DOT-Accredited Hotels, Resorts & Tour Operators in Marinduque (2026 Official List)

On July 5, 2026, the Marinduque Tourism and Cultural Office (PTCO) published its updated roster of DOT-accredited tourism enterprises and frontliners across the province. It's the single most useful list a traveler can have before booking a Marinduque trip: every hotel, resort, farmstay, travel agency, tour operator, and tour guide on it has been vetted and accredited by the Department of Tourism.

This guide reorganizes that official list by municipality so it's easy to use, explains what "DOT-accredited" actually means, and links each establishment to its full profile where we have one. All the underlying information — names, locations, and the accreditation itself — comes from the Tourism Office's July 5, 2026 release, credited in full at the bottom of this page.

What "DOT-accredited" means — and why it's worth booking accredited

DOT accreditation is a certification granted by the Philippine Department of Tourism to establishments and individuals that meet its standards for facilities, safety, and service. It's voluntary, it has to be renewed, and it isn't automatic — a business applies, gets inspected, and is only listed once it passes.

For a traveler, booking accredited is a simple way to lower your risk on an island where a lot of stays are small, family-run, and marketed mostly through Facebook. In practice it gives you a few concrete advantages:

• The business is real and traceable. An accredited property has a verified address, a working contact, and a paper trail with a government office — which matters when you're sending a deposit for a room you've only seen in photos.
• Baseline standards are checked. Accreditation covers things like sanitation, guest safety, and basic service standards, so you're not walking in completely blind.
• Accredited guides are trained and insured. A DOT-accredited tour guide has completed the required training and carries accreditation — a real difference when you're crossing to the islands or climbing Mount Malindig.
• It supports the people doing it right. Choosing accredited operators rewards the local families who invested the time and money to get certified.

None of this means a non-accredited carinderia or homestay is bad — plenty are wonderful. It just means that when you want certainty, this is the list to start from.

The list at a glance

As of the July 5, 2026 release, the accredited roster covers:

• 30 accommodations — hotels, resorts, inns, transient houses, and farmstays across five municipalities.
• 1 travel and tour agency, 1 tour operator, and 1 tourist land transport operator.
• 22 accredited tour guides based in Boac, Gasan, Buenavista, Sta. Cruz, and Torrijos.

Everything below is drawn directly from that release. Where an establishment already has a full profile on this site, its name links to it.

Accredited accommodations by municipality

Boac

Marinduque's capital has the deepest cluster of accredited stays — handy since Boac is the usual base for the Moriones Festival and the most walkable town on the island.

Mogpog

Gasan

Sta. Cruz

Sta. Cruz is the jump-off for the popular offshore islands — Maniwaya, Mongpong, and Polo — so several of its accredited stays are on or near the beach.

Torrijos

Accredited travel agencies, tour operators & transport

If you'd rather have someone else handle the ferry, transfers, and island-hopping logistics, these are the accredited companies on the July 2026 list.

Accredited tour guides

Twenty-two tour guides hold current DOT accreditation across the province. Below are their names and home towns. To keep individuals' personal numbers off a public page, we've listed names and locations only — to hire an accredited guide, contact the Marinduque Tourism and Cultural Office (details in the next section) and they'll connect you with an available accredited guide, or ask your accredited hotel or operator to arrange one.

Boac

• Rica Mae M. Abache — Brgy. Binunga
• Maria Sophia M. Aceron — Brgy. Bunganay
• Kyla S. Gutierez — Brgy. Buliasnin
• Randy T. Nobleza — Brgy. Poras
• Cesar Jr. O. Orilla — Brgy. Isok II
• Princess Dyan C. Rosas — Brgy. Bangbangalon
• Maria Joy B. Velasco — Brgy. Mahinhin

Gasan

• Shairen S. Lumalang — Brgy. Masiga
• Adrian O. Rosales — Brgy. Masiga
• Chelsea Kaye S. Sanchez — Brgy. Mahunig

Buenavista

• Arielyn R. Mayorga — Brgy. Daykitin

Sta. Cruz

• Tasha Belle R. Fernandez — Brgy. Banahaw
• Alennah L. Monterozo — Brgy. Buyabod
• Francis Ian Q. Privado — Brgy. Matalaba
• Gilbert P. Privado — Brgy. Pulong-Parang
• Jociel A. Regino — Brgy. Jolo
• Loverell V. Rejano — Brgy. Matalaba
• Zaira Mae R. Retardo — Brgy. Buyabod

Torrijos

• Leigh Gen R. Base — Brgy. Suha
• Jeanie May P. Palatino — Brgy. Maranlig
• Jenelyn C. Quinto — Brgy. Marlangga
• Glynis Karen N. Raza — Brgy. Kay Duke

How to book — and reach the Tourism Office

For accredited-guide bookings, help verifying an establishment's current accreditation, or general trip questions, the Provincial Tourism and Cultural Office is the office to call:

• Marinduque Tourism and Cultural Office — on Facebook as *Marinduque Tourism and Cultural Office*
• Email: tourism.marinduque@gmail.com
• Phone: (042) 754-0136

A couple of practical tips before you book:

• Accreditation is renewed and can change. This roster is a snapshot as of July 5, 2026. If you're booking months out, it's worth a quick message to the Tourism Office to confirm a property is still accredited.
• Pair this with the logistics. Once you've picked an accredited stay, our Manila-to-Marinduque route guide covers the bus-and-ferry trip in, and the trip cost breakdown helps you budget the rest.

Source & credit

All information on this page — the accredited establishments, operators, tour guides, their locations, and the accreditation itself — comes directly from the Marinduque Tourism and Cultural Office's official post, *"Updated list of DOT-Accredited Tourism Enterprises and Frontliners in Marinduque as of July 5, 2026."* Full credit goes to the PTCO for compiling and publishing it.

You can view the original announcement on the Marinduque Tourism and Cultural Office Facebook page. We've reorganized it for readability and added links to our own establishment profiles; if you spot an establishment that has changed or been newly accredited, the Tourism Office's page is always the authoritative source.