Coron, Palawan 2014 [Sun, Sea, and Sand Tour]

The world has a lot of natural treasures and Philippines is one blessed country to be given a lot of those gems. Coron is an example and as promised, I will be sharing more of this piece of paradise.

This tour is composed of three islands, namely: Bulog, Banana, and Malcapuya.

These beaches can be reached through a motor boat from the town proper. The travel time from the town proper is 1 1/2 to 2 hours.

Let's start with BULOG ISLAND.

Bulog Island was our first stop. It's a small island with almost white sand, big rocks, and two islets. The famous sandbar of the island connects the islets.

We stayed here for 20 to 30 minutes then moved to our next destination where we had our lunch, the BANANA ISLAND.

Banana Island wowed me at first glance. I am a sucker of white, fine sand beaches and look what we saw when we arrived.

This is how clear the water...

and how fine the sand!

Our bangkero told us to enjoy the beach while they were preparing for our lunch. Upon hearing this, we grabbed our snorkels and camera, had a quick photo shoot with the beach, and then run to the beach.

Who can resist taking photos if you have this view in front of you?

Picture perfect :)

At first, I was just enjoying the white, fine sand while looking at the water but this "snorkeling addict" guy convinced me to do snorkeling because according to him, "I will see the world" if I go with him. Being "uto-uto" that I was, I did not think twice and went over with him. Nothing about what he said was wrong. See photos below to know why.

These were the fishes who welcomed us

See the beautiful corals?

Playing with the fishes

Banana island is more than a beautiful island, it is beyond that. One may admire its beauty above but it's more magnificent under. The various types of fishes that will welcome you and the wonderful corals were beyond all expectations. After the meet and greet with the underworld creatures, we had our sumptuous lunch then went back to bid goodbye to all of those sea creatures.

The third island is the MALCAPUYA ISLAND.

This island also has a white sand beach with a typical set-up: tall coconut trees, nipa huts and clear water.

We did a short snorkeling but after finding out that there's only few fishes, we just enjoyed soaking ourselves in the water. Anyway, we've seen a lot in Banana Island. Maybe the island is really intended for swimming and relaxation.

One of the few sword fishes that we saw

These three beaches were all beautiful. They all have individual beauty that you cannot compare one to the other (but I love Banana beach among the three haha!). One thing that they have in common? All are preserved and taken cared of by the people of Coron. I hope we could also learn to take care of the places where we are living. If we do this, I am more than sure that our nature will give everything back to us.  

xoxo