Destination: Camotes Island! It was Thanksgiving day when my cousin and 2 of our friends went to the island of Camotes. From SM Cebu City passenger terminal lounge, we boarded a van to Danao port as early as 7:00am and paid Php50 each. We reached Danao port at exactly 8:30 just in time for the next ferry trip to Consuelo port in Camotes. Good thing my cousin booked us a transportation from the port to Santiago Bay Garden Resort where I booked our overnight accommodation.
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| Welcome to Santiago bay!!! |
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| The Santiago bay beach front |
We arrived at Consuelo port at 10:30am (2 hours ferry trip for Php180) and hurried to the van waiting for us since we were already hungry. The driver offered us for a half day tour round the island for a reasonable price including a local tour guide and the pick up from the resort back to the port the next day so we grabbed the opportunity. By the way, the most common transportation on the island is the habal-habal or motorcycles that would cost you Php40 for each ride.
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| the very wide Santiago seashore |
Wow! I was never wrong about Santiago bay because aside from their warm staff, the place was so lovely. We headed to our room and ate our lunch outside admiring the beautiful view and the very wide seashores. Then, we went down to the beach and took photos while waiting for Manong Pitos (van owner and driver) for the afternoon round the island tour.
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| we enjoyed the clear waters |
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| chilling and relaxing=Chillaxing! |
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| what a wonderful world.. |
Our half day tour consists of 4 main tourist destinations in the island. We started in Mangodlong beach resort (sister company of Santiago bay), to Danao Lake Park, Timubo Cave resort and Buho Garden which were all breathtaking!
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| at Mangodlong resort |
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| you'll see lots of these huge jellyfish in Mangodlong |
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| Welcome to Lake Danao park (entrance fee: Php5) |
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| the scenic Lake Danao park |
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| at the cave's entrance (entrance fee is Php10) |
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| going down to see more |
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| Sunset at Buho garden |
We also droved to Jestrera's to try their delicacies. They exclusively produced products made of camote or sweet potato. That was where the name of the island came from. According to our tour guide the shape of the island is similar to the shape of a sweet potato. We had a sumptuous dinner at Manong Pitos after the whole afternoon tour. It's one of the best dinner I've ever had as everything in our table is fresh. You can still taste the sweet flavor of the fish after it's cooked or grilled. It only cost us around Php300 for all those dishes you can see on the photo below.
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| Wow! Sutukil for dinner. dig in! |
It was our time to go home the next morning. So we woke up early to watch the sunrise and took more photos around the resort. The place was so peaceful like the morning breeze of the ocean. We also ate our free breakfast and headed down to the souvenir shop before we packed up our things. Manong driver was already outside the resort's entrance waiting for us.
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| zooming my cam to capture the lovely sunrise and saw this fisherman |
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| early morning at Santiago beach |
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| Santiago bay poolside in the morning |
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| Manong Pitos van with the ad of his Sutukil biz |
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| the ferry about to leave Camotes.. |
I enjoyed the trip. Though I wish my partner was there too to see the beauty of the island and its wonders. Bye Camotes...
Boat Schedule: http://www.travelcamotes.com/
Accommodation: http://www.camotesresorts.com.ph/santiago_accomodation.htm
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