Camotes Island

Mangodlong Rock Resort
Heminsulan, San Francisco, Camotes
Phone No: 420-3385
Website: www.camotesresorts.com.ph

Santiago Bay Resort
Santiago, San Francisco, Camotes

Going to Camotes:

The boat leaves the Danao port in northern Cebu at 6:20 AM and arrives at Camotes Island, at the Consuelo port a little more than four hours later at 11:00 am. The boat from Danao port is small and we got little bit wet because of the big waves slapping both sides of the boat. But once got to Camotes it was all worth a somewhat uncomfortable journey because the place was wonderful. The beaches were clean and the sand was like white sugar. The people we met were warm and friendly.

You can take a ferry both or a fast craft from Pier 1 in Cebu City to port poro Camotes but it is much further and will still take four hours to reach to Mangodlong and Santiago Camotes. My friend and I stayed at The Mangodlong Rock resort. We were told it was one of the nicest beach resorts on Camotes Island. The service was good and it is reasonably priced.

We began our tour at Lake Danao which was one the biggest lakes that I ever seen. It was nice but we decided not to change into our swim suits and take a swim. After Lake Danao we proceeded to the place they called Sunog cave. It was huge and we were told the water was very deep. It was very dark and kind of eerie inside that cave so we again decided against going for a swim. Perhaps we will the next time we visit that cave.

The third part of your tour is in Boho Buro. We climbed to the top of the cliff looking down into the deep blue water of the beach below. The beach looked like a wonderful place to relax and enjoy a lazy day playing in the waves. Even though we were getting tired, there was still time to stop by the other cave near by called Bukilat cave. I really don’t know why they use that kind of funny name for a cave. No one gave me a reason for the name when I asked about it. The Bukilat cave is smaller than the Sunog cave and has plenty of light because of several holes in the ceiling that gives direct light from the sun.

My friend and I were really tired by this time so we were not able to continue tour around the island. There was so much to see, you could not explore all of Camotes Island in a single day. We made one stop in our tour before heading back to our hotel. Since we were exhausted, we hung out for a while at Santiago Bay resort. They have a really nice resort with white sand as far as you can see. My first choice is the Mangodlong resort. In my opinion, Camotes is definitely worth a second look.