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Malapascua, Cebu North

Malapascua Island (Offshore at the northernmost tip of Cebu). The island is 3 km. long and 1 km. wide, with a population of about 5,000. It has white sand beaches and crystal clear waters. Ideal for swimming, snorkelling and diving. Famous for Coral and Thresher Sharks.
Malapascua diving packages

Malapascua is an undeveloped island, 4 hours travel from Cebu City. The water is crystal clear and marine life is abundant. The area and the Monad Shoal in particular is famous for Thresher Sharks. It is the very epitome of a beautiful, white sand, sun kissed jewel. The down side to this of course is the fact that the Island has no electricity except that which is generated locally, so you can expect power cuts each day. The islanders are expecting a regular power supply to be in operation in 2009.
The water supply is from the wells and is brackish, no proper water supply is anticipated in the very near future, but there is talk of a de-salination installation. A new pier is under construction and they are are intending to build a new pier at the North and South ends of the island and for some basic roads to be built, but cars will not be allowed.
A lot of the resorts have been adding facilities in the last 3 years but it has not been a major change. The island is moving more away from backpacker style rooms, to a better class of room. There are more AC rooms now, more of which have (almost) 24 hour electric for the AC, but still only a handful have hot water.
The government implemented a 30 meter rule to clear the first 30 metres of beachfront, so affected resorts knocked down their front buildings and built in the back. The beachfront now looks much nicer.

Accomodation in Malapascua
Our preferred Hotels are:
Cocobana as it is on the beach and has hot water (AC rooms only), Sunsplash and Blue Coral. Cocobana have their beach bungalows, some of which are AC with hot water. Their deluxe rooms are concrete with hot water, fridge and TV.
The Superdeluxe rooms are very nice and good value for money.
Sunsplash. cold water, breakfast for 2, tv and minibar. Superior rooms are larger.Rooms are nice.
Mangrove is about 20 minutes walk away, quite isolated, and a bit more upmarket.
Blue Coral Resort. It is at the end of the main beach, the rooms are basic, but large, high up and have a great view of the beaches from the private balconies. There is a new resort very close to the dive shop called Sams. Rooms have AC and hot water.

Cebu Island has a population of some 3 million people, Cebu City is the Philippines 3rd largest with more than 700,000 inhabitants.

Tours in the Visayas

CHOCOLATE HILLS-Tarsier-Loboc River Raft

FANTASY PLACE, Homestay Villa, Southern Cebu

VISAYAS Discovery

BORACAY ESCAPE

BADIAN ISLAND, CEBU

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Cebu is steeped in history, being the location of the first European arrivals in the 16th century. This is where Ferdinand Magellan was slain while attempting to cross over to Mactan Island to convert the inhabitants to Christianity.
Mactan Island now boasts a half dozen beautiful white sand beach resorts, an International Airport, a Guitar Factory and the Lapu Lapu Monument.
Note that due to room shortages, hotel reservations in Cebu are best booked early.

Cebu holiday resorts are accessed via Mactan Island

We recommend Cebu City as a great location for Nightlife, Beach and many varieties of holiday including Scuba diving snorkeling in Olango Island, near to Cebu City, MoalBoal and Sumilon,which are in the South and Malapascua Island which is located offshore at the northernmost tip of Cebu. The island is 3 km. long and 1 km. wide, with a population of about 5,000. It has white sand beaches and crystal clear waters. Ideal for swimming, diving and snorkeling. Famous for Coral and Thresher Sharks.

