5 Things you need to know about Boracay Island, Philippines
1) Travelling time from Malaysia
It takes about 3 hrs 50 minutes to reach Kalibo airport from KLIA2 via airasia. From there, you will need to take a bus or van to Caticlan Port Jetty which takes about 2 hours. Then, you will need to take a boat ride for 5 minutes. With that note, I suggest you plan your holiday accordingly.
We went for 5 days. 2 days of travelling left us with 3 days. The sun didn't come out at all on one of the 3 days and many activities were cancelled due to the typhoon.
2) Southwest Tours Boracay
There are many booths outside the Kalibo airport for the transfer service but I recommend Southwest Tours. You can approach their booth outside the airport (you will see it once you get out of the very small airport) or you can book on their website. It was PHP975 per person for the "Roundtrip Door to Door with fees". Which means, they will send you straight to hotel and pick you up from hotel. Terminal and environmental fees included.
3) Weather in Boracay
The locals said the best time to travel to Boracay based on the weather would be in May to July. However, the island will be jam packed with people. From 5 minutes walk could take up to half an hour walk. Of course the prices will double or triple.
The rainy season ends at the end of November though so you can plan to go December onwards. The rainy season is from mid July to end of November. Typhoon season but there are still things that you can do AND price are WAYYY cheaper.
4) Small mineral water is average at PHP20!
This is important because I was rushing so I went to the first shop I saw opposite the airport. Bought 2 small mineral water at PHP120. That was actually the price for the big bottle. 2 of them ! gahhh !
5) Water Activity Agents
You will meet MANY! You can register the activities with them or you can just walk to Station 1 where all the water activities are based at. Maybe Station 3 has one too but am not too sure as I didn't walk to Station 3 as much.
We registered for our first activity, which was the cliff jumping at Ariel's point, with a guy named Albert. You gotta register the day before as the boat leaves at 11am. It will cost you PHP2000 per person. That covers your lunch, free flow drink and the activities. The boat will arrive back at Station 1 at 5 pm. Sounds good, ey ? Too bad the activity was cancelled due to the typhoon so we never get to go. Not that I was gonna jump anyway. Haha !
We went for Island Hopping instead. It wasn't really an island hopping because we were unable to go to the other side of the island. Thanks to the typhoon! Boo ! We rented the boat to ourselves for 3 hours (PHP3000 for the whole boat). Albert followed us. First, we went fishing. Jeff managed to catch 1 lapu-lapu. I suck at it. Not surprised.
Then, we went snorkelling. I went into the ocean for 30 seconds ! That's a first ! haha ! Along the way, Albert told us about the island. What's good, what's not, what's what. He even walked with us to the Jonah's Milkshake on the main road because we couldn't find it.
The next day we went para sailing. Yup, me. I WENT PARA SAILING ! The girl who is scared of everything went para sailing. hah ! The para sailing hub is in the middle of the ocean so you gotta take the boat there and wait for your turn. Albert followed us for the para sailing so we had a photographer to record every moment. Para sailing is cost at PHP2,000 for solo and PHP1,500 per person for 2 or 3.
That's all I gotta say about the activities because we did not do much. Oh! I wanted to do the paddle board but we ran out of time. I think it was PHP400 for an hour. I think. I can't remember.
You don't need a tour guide in Boracay but I recommend Albert if you need a guy to help you with the activities. He's a very nice guy and knows a lot about the island.
Albert R Pardo
Mobile : 09087636171
So there it is. My 5 things you need to know about Boracay. The next post will be about the food, the night life and everything else I could think of.
This post alone took me a few days to finish it :P
We went for 5 days. 2 days of travelling left us with 3 days. The sun didn't come out at all on one of the 3 days and many activities were cancelled due to the typhoon.
2) Southwest Tours Boracay
There are many booths outside the Kalibo airport for the transfer service but I recommend Southwest Tours. You can approach their booth outside the airport (you will see it once you get out of the very small airport) or you can book on their website. It was PHP975 per person for the "Roundtrip Door to Door with fees". Which means, they will send you straight to hotel and pick you up from hotel. Terminal and environmental fees included.
The locals said the best time to travel to Boracay based on the weather would be in May to July. However, the island will be jam packed with people. From 5 minutes walk could take up to half an hour walk. Of course the prices will double or triple.
The rainy season ends at the end of November though so you can plan to go December onwards. The rainy season is from mid July to end of November. Typhoon season but there are still things that you can do AND price are WAYYY cheaper.
4) Small mineral water is average at PHP20!
This is important because I was rushing so I went to the first shop I saw opposite the airport. Bought 2 small mineral water at PHP120. That was actually the price for the big bottle. 2 of them ! gahhh !
5) Water Activity Agents
You will meet MANY! You can register the activities with them or you can just walk to Station 1 where all the water activities are based at. Maybe Station 3 has one too but am not too sure as I didn't walk to Station 3 as much.
We registered for our first activity, which was the cliff jumping at Ariel's point, with a guy named Albert. You gotta register the day before as the boat leaves at 11am. It will cost you PHP2000 per person. That covers your lunch, free flow drink and the activities. The boat will arrive back at Station 1 at 5 pm. Sounds good, ey ? Too bad the activity was cancelled due to the typhoon so we never get to go. Not that I was gonna jump anyway. Haha !
We went for Island Hopping instead. It wasn't really an island hopping because we were unable to go to the other side of the island. Thanks to the typhoon! Boo ! We rented the boat to ourselves for 3 hours (PHP3000 for the whole boat). Albert followed us. First, we went fishing. Jeff managed to catch 1 lapu-lapu. I suck at it. Not surprised.
Then, we went snorkelling. I went into the ocean for 30 seconds ! That's a first ! haha ! Along the way, Albert told us about the island. What's good, what's not, what's what. He even walked with us to the Jonah's Milkshake on the main road because we couldn't find it.
The next day we went para sailing. Yup, me. I WENT PARA SAILING ! The girl who is scared of everything went para sailing. hah ! The para sailing hub is in the middle of the ocean so you gotta take the boat there and wait for your turn. Albert followed us for the para sailing so we had a photographer to record every moment. Para sailing is cost at PHP2,000 for solo and PHP1,500 per person for 2 or 3.
You don't need a tour guide in Boracay but I recommend Albert if you need a guy to help you with the activities. He's a very nice guy and knows a lot about the island.
Albert R Pardo
Mobile : 09087636171
So there it is. My 5 things you need to know about Boracay. The next post will be about the food, the night life and everything else I could think of.
This post alone took me a few days to finish it :P
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