a reader asked sometime back if we went to other spots in camiguin aside from their famed white island, well..here’s a resounding, albeit late, YES!!!
in a previous post, i mentioned that as soon as you arrive in benoni wharf, men offering island tours will greet you. the one who greeted us offered to take us to yumbing + island tour for a fee of PhP1,000. if you’re that excited to see the island, i’d say 1K isn’t too bad. the downside is instead of a full day, you’ll only have half the day, technically. for us, it isn’t such a sweet deal. it was a blessing in disguise that we arrived hungry in camiguin for we truly found a sweet deal courtesy again of manang celia.
aside from finding us a place to stay, she found us a multicab to take us to different spots in the island for a fee of PhP1,300. Originally P1,500, she persuaded the owner to give us a discount of PhP200 as we were only ordinary workers from cebu, hehe. One-three divided amongst the four of us, PhP325, isn’t too bad, right? Thus, you’ll save more if there are several of you in the group. anyhu, i’ll let you be the judge if it was indeed a sweet deal.
Tour Fee: PhP 1,300, with driver
Tour Guide: Manang Celia and her daughter, PhP 0
Duration: 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM
First Stop: Katibawasan Falls
Entrance: PhP 15/person
lovely, lovely falls
bear with me; my vetlongwalks’ mark, hehe..
warning: really, really cold waters. tip: come here early so you’ll have the place to yourself. place gets too crowded immediately
Second Stop:
Break for Lunch. Ardent Spring has a restaurant as well as rooms for overnight stay. We, however, opted to eat out as according to manang celia, the food there is expensive. we didn’t check to verify, hehe..
Third Stop: Souvenir Shopping. Shirts @PhP100, ref magnet @PhP25 Across this is Walkway to the Old Volcano and Stations of the Cross
Located across the souvenir stalls. we were too lazy to climb up the steps.
Fourth Stop: Sunken Cemetery
One can actually go to the cross by riding a banca for a fee. Sorry forgot to ask how much as we didn’t feel like going there.
Fifth Stop. Not ideal for nonswimmers, me thinks.
Special Stop. Hunting for Lanzones Trees. First time to see them, hehe…
Last Stop: What was left of the church when Mt. Volcan erupted.
Emergency Stop: Golden Sunset Beach Club
*** END of TOUR***
our trusty ride. man in white is our driver
are we satisfied or what???
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some of the pix here are jacky’s and budlat’s
vetlongwalks wanders 
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