Tuesday, February 16, 2010

romblon

looking for your next stop? go to romblon. got this from seair's inflight mag. (",)

We’ve taken out the guessing game and done the research for all you virgin beach lovers. Have a read of some of Romblon’s exciting beach stops Beach-hop Romblon Island.

Maracay-racay is a fantastic powder-white sand beach with gin-clear waters, one of the best beaches visited by the InFlight team. The seabed is rocky in parts and slopes down gradually. It is also the jump off point to the neighboring dive site of Tacut Reef, a marine sanctuary. Maracay-racay is a 2km hike to the southern direction, through two barangays.


Carabao Island Beach is said to be the next Boracay. It's located in San Jose town, south of Romblon and just about a two-hour boat ride from Boracay. It has several white-sand beaches similar to Boracay's White Beach.


Talipasak Beach is a secluded beach with cream-colored sand, gradually sloping seabed that is rocky in some parts, and clean, clear waters. Close to the beach is a marine sanctuary that houses untouched reefs, home to pelagics and diverse marine species. The beach is a 30-minute drive from the port down the main road, plus a scenic five-minute hike.


Cobrador Island, located north of Romblon Island is the biggest islet in Romblon. It has beautiful coves fringed with fine white sand and crushed corals. You can reach Cobrador in 35-40 minutes by outrigger boat from Romlon’s port to Cobrador port.


Tiamban Beach has creamy beige sand, clean, clear waters, and a small cove that stretches to some 50m. Again the seabed slopes down gradually. From the beach, you can see Tablas Island in the distance. Tiamban is located about 5km from the town proper or a 15-minute drive from the main port.


Beach-hop Sibuyan Island

Cresta de Gallo is a five-hectare, kidney-shaped islet that has an impressive beach of lush interior and powdery white-sand. It is largely undeveloped and there’s no lodging anywhere on the island, but this is one of the perfect places in Romblon to have that great day-out, swimming and snorkeling and lazing about in the sun. Pack a tent, lunch and drinks, lots of sun cream to enjoy your day out on this island paradise. To get to this beach requires an hour's travel by land from the main town of San Fernando to Brgy. Azagra where you can hop on a pumpboat for another 30-minute scenic trip. Cresta del Gallo is located south of Sibuyan in the town of San Pedro.

Beach-hop Tablas Island

Looc Bay Marine Refuge and Sanctuary is not a beach, but we’ve included it anyway because it is one of the best spots for snorkeling and fish feeding. This sanctuary is host to diverse species of tropical reef fish, hard and soft corals, turtles, octopuses, eels, seabirds, and hundreds of continuously regenerating colorful giant clams. The sanctuary is located in the midwestern portion of Tablas.

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