La Estancia Busuanga
The La Estancia Busuanga estate from above: mangroves, turquoise reef, the pier and its gazebo

Sitio Cabilbil · Busuanga, PalawanPalawan time

Private island serenity,kept in the family.

A seaside estancia on Busuanga’s quiet western shore: fifteen rooms, a mangrove river, and a table that is always set for you.

Or explore the fifteen casitas
the day begins

Our story

Built as our family’s escape.
Kept that way for yours.

La Estancia began in 2016 as the family’s own getaway: a stretch of private estate where the mangroves meet the reef, too good not to share. It grew into a boutique resort the slow way, room by room, without ever losing the feeling of arriving at a friend’s house.

The family still runs the place day to day. That is why breakfast finds you wherever you are, why the boatmen know the reefs by memory, and why guests keep writing the same four words: like visiting family.

  • Est. 2016
  • Renovated 2022
  • 15 rooms
  • Award winner

with love, the family

Your hosts since 2016 · La Estancia Busuanga

The estate from the air: the pier reaching over turquoise water toward the gazebo

Where you’ll wake

Four ways to face the water

Every room looks toward the bay, so the sun rises in front of you and the linen smells of sea air. Choose your floor, your bed, and how much of the horizon you want.

15
Rooms
4
Room types
All
Sea-facing
Deluxe Casita, Garden level

Garden level

Deluxe Casita

US$93 / night

Ground-floor ease a few steps from the pool and the shore. Two queen beds, cool floors, and a veranda made for slow mornings.

  • 56 m²
  • 2 Queen beds
  • Sleeps 4
  • Garden veranda
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Balcony Room, Beach view

Beach view

Balcony Room

US$108 / night

Every window faces the water. Watch the bay turn silver at first light from your own balcony, coffee in hand, before the house wakes.

  • 50–60 m²
  • 2 Queen beds
  • Sunrise balcony
  • Beach view
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King Suite, Beach view · balcony

Beach view · balcony

King Suite

US$135 / night

A wide corner suite with a king bed, a deep balcony over the beach, and the kind of quiet that makes books last longer.

  • King bed
  • Beach view
  • Deep balcony
  • For two
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The Honeymoon Suite, Top floor · 100 m²

Top floor · 100 m²

The Honeymoon Suite

US$180 / night

The whole top floor to yourselves: one hundred square meters, an open-air jacuzzi, and the sea visible from bed to balcony.

  • 100 m²
  • King bed
  • Open-air jacuzzi
  • Top floor
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A lush island ringed by a turquoise lagoon, one banca ride from the estate

The days here

Mangroves at dawn, sandbars at noon, islands without footprints

Nothing here runs on a schedule except the tide.

  1. Before sixThe mangrove river
  2. MiddaySandbars & hidden islands
  3. Golden hourBlack Island
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A table set under the gazebo, calm sea beyond

The table

Dinner is wherever
you are.

There is a dining room, but nobody insists on it. Your table can be the veranda outside your casita, the long table under the trees, or the gazebo at the end of the pier, with the tide moving under your feet.

The kitchen cooks the family’s own recipes: kinilaw cured to order, the day’s catch grilled over coconut husk, mangoes that never saw a refrigerator.

Today

written with the boats
  • Kinilaw na taniguecured to order
  • The day’s catchover coconut husk
  • Mango, off the treenever refrigerated
Film still: the estate seen from above at golden hour

Three minutes on the estate

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From first light

A day at the estancia

Before six

The bay turns silver

Sunrise comes up over the water in front of every room. Coffee arrives wherever you happen to be standing.

Morning

Glass water

Kayak the mangrove river while it is still cool and perfectly still. The boats are always ready; no sign-up sheet.

Midday

Long lunch, long shade

Home-cooked Filipino food under the trees, then the pool, then a nap you did not plan.

Golden hour

Up the ridge

The hilltop barbecue, or simply a cold drink on your balcony. The bay does the rest of the work.

After dark

Dinner under stars

A table in the gazebo over the water, lanterns lit, the tide moving quietly underneath your feet.

Guest words

“Like visiting family”

Another day in paradise. The staff are incredibly genuine; by the second morning it felt like visiting family.
Guest review · TripAdvisor
Service beyond compare. They served our meals wherever we wanted them: on the veranda, or in the gazebo over the water.
Guest review · TripAdvisor
Quiet, private, with stunning views in every direction. The outdoor jacuzzi looking over the sea is something else.
Guest review · Trip.com
Palms against the last light of the day over the bay

The quiet side of Palawan
is keeping your place.

Tell us your dates and we will arrange the rest, from the airport pick-up to which way your breakfast faces.

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