt invasive and unnecessary. In the end, they kept our full payment without providing any service. This was handled poorly and with no support, and I believe future travelers should be aware.

davide germano

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January 25, 2025

We have stayed at Kudugman for four nights with our 4 y/o boy. The location is amazing: we stayed at the beach cottage, so it was like having a private beach just for us. Since you can only access the place via boat from El Nido, we absolutely loved the quietness of the place. The staff is very friendly and attentive. About food, you have full board: I have to say that the portion of the meals are very generous and the quality is good. In terms of other services, we booked tour A and C with their speed boat: the three men on the boat were very professional and took also great care of our boy, especially in a circumstance when the sea was quite rough and it was a little hard to swim back to the boat, bringing him safe back. Overall, not an experience for all pockets, but totally worth.

Cemal Eroglu

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February 17, 2025

The only way to reach this place is by boat. When we arrived, all our clothes were soaked in salt water. I simply asked if there was a complimentary laundry service, but the front desk attendant, Faith, rudely declined and added that they had already provided towels for us to dry off. Later that night and the following day, she continued her rude behavior in other instances. Aside from that, the rest of the staff were very kind, though the chef seemed a bit confused, and the food was average. The only truly good thing about this place is that it’s quiet.

Fab Le Luyer

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November 03, 2024

We (3 adults) stayed 4 nights at Kudugman Beach Cottages and it was a wonderful experience. We were never more than 5 guests at the same time, it really seemed like being on a private island! Even if we had lots of rain showers (not the hotel's fault obviously!), this was still really enjoyable and we made good use of the beach, snorkeling equipment and kayaks to visit the caves and sandbar nearby. We also did a tour (Tour C) with Zandro and James, and beat the crowd almost on all spots and even managed to see a couple of turtles, it was incredible! All the meals were amazing, they truly have a wonderful chef who managed to deal with our various dietary requirements. I want to say a massive thank you particularly to the 3 wonderful girls at the bar/restaurant, Faith, Jinky and May Ann. They deserve 5 stars for their service, friendliness, stories and beautiful smiles. Also, I suggest to all the future guests to ask them for karaoke, they will be very happy to get the mics and share a great time before or after dinner!