Friday, May 1, 2020

6D5N Boracay - Day 4 & 5 & 6 ~ Island hopping, Crystal Cove, Cliff Diving

Boracay Part 1 | Part 2 |

Boracay is one of the most popular tourism islands in the Philippines. The low season is from June to October when the sea is wavy and the weather is rainy. Besides the this period, the rest of the year is basically high season. 

The beach is very very long and is separated into 3 section 1, 2, & 3. Where section 2 is the most happening part of the beach. The island is very commercialized and majority of the tourists are Koreans and Chineses from China and handful of westerners. 

Generally the cost on the island is considered moderate depends on where you are from. But knowing how to bargain with the Philippines will certainly make your budget looser.

Activities 
We booked a tour guide earlier before departing. I don't recommend my tour guide, but we met another guy,  Domino which is highly recommended.

Accommodation
i) Boracay Holiday Resort for the first 4 nights
ii) Cohiba Villas at the last night. 

Below is a summary of the itinerary of a pretty leisure and relaxing 6-day trip of my friends and I on the Island:

Day 1 – Travelling and checking in
Day 2 – Zip line, Cable car, Fly Fish, Sun Set Sailing
Day 3 – Fun diving
Day 4 - Islands hopping, snorkeling, Crystal Cove (sight seeing)
Day 5 – Cliff diving in Magic Island, shopping, massage
Day 6 – Travelling back


Day 4 - Islands hopping, snorkeling, Crystal Cove (sight seeing)


The island hopping including the hopping for a few islands, and which should include the cliff diving too. However, due to strong wave, we couldn't dive for today. But since cliff diving is a must in boracay trip we rent a boat on the next day for the cliff diving.

Then the island hopping is just a typical ordinary visit to 3 islands. Stop by and have your own activities. We did some photoshooting and the guys play football with the local.



Crystal Cove.




This is our villas. - Cohiba Villa


A lot of sailing boat going to view sun set.



The sand castle is another special feature in Boracay. The children there all have the skill in making sand castle and you can ask them to cast your name, and just pay them some tips.


Basketball is a very famous sports in Philippine, you can see basketball field every where. And even this basketball game is very popular and it attracts the attention of both tourist and local too.




Day 6 ~ Travelling
Woke up early morning and took shuttle to D'mall. *No breakfast is provided for our villa.
We have a final shopping in D'mall and It's another torturing journey for travelling back. Good bye to the pretty beach. 

1515 - 1900 : AK608 | KLO - KUL |
2200 - 2250 : AK 6120 | KUL - PEN |


Journey  : Cohiba Villa – D'mall - Boracay Jetty - Kalibo Jetty – Airport
Transport & Time taken : Van (2.5hours) - Ferry (20mins) - Tuk Tuk (15 mins)

Fare : 1200 peso (Round trip including the travelling on last day, we hire the tour guide to arrange for us)