After the zipline adventure, we then headed to Sumilon Island early Saturday morning. From Lahug, we were told to go Cebu South Bus Terminal and buy a ticket going to Oslob. The fare is about PhP 135.00 one way but with the way prices are increasing right now, your best bet would be to prepare at least PhP 150.00. You might want to go there as early as 3:00 AM if you want to get to Sumilon before 7 or 8 AM. The bus ride is about 3 hours from the city and from Oslob, wait for the boat that would get you to Sumilon Blue Water Resort.
The resort offers over night accommodation as well as day tours but with our budget running low, we opted to take the latter. Accommodation with food (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) as well as use of facilities, snorkeling gear, kayak, and trekking around the island costs roughly around PhP 10,000 per couple per night. Day tours on the other hand, costs PhP 1,500.00 during weekdays and PhP 2,000 on weekends. That amount covers boat ride to and from the island, a three course lunch or buffet (depending on the number of visitors on that day), snacks, use of facilities, use of snorkeling gear, kayak, and trekking around the island... money well spent if you ask me. Please do call them to make a reservation. Here's their number: (63-32) 492-0100. (63-32) 232-5411 or (63-32) 232-5412 to 14
After 3 hours on the bus and 15 or so minutes of boat ride, we were amazed by the sandbar on the island! The waters around it were the bluest of blue... something that can easily compete with the waters of Boracay. We were then given a ride to the resort itself and briefed on what we should expect on our visit.
Just a tip- if you want to go trekking, make sure that you wear shoes that could take the rocky terrain of the mountain. If you actually look closely, the rocks somehow look like coral reefs (makes me think that the waters were as high as these mountains). We trekked towards the Baluarte and the Light Tower and back to the beach, which took almost an hour or so of walking around the island.
More on SUmilon on my next posts...in the meantime here's a few pictures to enjoy
The resort offers over night accommodation as well as day tours but with our budget running low, we opted to take the latter. Accommodation with food (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) as well as use of facilities, snorkeling gear, kayak, and trekking around the island costs roughly around PhP 10,000 per couple per night. Day tours on the other hand, costs PhP 1,500.00 during weekdays and PhP 2,000 on weekends. That amount covers boat ride to and from the island, a three course lunch or buffet (depending on the number of visitors on that day), snacks, use of facilities, use of snorkeling gear, kayak, and trekking around the island... money well spent if you ask me. Please do call them to make a reservation. Here's their number: (63-32) 492-0100. (63-32) 232-5411 or (63-32) 232-5412 to 14
After 3 hours on the bus and 15 or so minutes of boat ride, we were amazed by the sandbar on the island! The waters around it were the bluest of blue... something that can easily compete with the waters of Boracay. We were then given a ride to the resort itself and briefed on what we should expect on our visit.
Just a tip- if you want to go trekking, make sure that you wear shoes that could take the rocky terrain of the mountain. If you actually look closely, the rocks somehow look like coral reefs (makes me think that the waters were as high as these mountains). We trekked towards the Baluarte and the Light Tower and back to the beach, which took almost an hour or so of walking around the island.
More on SUmilon on my next posts...in the meantime here's a few pictures to enjoy
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