Oct 20, 2012
Coron
We booked the Coron Island Ultimate Tour from the Calamianes Expeditions Ecotours, an organization that supports communities and environments thru sustainable tourism. It was nice to be able to support its cause just by booking one of its many tours.
With 6 other tourists in the boat (total of 12 in the boat), the tour first brought us to CYC island where everyone enjoyed the crystal clear water of the beach.
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| CYC Island |
We then headed to Twin Peaks Reef and Coral Garden to snorkel. The underwater scenery was amazing with all the colorful fish and beautiful corals.
It was around noon time when we reached Isla Bulungan. It was here where we ate our lunch which was included in the tour package. We were served grilled pork chops, grilled fish, seaweeds, and bananas.
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| Isla Bulungan |
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| View from Isla Bulungan |
We then went to see Kayangan Lake, which was judged to be the cleanest lake in the country. It was on the quick trek going to the lake where we got to see the most photographed view in Coron.
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| On the way to the lake... |
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| a quick stop for the most photographed view in Coron |
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| Kayangan Lake |
Our last stop was at the part-warm and part-cold water of hidden lagoon.
It was just past 4 PM when the tour completed. We decided to head back to the hotel to freshen up, but only after eating halo-halo at Tita Esh eatery. For dinner, we went to Kawayanan Grill for some seafood.
It was a very brief vacation, 1.5 day to be exact, and it felt like we only had a preview of Coron. I will definitely be back here to take the Sangat WWII Shipwreck tour (sounds exciting!) as well as Mangrove kayaking and nature trekking package.
Estimated expenses:
3496 PHP - round trip air fare
1800 PHP - accommodation(1800 PHP per room good for 2)
300 PHP - airport transfer
250 PHP - day tour
150 PHP - Maniquit Hot Spring
650 PHP - Island tour
1000 PHP - Food
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7646 PHP
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