Busai Dreamfalls Resort

Busai Dreamfalls Resort: A Waterfall Stay in Sevilla

Busai Dreamfalls Resort sits at the edge of Busai Falls, on the boundary between Sevilla and Loboc in central-west Bohol — inland, upland countryside rather than coast, and a genuinely different kind of stay from the beach and dive properties clustered around Panglao. The seven-room property is built directly around its waterfall setting, with guests able to walk from the rooms to the falls rather than needing a separate excursion.

The Rooms

Each of the seven guestrooms is individually decorated, with its own private balcony overlooking the surrounding garden and forest. Bathrooms include rainfall showerheads and complimentary toiletries — a step up from the fan-cooled budget lodges typical of Bohol’s interior towns, though still a small, intimate property rather than a full-service resort. A continental breakfast is included and served daily between 7:30 and 10:00 a.m. on the property’s terrace, along with free WiFi and free parking. Guest feedback on Booking.com rates the property “Wonderful” — 9.1 out of 10 from 29 reviews — a strong showing for a small countryside property with no beach or pool to lean on; the draw here is clearly the falls and the setting around them.

The Falls

Busai Falls is one of the few developed visitor sites in Sevilla, a fifth-class, mostly agricultural municipality that otherwise has little tourism infrastructure to speak of. The falls are typically reached by pump boat from the Sevilla–Loboc boundary up toward Barangay Ewon, and local guidance suggests visiting from around 11 a.m. onward during the dry season, when water flow and light both tend to be better. It’s a quieter stop than the better-known sites on the standard countryside-tour route — the Bilar man-made forest sits about 4.4 kilometers away, and the Loboc Ecotourism Adventure Park roughly a 4-minute drive — and most visitors treat it as an add-on rather than the main event of a day trip, unless they’re staying here specifically.

Why This Isn’t Panglao

It’s worth stating plainly: this property is inland, in rice and coconut country, roughly 44 kilometers from Alona Beach — a distance that makes clear this isn’t a beach base of any kind. Sevilla sits in west-central Bohol between Bilar to the east and Sagbayan and Calape to the north and west, on the western edge of the Chocolate Hills approach, where rice fills the valley floors and coconut covers the slopes. There’s no dive shop, no reef, and no beachfront restaurant strip here — the appeal is the waterfall, the surrounding countryside, and a level of quiet a beach town three hours south doesn’t offer.

Local Taste

Meals in this part of Bohol lean on what the land and streams provide rather than the sea: freshwater fish from local streams and ponds supplements a rice-based diet, and tinolang manok — chicken simmered in ginger broth with green papaya — is a common household dish across Sevilla. Kalamay, the sticky rice-and-coconut sweet cooked down with brown sugar, is produced across this stretch of central Bohol and sold at roadside stalls along the Tagbilaran–Carmen highway; it’s worth picking up on the drive in or out rather than expecting to find it at the resort itself.

Economic Context

Sevilla has essentially no accommodation of its own outside of a property like this one — local guidance for the municipality points travelers to Carmen, 15 to 20 minutes east, or back to Tagbilaran, for anywhere else to stay. That makes a small waterfall-side resort an unusual piece of infrastructure for a fifth-class farming municipality: it doesn’t compete with anything else locally, and it gives Sevilla a reason for overnight visitors to spend money in a town whose economy otherwise runs on rice and coconut farming, with only a modest secondary income from vendors selling handicrafts and snacks to day-tripping tour groups at the municipality’s other visitor site, the Sipatan hanging bridge. A resort built around the falls functions similarly on a smaller scale — a local landmark turned into a source of jobs and income that doesn’t depend on farm yields.

Getting There & Practical Notes

By private vehicle, Busai Dreamfalls Resort combines naturally with a Chocolate Hills day trip out of Carmen, or with the Loboc River and Bilar man-made forest circuit, since the falls sit close to that established route without being directly on it. From Tagbilaran, the drive runs 1 to 1.5 hours north through Corella and Bilar. Closed-toe shoes and a change of clothes are worth packing given the waterfall setting, and cash is the safe assumption for purchases in the surrounding area — Sevilla itself has no reliable ATM access.

Current Rating: Wonderful, 9.1/10 from 29 reviews on Booking.com (as of 2026-08-26).

Getting There & Booking

Book on Stay22 or Booking.com to confirm current rates; published pricing for a small countryside property like this can shift with season and demand more than standardized city hotels.