Malapascua Island: Premier Dive Site

Great places are harder to find, so they say.  And I could never get enough of Cebu.  And this time around, it's on the farther north tip of the province, an isolated beach paradise called Malapascua.

From the airport we hailed a taxi towards the North Terminal and rode a bus going to Daanbantayan, to reach the Maya Port.  It took us almost 6 hours to get to the port.  A boat, that leaves every hour, was waiting for us for another two hours ride to island.  After a long journey, we were excited when we finally saw the beautiful white sands.  There were no ports in the island, the boatman stopped in the main beach.  Our resort was located at the left side of the beach, called Blue Coral Beach Resort.

 The room was a non-air conditioned room, had a wide window which gave fresh air from the sea.  And because it was built on high rocks, our room gave a spectacular view of the Bounty beach.

Our resort also offered island tour in which we availed.  We started at 9 AM.  The first site was the snorkeling near Dakit Dakit Island, known for it's coral garden and coral walls and different fishes.   After which we passed by the light house, a dive site was near the light house.

We stopped at Guinbantayan, where the sand bar meets from both side of the sea.   There were children of the locals who were also enjoying the beach.

We headed to Langob, where we stayed for more than an hour before having our lunch. The lunch was also included in our tour, where our boatman freshly catch fishes where cooked in the boat while we enjoyed the water and the long sand bar.

After we had our lunch, our boatman took us the Bantigue Cove Beach Resort, a private beach resort, but we were allowed to tour the cove.  It was also a high spot, to check the other side of the Malapascua Island.  After which we went to the Coral Garden to enjoy another snorkeling activity. We were backed in Bounty Beach at 4 PM and stayed there enjoyed our sun bathing.

Malapascua is a premier dive site, in which divers has been visiting regularly.  The famous area for diving are Monad Shaol, Gato Shoal and Kemod Shoal.  Thresher sharks and manta rays were regularly sited.  There were shops for diving gears and diving lessons.  And since my friend and I were not divers, we just simply enjoyed the beauty of the whole Malaspascua Island.