Siladen Resort & Spa

This is a luxurious resort. The accomodation is very comfortable in beautiful settings eg either a garden or beach villa. Rooms are cleaned twice a day. Food is absolutely excellent with plenty to choose from and catering for all tastes and needs. Scuba diving is brilliant and the staff are very attentive and knowledgeable: Frenkie was of particular help in his guidance and direction. Jane, who conducts yoga lessons and also works in the restaurant, is excellent at her job and very approachable. Raffi and Allen are always smiling and keen to help and all staff address you by name.

An absolutely delightful experience. Clean, luxurious in a very “chic casual” way. Incredibly well managed by Ana and Miguel, wonderful and varied food, and personable and very helpful staff. Could not be any more pleased. A must if you are looking for a diving resort in south east Asia.

The staff are great and take great care of you. The managers are always on hand to help you out with anything, and they're all wonderfully friendly. The site, pool and rooms are just perfect. The chef gives us very good meals. My wife had her birthday during the stay, and the staff prepared a nice surprise for us in the room. When it comes to diving, the guides are eagle-eyed, know their sites inside out and are very attentive to your requests. The sites are marvellous, with so much underwater life! Diving in Indonesia is an incredible pleasure, and diving in such perfect conditions makes for a wonderful trip. They introduced me to many species I hadn't seen before.

It’s rare to find a place that consistently provides a genuinely friendly relationship to every guest- rather than a transactional one. Miguel and Ana have decades of hotel mgmt experience and now use this experience as part - owners of this resort. They are around to help throughout the day and night. Ideas like voluntary communal tables for meals to meet new people and chat. Or your own private tables if you’re as a couple or family. The training of all staff members is clearly exceptional. The Dive Centre manager is Leo and he runs a professional and experienced set of instructors and dive masters. There are no cowboy/cowgirl dive guides here. Leo instructed me on my AOW and I appreciated that we didn’t just do the bare minimum of the course, he shared his knowledge on anything and everything along the way to be a better diver. He also is extremely personable and fun to dive with. The food is a standout to any other resort in the area. Their cook is amazing providing light or heavy, local or international, veg and meat based dishes. Food quantity is huge and quality is amazing for an island resort. All staff members have a smile on their face and are also genuinely friendly, well trained and very proactive. I look forward to my next visit.

This must be the perfect dive resort. The diving was superb, the rooms & beds super comfortable, the food varied & very tasty. I am gluten free and I was very well take care of. We did multiple dives each day and on our final no-diving day did the dolphin tour - we were very lucky to see so many dolphins it was really amazing. We also had massages which were excellent. Will definitely be coming back with friends in tow

I don’t even know where to start regarding our stay at Silden island this June (23). It was all simply amazing. Everything about this resort, the staff, the food, the spa, the diving, the approach to guests, the ambience and the way you are immediately absorbed as family is all simply wonderful. The service was superb and easily comparible to my 5* Maldives visit even if the accommodation is more rustic than modern/minimal. My partner and I stayed for 13 nights, travelling from the UK. I am an AOW diver and he was lucky enough to take his OW with the Siladen Diving Team in one of the most pristine areas to dive in Indonesia/the world. None of the diving disappointed. Even on the days that we dived when the weather was inclement and the visibility not so great we had really good experiences. If you are a Turtle fanatic, the Bunaken Island / Marine Park will definitely not disappoint. Over my 18 dives, I counted in excess of 85 turtles spotted. With some amazing photographic and GoPro10 footage. Other critters included pipefish, reef sharks, scorpion fish, pygmy seahorses, endless Clownfish, many many Orangutang Crabs, Day Octopus and so the list goes on. It’s a photographers dream here and the Coral is simply healthy both soft and hard. Maybe not quite what I envisage Raja Ampat to be (still on my bucket list) but the diving will not disappoint – unless of course you’re a ‘current diver’ and just want to hang on a hook. We also did 2 diving days to Bangka – which is an area 1 hour boat ride from Siladen. Both very worthwhile days and again, different marine life and beautiful corals. This is the area where the Siladen sister resort – Oasis Resort is situated. Quite a number of guests staying did a 7 day at each location. We met some amazing people from Germany, Switzerland, Singapore, USA and other nations. It was truly great fun diving with such a mix of abilities and nationalities. We’ve made some great friends from across the globe with whom we hope we will cross tracks again in the future. For the staff. I want to call out them all. Because from the minute you are met at Manado Airport to the moment that they wave you goodbye the service is simply amazing. I would personally like to thank Noldy, my Dive Guide who I want to give 5 stars. Most days I was diving 1/1 with him and because I’m a low air consumer, we were getting 70 minute dives consistently. He has eagle eyes and spotted so many tiny critters. Nudibranch of multiple colours, pygmy seahorses, pipe fish. He knew exactly where to find the Frogfish at Bangka, the reef sharks, the octopus. He was always focused on ensuring that we had a valuable and fun experience and consistently guided us out of currents to ensure we had good easy diving. Teddie, who delivered my partner’s OW training was also simply superb. There is not a thing that these guys will not do for you. They are all island dwellers. Their families live in the village that is less than 5