Nature Haven Villa - Flower Garden

Nature Haven Villa - Flower Garden: A Small Villa on Ester A. Lim Drive

Nature Haven Villa - Flower Garden sits on Ester A. Lim Drive in Barangay Tawala, the same barangay that contains Alona Beach, though the property itself is an 18-minute walk from the shoreline rather than directly on it — a distinction worth knowing before booking on the strength of the barangay name alone. It’s a small, six-room operation with a 5.0 review score on Booking.com from 35 reviews and a price point (starting around 2,290 PHP, per comparable-property estimates) that reflects its scale rather than a beachfront premium.

The Accommodation

Each of the six rooms looks onto the garden and comes with a patio or balcony, air conditioning, cable TV, and a private bathroom stocked with free toiletries and bath sheets — some rooms include a separated toilet. The property centers on an outdoor pool and a patio with outdoor dining space, and free parking is available on-site. It’s a straightforward, garden-facing setup rather than a beach-facing one, which fits both its name and its actual walking distance to the water.

Location and Getting Around

The 18-minute walk to Alona Beach is doable for guests who don’t mind the distance, though most will find a short tricycle ride more practical, especially after dark. Christina’s, a nearby restaurant serving international cuisine, sits within easy reach. Bohol–Panglao International Airport is roughly a 24-minute drive, putting this property closer to the airport corridor than the beachfront-adjacent inns clustered directly on Alona’s strip.

Panglao Context

Being technically within Tawala but a walk removed from Alona puts this property in an interesting position: close enough to the reef tourism economy to benefit from it, far enough to avoid the bar noise that runs along the beachfront itself until 10–11pm most nights. Tawala is one of the three barangays — alongside Danao and Bolod — that the municipality’s own tourism data identifies as carrying the bulk of Panglao’s visitor traffic, while barangays further inland like Tangnan and Binoon stay largely agricultural, still producing coconut and root crops.

A short trip north from this location reaches Poblacion, where the San Agustin Parish Church complex holds the 1851 Panglao Watchtower — a five-story hexagonal coral-stone tower declared a National Cultural Treasure in 2011, damaged in the 2013 Bohol earthquake, and reopened to visitors (exterior and grounds only) in December 2017 after restoration. The adjacent St. Augustine Parish Church, built mainly between 1894 and the 1920s, carries nave ceiling murals of the Seven Sacraments. Every August 28, the parish’s patronal fiesta becomes Hudyaka sa Panglao, drawing all ten barangays into a shared celebration of street dance and seafood.

On water: Panglao draws its entire freshwater supply from an underground lens rather than any river, and published studies have measured chloride levels in some wells above the WHO’s 250 mg/L safety threshold, tied to dry-season over-extraction. Tap water isn’t potable anywhere on the island, so bottled or filtered water is standard even at small garden villas like this one, a genuine infrastructure constraint on how much further Panglao’s accommodation sector can grow.

Practical Notes

Small, garden-facing properties like this one tend to see the biggest swings in availability around Panglao’s peak windows — Holy Week, Christmas week, and Chinese New Year — when the island’s better-known resorts run at or near capacity and overflow demand shifts to smaller listings further from the beach. Confirm the exact walking route to Alona before arrival, since Tawala’s interior streets aren’t always well lit after dark, and factor the 18-minute distance into any evening plans that involve walking back rather than arranging a tricycle.

Reaching Panglao at all means either a direct flight into Bohol–Panglao International Airport, roughly 24 minutes from this property by road, or a fast ferry from Cebu City to Tagbilaran followed by a 15–20 minute tricycle or multicab crossing over the Tagbilaran–Dauis bridge. Visitors coming between July and September should expect the southwest monsoon to bring rougher water to Alona Beach specifically during that window, with limited effect on inland accommodations like this one beyond reduced dive and snorkeling schedules along the coast.

Who Should Book Here

Works for: travelers comfortable with a walk or short tricycle ride to the beach in exchange for a quieter, garden-set room, and guests who value a private pool setting over proximity to Alona’s restaurant row.

Skip if you: want to step directly onto the sand, need a large property with multiple facilities, or are only in Panglao for a very short stay where the extra walking time to Alona matters.

Current rating: 5.0 on Booking.com from 35 reviews, as recorded 2026-07-15. Rates from roughly 2,290 PHP are estimated from comparable Panglao properties at a similar rating band — confirm the live rate on Stay22.

Getting there and booking: Alona Beach is an 18-minute walk or short tricycle ride away. Rates and current availability are listed on Stay22 and Booking.com.