June 5-6, we had our summer outing at Sugar Beach Resort, Bantayan. It is my second time to visit the place. I am still in awed of the place-the crystal blue waters,white sand, the sun.
Bantayan Islands from afar
Sugar Beach Resort
The blue waters and white sand of Sugar Beach
Late afternoon view of Sugar Beach
June 5, we hit the road around 6am to catch the 9:30 am boat in Hagnaya that will take us to Bantayan. If you will be bring your car to Hagnaya only, there is a parking area at the pier where you can leave your car and pay a minimal fee of 100 pesos ($2)per day. Boat ride fare will cost you 150pesos($3). It will take you 30-45 minutes ride to Bantayan.
Parking Area in Hagnaya where you can leave your car
Boat that will take you to Bantayan Island
Transportation in Bantayan is either multicabs,tricycle( bike with side cars), motorcycles. There are also vans that will pick you up from the port depending on the resort you will be staying.
We stayed at Sugar Beach Resort since there are 35 of us and because it is much cheaper there and again because of the wide shoreline for our team building activities. Sugar Beach Resort have both non- air conditioned and air conditioned rooms. They have rooms for that could accommodate in groups also. The air conditioned rooms which are quite far from the beach cost around 1,800 pesos( $35) and the non air conditioned rooms good for 4 persons cost around 1,000 ($20).
For our food, we went to buy our food in the market and have it cook at the resort. You can request the people at the kitchen department to cook food that you have brought for you at minimal fee. We had roasted pig and grilled fish for our lunch,grilled fish and sweetened pork for dinner, dried fish, eggs and corn beef for breakfast.
The blue waters was really inviting, despite a few jelly fish we still went swimming.
During the night, a few went night swimming, some were drinking under the stars, few were singing( we rented a videoke system by the way), a few made tents near the beach and sleep there.
Photo's below showing our activities/games
June 5, around 9:30 we took the boat that will take us back to Hagnaya port.
We enjoyed and had so much fun in Bantayan islands.
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Boat ride is every hour.
