Bantayan Island Beach Resorts
I have started a new website with a focus on Bantayan Island. Eventually I hope to offer package tours but for now I will write reviews and display pictures about the Island. The site is very new. In fact, right now there have been no visitors so you could be the first to comment, in fact the first to visit at all!
I have posted some of my pictures from
my visit to the Island last month. I saw many places on the island this time around, the bar that floats in Santa Fe Bay was my favorite find. We visited a park that the locals use known as Kota Park and we visited Sts. Peter and Paul church which is nearly 500 years old. Pictures of the church have been posted on this website. You can find that post by using the menu at the top of this website. We also found an old museum that I had trouble getting the full story behind as the deeds were spanish. A local told us the museum was built by the Japanese during WWII but I think it is much older than that. My guess is that the Japanese did use it. Its an old Spanish fort, likely as old or older than the church.
We also visited a mangrove jungle via a board walk built out of bamboo that reaches into the mangrove trees. It is advertised as an eco-tourism location on the island but only from a small green sign I noticed as we were on our way to the public market.
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you are branching out so much it is hard to keep up with you. I hope you do well with this site. It sure sounds like a neat place to visit and again your pictures are great. Yours is the only site I can look at the cute girls without my wife getting upset. Ha ha.
Ok , i will bite . And where exactly is this island , northern tip of Cebu ? Good Luck on the new effort .
Alan, yes, northern tip of cebu. I’ll try to get a locator map up to show exactly where it is.
One goes up near San Remigio to get there but its actually a smaller town of Hagnaya where one catches a boat to get there.
Rusty, you’re sharing your little secret too much!
Maybe Daanbantayan might be worth a look? It’s much further, but hey, you’ve got all the time in the world-LOL!
I must go back to that website I checked Daanbantayan on. It mentioned some nearby island which papparently is a breeding ground for poisonous sea snakes.
It seems you are not aware of the Bantayan Island quality of beaches. It is world one of the best and co equal with Boracay. It so happen that it is not as accessible as Boracay since it will require land and sea travel.
Why does it seem that I don’t appreciate the quality of Bantayan’s beaches? you read something wrong? I have a typo?
Don, Yeah lots of websites but I need to do many more. The tour business is way off for now but hopefully it will work out sooner than later.
Daanbantayan isn’t a lot further. I don’t think? The roads are bad so it takes longer though. I’e been up that way once but didn’t’ make it to the Daanbantayan.
Skips resort is where many hang out until their boat goes to Malapascua. There is another island in the area, probably considered a part of Malapascua that is what you’re speaking of.
The banded sea snake or Sea Crate lives is protected there. They were over fished but are making a come back. They rarely bite humans but if they do, you’re in serious trouble. I don’t know if there is an anti-venom for this creature but I think there is. Having it where you need it though would be a real issue.
Rusty, It was very intresting seeing the pictures of the floating bar. I liked the prices on the chack board for the pizzas. I can buy a pizza here for 5. It would only be pereroni. A giant pizza with all the toppings is over 20 here now. I liked the food groups on the board as Im not much on eating fish.
II love fish, the only problem I have is when its more bone than fish.
I can get freashly caught tuna at the public market! We send the maids though as they know what to buy.
I’m trying hard to get some of the weight off. I had pizza there that night though!
It wasn’t as large as it should have been but it was good.
Yea I know, you can spend $30 on a pizza in the US without a lot of effort.
I once took 10 people to eat fish, it was less than $5 for all of us! Pizza and everything at the local Pizza Pub is less than $10 and I usually have a beer or two. Jessie gets Ice Cream and a soft drink or tea. She often gets spaghetti and leaves most of the pizza to me! Again, under $5 but the pizza does have hot dogs! LOL
There is pizza hut in Cebu. I love it but I’m staying away. That will cost you a little more. About $7.50 for everything for two to three people.
though i am from Cebu, i have never been into this place and i am surprised that this page is written by an expat but still its cool and thanks for promoting places of Cebu.
I hadn’t even heard Bantayan Island. Then, after I looked it up, I realized that although I’d heard of Cebu, I didn’t realize it was in the Phillipines! At any rate, the site looks great. Did you use Drupal, WordPress, or some other CMS on it?
I think we should keep Bantayan a secret. You are Filipino?
I have been there, Really a nice place. Filipinos are really very hospitable.