malapascua island tour the beautiful little boracay of cebu

Cebu tours is never complete without visiting the beautiful island paradise of Malapascua. If you are planning for a wholesome experience and the most enjoyable tour in Cebu tours this is one of the places that we strongly recommend for a day trip. Malapascua is one of the most beautiful island of Cebu tours. Malapascua island is also known by some as the little Boracay of Cebu.

Malapascua is one of the smallest inhabited island in the Philippines. It only measures 2.5 by 1 kilometer. It is the favorite cleaning station for thresher sharks and manta rays and a home to diverse coral species and because of this, Malapascua is the most famous dive site in the region. The island is also a host to multiple white-sand beaches and beautiful but rock formations.
Malapascua is about 6.8 kilometers northeast of Cebu island. Malapascua is mainly a diving destination most popular for its thresher sharks and shipwrecks. It is also the best place for snorkeling, and not to mention the beautiful beaches that you can enjoy with your friends and families.

HOW TO REACH MALAPASCUA
From your Hotel or from Mactan airport, you will travel far north to the newest seaport of Maya. And from Maya port you will ride a boat for about 30 mins before reaching Malapascua.

THINGS TO DO IN MALAPASCUA

DIVING
Most guests who are diving enthusiasts travel to Malapascua to dive and hoping to see the thresher sharks and its impressive underwater communities. For the not so expert divers there are diving resorts there that offers instructors and guides as you dive through the beautiful deep seas of the Island.

ISLAND HOPPING
Another favorite activity of tourists here in the Island is aslo Island Hopping. Malapascua is surrounded by small islets that are also breath taking by its own. There is also the famous ship wreck site which you can explore under water and witness a real sunkin ship and how it looks like in the deep after years. Most Island hopping in Malapascua has three stops, namely; Dakit-dakit, Coral Garden, and Japanese Shipwreck.

DAKIT-DAKIT ISLAND

Beautiful rock formations can be found here and it is an ideal site for snorkeling.

GUIMBITAYAN BEACH

This is the beach fronting the Malapascua light house. You can actualy see the light house from the beach.

This is the site where a ship sanked historicaly known during World War II. The ship looks like a small outrigger boat and is only a shell of its shape has been left.

During the island hopping the boat would stop in the site, so you can jump into the water if you would like to see the shipwreck. Various tales of different feeling from tourists can be heard when you swimming around the ship wreck. But most of them felt that eerie feeling while swimming in the cold waters while viewing the ship that is almost covered by sea weeds and sea shells.

LOS BAMBOS BEACH

Los Bambos beach is where you can enjoy swimming. At the back from the shore where the boat is docked are beautiful white sand beaches. Although the white sand is coarse, peppered with small rocks and dead corals still you will enjoy swimming and basking in its beautiful crystal clear waters.

CORAL GARDEN

Is a marine sanctuary, and it is the home to numerous fishes and beautiful corals. The most perfect place for snorkeling. Snorkeling can never be better than in the coral gardens of Malapascua. Here you can see a school of various colorful fishes as they swam on their fascinating natural habitats under the sea. Large and small fishes all swim happily in their undisturbed coral homes. Cebu tours.

Cebu Bohol Travel and Tours offers the a chance to visit this beautiful island of Malapascua at an affordable rate. Just visit the link Malapascua Island Day Tour:
The Itinerary is as shown below:

04:00am Pickup at Hotel/Airport
07:00am Arrival at Maya Port
07:15am Depart to Malapascua island
08:00am Arrival at Malapascua resort
08:30am Breakfast
09:00am Malapascua Tour (Swimming/Snorkeling)
12:00nn Lunch
03:00pm Depart to Maya Port
04:00pm Arrival at Maya Port
04:15pm Depart to Cebu City
07:30pm Arrival Cebu City