You travel to a country with a tropical climate. On average, the temperatures are in the pleasant range between 25 degrees at night and 35 degrees during the day.
A rainy season literally does not exist. It does not rain more and not less between June and October than from November to May. Only the wind direction changes in June from southwest to northeast until about the end of September.
From October to the end of May, the wind will then come from the northeast to the southwest. Accordingly, there is simply wind on the respective side of the island. In our case, the sea is almost like a big swimming pool and usually there is a slight cooling wind.

The water on the island can be scarce in the months of December to June because of lack of rain. Please pay attention to the water consumption at the resort. Be it while showering, brushing your teeth or pressing the toilet flush. The resort has its own water supply. The government ignores the water problem. Accordingly, nobody cares about a functioning water supply for everyone in our area.
It is also possible that in the dry months the garden or the lawn of the resort due to lack of water will be affected. Daily watering is unfortunately not possible.
When it comes to drinking water, do not drink the water in the Philippines directly from the faucet. We generally do not recommend this. You should buy bottled water but (PLEASE NO PLASTIC) because we banish plastic in the whole resort.
Our resort has been PLASTIC FREE since 2014. At the resort you will receive from us an aluminum bottle which you can have filled with drinking water for free at any time. You can take the bottle home – if you want.

FROM AIRPORT:
Transfer with us: If you have booked your transfer through us, then we expect you in Dumaguete already at the exit of the airport building. Our driver will take you with our minibus to the pier – journey time about 15 (fifteen) minutes. We organize tickets for the planned ferry to Siquijor for you.

Organizing your own transfer: If you organize your own transfer, you can either take a taxi or a tricycle for transport to Dumagute Pier. The estimated travel time is about 15 (fifteen) minutes.

Attention: Drivers usually charge usurious prices for arriving and unknowing tourists. Negotiate! Normally the transport to the pier costs a maximum of 100 to 120 pesos per person. It may happen that you are simply abandoned by the quite arrogant tricycle drivers if you do not want to pay the announced price. Tricycle drivers will chime you off whenever and wherever they have a chance – watch out! If you are treated badly or cheated, you should obviously take a photo of the Tricycle license number and threaten you with a report to the responsible office.

FROM PIER: At the pier you have to buy the tickets for the ferry in front of the harbor building and then pay the harbor fee of 15 (fifteen) pesos at another counter. The most frequently used ferry to Siquijor is the Ocean Jet fast ferry (45 minutes), also our recommendation. Comfortable and fast. Other ships sailing to Siquijor are the Aleson MV Anika Gayle 2, GL Express 1 or 2, Jaylaan, Jaziel and the car ferries from Aleson and Montenegro.

Attention: GL Shipping Lines does not drive on Saturdays. You have to dodge one of the other.

AB SIQUIJOR: The ferries usually take around 40 to 90 minutes to reach Siquijor Siquijor. If you have booked a transfer, we expect you with our van at the exit of the port terminal and then bring you directly to the Kawayan Holiday Resort. Travel time about 30 (thirty) minutes.

Without booked transfer booking, you must or can hire a tricycle, motorbike or van at the pier to take you to the resort.

CASH: We recommend that you bring smaller notes in USD. These can easily be exchanged locally in the local currency PH Pesos. Generally speaking, changing money in Manila, Cebu or Dumaguete is also possible with any other currency.
Attention: In Siquijor it is not recommended to change money. You get a bad course and the availability is not given.

We recommend you:
Change on arrival as soon as possible a smaller sum, so you are prepared for Porter. They also charge about 20 (twenty) pesos per piece of luggage. But suppose the porters are trying to drag you over the table whenever they can.

CARDS: Most ATMs in sites accept European debit, post and credit cards – especially in Manila, Cebu or Dumaguete. The cheapest is the use of the EC or postcard. In any case, fees are charged by bank. For each purchase you can receive a maximum of 10’000 pesos. You can, however, receive the sum twice a day – depending on the card.
Attention: In Siquijor there are two ATM’s that allow international cards (sometimes out of order). One can be found in the center of Siquijor and the others can be found in Larena.

CREDIT CARDS: Kawayan Holiday Resort prefers to accept PayPal. The credit cards are MasterCard and Visa.
Attention: The surcharge for the bank commission for the payment with PayPal is 4%, for the credit card it is 5%. If you want to use credit card under 10’000 pesos it is 7%.

BANK TRANSFER: Another payment option is the direct bank to bank online transfer. Please bring the necessary data, numbers, cards, PINs with you. We accept Bank to Bank transfers in the following currencies: PESO, EURO, USD or CHF.
Attention: We accept this payment option only if you make the transfers directly on site. Also possible is the payment in advance from home.

EXTRAS: For divers, government fees apply to Marine Protected Areas. They have to be paid in cash and in pesos directly from us. These fees must be paid to the appropriate organization. That’s why in pesos and in bar.
At Kawayan Holiday Resort itself, you do not need cash during your stay. Consumption and other payments must be made at the reception the evening before you leave. The hotel bill can be paid in cash in PESO, EURO, USD or CHF.

The Philippine Peso is the national currency of Philippines. The currency code for Pesos is PHP, and the currency symbol is ₱. It is best to bring USD and then switch to Philippine Peso. Please use official sources like banks or exchange offices for this. Only if you are familiar with money changers on the street and you know the current exchange rate you can also use this source. With the necessary caution!

Yes, there are post offices in the Philippines. We do not recommend using them. Generally, nothing works, even if you send a registered letter. You just pay more, but nothing will happen. Everything takes useless weeks to months, especially abroad.
An example: From Dumaguete to Siquijor it takes between 2 weeks and 3 months until a registered letter arrives. A letter from Siquijor to Kawayan Holiday Resort can take up to three weeks to travel. Own experience! For comparison, the boat takes 45 minutes from Dumaguete to Siquijor, a drive from Siquijor to us takes around 25 to 30 minutes. So you see that it does not make any sense to use this service.

The same applies to private delivery services. They are more reliable but still very slow. In addition, their service is completely overpaid, considering how long a delivery takes.

In the Philippines the standard voltage is 220 V and the frequency is 60 Hz. You can operate your electrical appliances with the voltage between 220 and 240 V.
If the frequency is 60 Hz different from that used in your country (Europe 50 Hz), the use of your devices is not recommended. If there is no voltage difference, you can (at your own risk) try to use the device for a short time.
There are international plugs and sockets throughout the resort. Even two and three pins are possible. You do not need adapters with us. Unless you are using something special and not standard.
Power outage is quite normal in this country. Siquijor is even referred to as “the capital of power outage“. The authorities or electricity operators do not have the infrastructure under control. A further development is also not in sight.
But do not worry. We have our own emergency power system. Power failure is not a problem for us.

At the resort there are no so far dress codes. Only in the restaurant we prescribe light clothing. Especially at the meal times.
Light cotton clothes and comfortable open shoes “slippers” are included. After a rain shower, it can feel a bit cooler (never below 25 degrees). In this case, you may also bring a rain jacket and / or a light jacket for the evening. As a rule, a light, cooling wind always blows. In times without wind, it can get really hot. Shadow or swimming pool is recommended in this case.