Gumamela* Bungalow / Bunggalo

Beautiful and gracious the Gumamela Hisbiscus inispired us to name your bungalow accordingly.

Gumamela Features

• 2 – 4 guests
• toilet, shower + pristine spring water
• cooking niche
• lovely veranda with panoramic view onto the Big Blue
• bamboo, wood structure + cogon (grass) roof
• electricity + fan
• access to BBQ and all other Pawikan Bay facilities
• 2 guests php 2,500 / night; every additional guest + php 200

New Gumamela

(inaugurated June 2026)

Construction of New Gumamela

Feb 25 – June 26

Old Gumamela

2011 – 2025

The yellow hibiscus is the state flower of Hawai. Their pretty flowers attract butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds. dried hibiscus, i.e. their calyces are edible. The Hibiscus aculeatus is an ingredient (labog) to enhance the acidity flavor of vegetables and chicken soup.

In the Philippines, the Gumamela is used to make bubbles. The flowers and leaves are crushed until the sticky juice appears. Mix with soap, and blow your bubbles (Tarukanga) using hollow Papaya stalks.

Wear a Gumamela flower behind your left year and signal so that you are married or have a boyfriend. Wear one behind your right year and signal so that you are available for a relationship.

The red hibiscus is the flower of the Hindu goddess Kali.