Guimaras is the home for famous sweetest and the best
varieties ofmango of the Philippines. We
went there in the last week of April and they were preparing for the Manggahan
Festival held every May 11-22.
From Iloilo City, we went to Ortiz Wharf and took a 20-minute
pump boat ride to Jordan Wharf. The cost
is only Php 14.00. From there we asked
local policemen how to get to Nueva Valencia where we booked our resort. He told us to ride a jeep going to Nueva
Valencia. There are multicabs in the
area, but hiring one would be expensive so my friend and I opted for a cheaper
transportation, a jeep for only Php 45.00 for 45 minutes to one hour depending
on the jeep. The jeep was full of
commuter, my friend and I were already at the end of the jeep uncomfortably
sitting on a piece of wood.
We told the barker to drop us going to Alubihod. We got off a gas station in an intersection
going to Alubihod. From there we rode a tricycle going to Raymen Beach Resort
in Alubihod. Upon checking in and since
it was already almost 5 in the afternoon, we decided to check Alubihod beach
and enjoyed the water with other tourist.
Raymen also sumptuous food and the famous mango.
The following morning, we availed of the island hopping tour
from Raymen Beach Resort and they helped us with the local boatman. It was still early in the morning and the sun
was rising from the horizon. The first
place we went was our local boatman’s house where he fetched a tour guide for
us. Our first island was the Ave Maria
Island.
It is a small island where the sand bars disappear during
hightide. And since it was very early,
we get to enjoy the small sand bar all by ourselves. The water was clear here and we took a short
swim. Across Ave Maria Island was the
turtle sanctuary where we got to see a huge turtle. The island was surrounded by rock formations
and a nice beach.
Our next stop was the small cave of Baras Cave. Nice went
inside the small cave with rock formation.
From Baras Cave we went to Lamurawan Beach Resort. This island has a beautiful garden and is
open to tourists to take pictures. We
were able to talk to the care takers of the garden. From Lamurawan, we could see the 7 small
islands.
Our next destination was Natago Beach Resort. It was a resort and a secluded island. We tour the whole beach and were able to talk
to the owner. It was my favourite beach
in our tour because of the landscape, the sand bar between water with the rock
formation and clear water with the visible school of fish.
We also check out the Fairy Castle and Isla Naburot.
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