D and B Bluestar Beach Resort

D and B Bluestar Beach Resort: ten rooms on a quieter beach east of Dumaluan

D and B Bluestar Beach Resort sits a few steps from Libaong White Beach, on a quieter stretch of Panglao’s south coast east of Dumaluan Beach rather than on the Alona Beach strip. The property runs ten rooms across several distinct types — Family Rooms at roughly 420 square feet, mid-sized Middle Rooms around 258 square feet, smaller Desk Rooms near 215 square feet, and Comfort Rooms with either a queen or king bed — a genuinely varied room product for a ten-room resort, most of which offer only one or two configurations. It carries a Good 7.9-out-of-10 score on Booking.com from 117 reviews, a solid review base for a property this size; the same rooms also carry a Fabulous 8.0-out-of-10 score from 120 reviews on Hostelworld, which geocodes the property further west toward the Tawala dive cluster rather than Libaong — a common inconsistency across booking platforms for this property, so confirm walking distance to the beach and to Alona’s dive shops directly with the resort before paying a deposit.

The rooms and the beach out front

Rooms come air-conditioned with balconies, private bathrooms fitted with walk-in showers, free WiFi, flat-screen TVs, and work desks. Guest reviews describe the rooms as spacious and clean, and single out the staff specifically — the owner is reported to personally welcome guests and help arrange transportation, a level of attention consistent with a smaller, family-run operation rather than a chain resort. Dumaluan Beach itself, wider and calmer than Alona and generally preferred by families for exactly that reason, is roughly a five-minute drive away, and guests can walk into the water directly from Libaong for early-morning snorkeling without any boat or tricycle involved.

Amenities and service

The resort provides a garden, a terrace, and free private parking, along with breakfast available for a surcharge, an on-site restaurant, and a bar. Housekeeping, room service, concierge assistance, and private check-in and check-out are all offered — a fuller service layer than most similarly priced Panglao properties away from the main tourist strip provide.

The trade-off of Libaong over Alona

Being east of Dumaluan rather than on Alona Beach means quieter mornings and a calmer stretch of sand right outside, at the cost of distance from Alona’s dive shop density and restaurant row. For travelers who’ve already done Alona on a previous Bohol trip, or who prioritize a peaceful beach over proximity to nightlife, that trade works in the resort’s favor; divers wanting to walk to a shop each morning will find the distance a genuine inconvenience.

Local context worth knowing

Panglao’s freshwater comes entirely from an underground lens rather than a river system, and dry-season demand across the island’s resort corridor, this one included, has pushed chloride levels in some wells well past safe drinking thresholds — bottled or filtered water is standard here as everywhere else on the island. The Panglao International Airport that opened on the island in 2018 sits roughly midway between Alona and this resort’s Libaong-area location, making the transfer here comparable in length to a transfer to central Alona despite the calmer setting. On the food side, the island’s own kinilaw na tanigue, raw Spanish mackerel cured in coconut vinegar produced on Panglao, is worth asking the on-site restaurant kitchen about directly rather than assuming it’s only served in Alona’s restaurant row.

Day trips from Libaong

A short drive west reaches Alona Beach and its dive shops for anyone booking offshore trips to Balicasag Island, about 20 minutes further by outrigger, where the local government caps snorkeling and diving access at 150 people a day with a roughly ₱250 environmental fee per diver to manage pressure on the reef. Inland, the standard countryside circuit to the Chocolate Hills and a Philippine Tarsier Sanctuary, usually combined with a Loboc River cruise, runs about 45 minutes to an hour by van from this side of the island, similar in length to the trip from Alona itself.

Fiesta season

Late August brings Hudyaka sa Panglao, the municipality’s largest annual event, held around 28 August for the feast of St. Augustine of Hippo. All ten of Panglao’s barangays send parade contingents into the town’s Poblacion for a day of dance competitions and streetside food built around the island’s seafood specialties — a longer drive from this resort’s Libaong-area location than from central Alona, worth factoring in if attending is a priority for a late-August stay.

Who should book here

This suits travelers who’ve prioritized a calmer, walk-in beach and personal, owner-level service over Alona’s density of dive shops and nightlife — couples, families with young children who want a gentler beach, and repeat Bohol visitors who’ve already covered Alona. Divers and travelers who want to walk to a dive shop each morning should look at a Tawala-based property instead.

Getting There & Booking

Book on Stay22 or Booking.com for real-time availability and confirmed rates; ask about the breakfast surcharge and confirm which room type — Family, Middle, Desk, or Comfort — is being quoted, since the size and bed configuration vary meaningfully between them.