Malapascua diving packages

Dumaguete is a large city of 100,000 people on Negros Island, close to Cebu Island and the location of Apo Island, the island offers some of the best diving in the Philippines. On the southeast, the Sanctuary is a gradual slope with a shallow wall. Thousands of tiny fish cluster around the bushes of black corals, there are Lapu-Lapu, Surgeon Fish, some beautiful stony corals, a collection of various species of Clownfish and Anemones.
Apo Island is accessible by a 35-minute boat ride from Cebu South
Kawasan Falls 97 km. southwest of Cebu City, makes an excellent swimming and cooling off spot.
Attractions:
Mactan Island Reached by way of the new or old Mactan Bridges, you can laze and relax or enjoy some of the many facilities available. Jet skiing and boat trips,scuba divingin world class dive locations or you can visit a Guitar Factory. In the evening you can enjoy nightlife, cultural music and dancing, you may even want to hone your karaoke skills at the many bars and restaurants in the City.
Magellans Cross Magellanes Street. Planted in April 21,1521 by Ferdinand Magellan, it is the spot where the first Christian Filipinos were baptized by Fr.Pedro Valderema.
Fort San Pedro (Pier Area, Cebu City). The smallest, oldest tri-bastion fort in the country. This fort served as the nucleus of the Spanish settlement in the Philippines. The walls are 20 feet high, 8 feet thick, and the tower is 30 feet high from the ground. Work was first started on May 8, 1565. Fort San Pedro National Museum (Legaspi Ext., Cebu City). Artifacts taken from the old Spanish Galleon known as San Diego within the deep sea of Fortune Island off the coast of Batangas are on display in this centuries-old fort. Artifacts excavated within Fort San Pedro premises are also on display.
Colon Street The oldest street in the Philippines was built by the Spaniards in the time of Miguel Lopez de Legazpi. Named after Christopher Columbus, it is the heart of downtown Cebu, a glittering area by night.
Magellan Marker (Punta Engano, Lapu lapu City).Magellan crossed the channel to Mactan Island in an effort to spread Christianity but he was killed by island chieftain Lapu lapu and his men on April 27, 1521. The Lapulapu Monument marker was erected in 1866 to mark the spot where the great explorer died.
University of San Carlos(P. del Rosario St., Cebu City). The oldest school in the country established by the Jesuits in 1565. University of San Carlos Museum (P. del Rosario St., Cebu City). A product of years of research activities of the Anthropological Departments faculty in Central and Southern Philippines, it has four galleries: Spanish Colonial, Ethnographic, Archeological and Natural Science
Capitol Building (Osmena Blvd., Cebu City). The seat of the Provincial government, is of pre-war vintage. Its a replica of the United States White House and its high dome can be seen along Osmena Boulevard.
Casa Gorordo Museum (35 Lopez Jaena St., Cebu City). Home of the first Filipino Bishop of Cebu, Juan Gorordo (1862-1934). A tour inside this residence is a brief journey into a Filipino period between 1860 and 1920. The place presently features noted paintings, museum relics, a courtyard, antique household items and furniture.
Olango Wildlife Sanctuary Olango Island supports the largest concentration of migratory birds found so far in the country. Migration starts from the birds breeding places in Siberia, Northern China and Japan. The next lap of their journey may cover from 3,000 to 15,000 km. of nonstop flight
Image of Santo Nino The oldest religious relic in the Philippines. On April 21, 1521 Magellan gave the image to Queen Juana as a baptismal gift. Forty-four years later, on Apri1 27,1565, when Miguel Lopez de Legaspi arrived in Cebu, Fr. Andres de Urdaneta, who formally Christianized the Cebuanos, found the natives hostile. Legaspi himself besieged the settlement and set the village on fire. It was on one of the burnt houses that Juan Camus, a soldier, found the image of Santo Nino unscathed. Since then the miraculous image has been venerated by the Cebuanos as their Patron Saint. At present, the miraculous image is kept in the Parish Convent and a replica is adorned with gold and precious stones and enshrined in glass. It is housed in a side altar inside the Basilica Minor del Santo Nino.
Taoist Temple (Beverly Hills, Cebu City). The temple preserves the teachings of Lao-Tse, the 600 B.C. Chinese philosopher. Everyday, people climb its 81 steps (representing the 81 chapters of Taoism scriptures) to light joss sticks and have their fortune read. Phu-Sian Temple A Buddhist Temple, the third Chinese temple on Beverly Hills, located at the right side of the road to the Taoist Temple
Guitar Factories (Maribago District, Lapulapu City). One can actually see how guitars are made. The raw materials used to have to be shipped from Mindanao.
Sinulog Festival (every 3rd Sunday of January). Cebus biggest and most popular festival. The feast is in honor of the Holy Image of Senyor Santo Nino de Cebu. It is the most celebrated among Cebus festivals, people converge along the route amidst a mardi gras parade with constant beating of drums.
Golf Courses
Alta Vista Golf and Country Club
Aznar Road, Pardo).
Situated in the lower mountains of Pardo, the golf course area covers 60 hectares and is a world-class, par 72, 18-hole course covering 5,670 meters
Verdemar Golf Club
(Barangay Bancasan, San Remigio, Cebu).
Situated near the sea, it also offers accommodation
Cebu Country Club
Situated just a few minutes from the heart of the city is the oldest existing golf course in Cebu. The course is spread over an area of 52 hectares of what used to be sugarland.
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