Black Marlin Dive Resort

Beautiful little family owned resort. Very rustic but relaxing, with an unbeatable location and friendly staff & owner. Ended up staying much longer than I planned initially for the diving, which was amazing. Highly recommend, looking forward to coming back in the future.

Fantastic resort, on a beautiful beach for a good price. It's hard to get good amenities on Togean, and this place was a big upgrade from my previous guest house. I winged it with Togean Island in peak season, and the owner was good at helping me get organized.

The place is completely abandoned and in terrible condition. What’s even worse, the owner’s three dogs have been left on the island with no food. It’s not true that the place is “under renovation” — it’s simply deserted. I truly hope someone will step in to help these dogs and that the owner takes responsibility for this situation.

I stayed at Black Marlin resort in September 2024. The staff, especially, pak Ais, is very helpful and attentive. The food was great and fresh from the sea. But they need to fixed a lot of broken things like few part of wooden floor on the top bungalow is rotten & very dangerous. We went snorkelling just in front of our resort (better at neighbouring resort though) & trekking to secluded beach through lush jungle. Togean Islands are beautiful.

The pros are the local guys running the place, they are very nice people. Also the reef right in front of it is not as colourful as others but I have seen so many fishes, it was impressive. The cons: -the room was in very poor condition, really decaying. And most importantly, no one cleaned it before we entered..! There was stuff on the floor and bed all over, hairs in the toilet ..pretty disgusting -as opposed to all other resorts I have seen in the Togean, there is no nice beach in front of it, they preferred to throw cement (such a pity) -food is ok, average All in all, the resorts nearby are all much better than this one, and if you are into diving you can just stay somewhere else and come here just for a dive and go.

island is amazing and location excellent - but accommodation was really horrible. Run down, basic, not very clean (heaps of rubbish behind our room). Food absolutely terrible - 2 minute noodle with half cooked egg in it on our arrival. Other good very basic, poor quality (dry cake and a bana for breakfast). Drinking water only available from restaurant and at meal times. No soap, putrid toilet. Very arrogant ad rude owner - they seem to favour divers who spend $$& though we spoke to a spainish tourist who got put in intermediate session (he is advanced) and there was only one instructor and class full of new beginners who had never dived. He spent all his time helping and guiding them - no thanks let alone a discount - and as he said ‘very unsafe’.|The location is stunning g but do your research - this is a horrible place to stay- dirty, basic, unwelcoming, terrible food and service. Do not go here - there is much better on the island.

A big disappointment. Probably the place was really nice in the early 2000s but now is completely abandoned and very poorly maintained. There are tons of plastics in the area that can be easily cleaned and everything seems old and broken. When we arrived there was no one to receive us. The room was okay but the bathroom was an absolute nightmare. It was very dirty when we arrived, and it was obvious that it hadn’t been cleaned properly for a long time (you can see the pictures and judge for yourself). After telling them to clean the bathroom again (although they claimed it was clean) somehow they managed to break the sink and make a complete mess. We were supposed to stay here 3 nights but we only stayed 2, and just because we had already paid those. It’s a shame because it could be a very nice place.

Booked by booking.com, totally disapointed. The pictures on booking.com are great. Its a rundown resort with dirty rooms....