Boracay Island, Philippines: Home of the famous white sand beach and more

Last October 29, me, my aunt and my niece went to Boracay to spend our semester break. It was my aunt's second visit after nearly 10 years, and for me and my niece, it is our first. I am really looking forward for this trip because it is our famous Boracay Island that I have been always hearing of.

Boracay Island is located in the municipal of Aklan. It has 2 airports; one is Caticlan Airport (which is 15 minutes tricycle ride away from the port) and the other one is the Kalibo International Airport (which is about 2 hours bus ride away from the port). Luckily, our arrival is in Caticlan Airport. It is a small domestic airport, you can see the reception area immediately and you need to sign in in their flight manifest upon arrival. Afterwards, payment for tricycle fee and environmental fee will be collected, and at the port, terminal fee and boat fee must be settled before boarding the boat. And in few more minutes,I will be able to step on the famous white sand beach.

And weeeeee~ here I am! The sand is very fine and very white. The waves are calm which is ideal for swimming for both adults and children. There are also various water activities that you can choose from like parasailing, banana boat ride, flying fish,island hoping and more.

I got the chance to experience their helmet diving and snorkeling activities. With the helmet diving, video and picture taking are included in the payment and you can get your copy on that same day. I really had fun feeding bread to the fish. As for my snorkeling experience, I don't have any underwater camera to document it ,which is a lesson learned for me that it is a MUST as the under water scenery is really beautiful and how I really wish that I was able to capture them, but still I felt very happy that I was able to see the fishes and corals up close.

I love and enjoy water activities. The last memorable water activity that I had was during our Cebu trip wherein I got to see, swim and even take pictures together with the whale shark. You can check it out here for more details. 

After the entire day of water activities, we rested for a while and headed towards the beach shore to see and admire the sunset view.

The next day, we tried to wake up as early as we can to see the sun rise, but we failed to wake that early. And yet, the view from our hotel is still captivating, and I can't help but wonder how it feels like to wake up and see this kind of view everyday.

With our 3 days 2 nights stay in Boracay, it was all new and feel good experience for me. With the great food, captivating view and various activities that this island can offer, it is a breath of fresh air for me, being away from the city life and city problems for a few days. I just hope that since it is one of Philippines precious gems, we should take good care and protect it so that more and more people can still visit, enjoy and be mesmerized by it's hidden beauty.