Daily Times

The world’s most expensive resort is open for business – and as you might expect, it is jaw-dropping. But so it should be for $100,000 a night.

It’s called Banwa Private Island and while the price tag is eye-wateringly hefty it does secure guests the entire island.

And what an island!

Nestling in the Palawan archipelago in the Philippines – regarded as ‘the last ecological frontier’, according to the resort’s website – it’s pretty much 15 acres of paradise on earth.

The resort website says that it’s ‘a private world where time stands still’ and where temperatures rarely dip below 30C.

The accommodation is luxury through and through.

There are six villas that each boast a private infinity pool, hot tub deck at the water’s edge and floor-to-ceiling windows.

There’s also a restaurant that serves food that’s been freshly grown locally or freshly caught from the Sulu Sea, and a spa, where guests can enjoy an unlimited number of treatments at no extra cost.

Nestling in the Palawan archipelago in the Philippines — regarded as ‘the last ecological frontier’, according to the resort’s website — it’s pretty much 15 acres of paradise on earth

Activity-wise, there are lots of choices – scuba-diving, snorkelling, jet skiing, catamaran sailing, yoga and tennis.

Plus golf, desert-island style. You tee off from a jetty and try to hit a floating target green with balls made of fish food.

There’s intriguing wildlife to investigate, too – including Hawksbill sea turtles and tabon birds – and there’s an on-site animal expert guests can chat to about it.

The only way of reaching the island is by seaplane or helicopter from Manila.

It costs $990 per way for a nine-passenger seaplane and $11,580 for a five-passenger helicopter round-trip.

And transfers are not included in the price.

So on the face of it, this is a private island experience open to only the very richest people.

But there is a way to bring the price right down.

The villas accommodate 48 people, so if you can gather that number of people together and split the cost it works out at $2,083 each per night, though there is a minimum stay of three or five nights depending on the time of year.