island hopping – kristelbotana

For our day 2 in Coron, Palawan we had an all day tour for the day. We woke up in the morning and have our breakfast first before someone picks us up in the hotel and go to the port where we will start our island tour.

We got our tour also in our package tour in A + C Travel & Tours.

Coron Island Tour (7 Islands) – ₽ 1,300

Our first island was the Twin Lagoon.

Twin Lagoon – it is one of the famous island in Coron, that you should really see when you go to Coron!

The first lagoon is where the boats dock because they can’t pass to the second lagoon that is hidden so from the first lagoon you need to swim underneath the rock or if it is high tide you can climb a ladder over the rock.

The place was so picturesque✨

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Here’s the way to the second lagoon (with the ladder), underneath it, is where you can swim to get pass to the second lagoon.

In the next picture you can see the middle part where we passed through to get in that place where I took the picture.

That time it was low tide so we had both the options how to pass and it was both fun, you could pass first underneath it then going back you can climb the ladder and have picture in there and look at it from above👌🏻 (or vice versa)

The next island was the CYC Beach

CYC Beach (Coron Youth Club) – in this island you can do snorkeling and you can see mangrove trees in there.

Banol beach – it is a small stretch of white sand beach and an amazing backdrop of limestone cliffs.

The next stop as I remebered should be the Banol beach for our lunch time but we just passed by it because there are so many people having their lunch too in there so we don’t have enough space so our tour guide decided to have our lunch in the Skeleton Wreck, so that’s our next island stop.

Skeleton Wreck – it is one of the popular tourist spot in Coron because of the sunken Japanese ship where you can dive and look at it.

I try to look at it from the surface of the water because the water was so crystal clear I did saw some parts of it and it was amazing! How I wish I know how to dive so that I can go near in historic places like that underwater.

Coral Garden – it is also a great spot for diving and snorkeling especially you’ll see lots of different kind of colorful corals and fishes.

After having lunch in there and relaxing a bit we head to our next stop the Kayangan Lake.

Kayangan Lake – you’ll need to hike 300 steps first before seeing the beautiful lake and midway through the climb was a breathtaking view that you must really see!✨

The hike was really worth it because after that climb you can finally relax in the lake for quite some time and enjoy the view around the lake.

Here’s the midway through the climb and the amazing and breathtaking view that you don’t want to miss an opportunity to have a picture in here! It is my top favorite island in all the island we’ve been for the day!✨

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Then there’s a cave in there but we didn’t got a chance to ask our tour guide what can we see in there because he is so busy taking pictures of us one by one in that beautiful view.

And finally we saw the beauty of Kayangan Lake and its relaxing feeling!

After exploring the beauty of Kayangan Lake our last island stop was the Siete Pecados Marine Park.

Siete Pecados Marine Park – around it was all water and there was no land to go, so boats just drop anchor and then you can jump and swim right away.

The tour guide ask us if we still want to dive or we can just relax in the boat since it has been a long day and the view was relaxing, some of us still dive but the tour guide warned them that they need to be extra careful not only because of the currents that are quite strong but also he said that there are jellyfish around there.

We decided to just relax in the boat and just take pictures📸

And that’s the end of our island tour for that day! We had an amazing time from the first island until the last island alao the tour guides was cool and fun so we didn’t felt bored the whole tour.

Ootd’s👙

Top from Murashopphclothing (IG shop)
Shorts from Vaintageph (IG shop)
Shades from Sunniesstudios

My bikini top and his shorts are both from H&M.

“Beach vibes only🏝” ➡️ kristelbotana

“See more of the world, one beach at a time🌊”

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That’s all for the day tour we still have night tour for our day 2 in Coron, that’s my next blog😊

-K🐘

12/04/201812/04/2018 by kristelbotana Categories: My style, TravelTags: A + C Travel & Tours, banol beach, beach, coral garden, coron, cyc beach, fashion, island hopping, itsKMB, kayangan lake, kristeltravelgram, ootd, Palawan, Philippines, siete pecados, skeleton wreck, travel, twin lagoon Leave a comment

Another beach to go to is this Capones Vista Resort in Zambales.

It is a beach resort, it was a relaxing place because not that so many people are in there plus there are also so many resorts around it so there are many choices.

It’s a family outing, so we are like 20 all in all or more (I forgot to count haha). There are rooms to stay, from 2 people to family rooms.

We choose 1 family rooms that has a capacity of 8 persons. Then the other rooms we choose are for I guess 4-5 persons (3 rooms of that because we are so many haha)

Here is the room(and the bathroom) for 4-5 persons🔽

Here is the family room🔽

Also we inquire early for this and reserved it that’s why when we arrived there it’s all done.

Our supposed vacation was in el nido palawan but if we will just stay for a night or two it won’t be worth it because if we go to palawan that 1 day will be all for travelling to the island and all, not all of us are free for more days only for 1-2 days so we decided to just be in Zambales which is a nice and wonderful place. Maybe next time for Palawan 🙂

We leave at around 8 in the morning, 2 cars, then I think we arrived there in Zambales at around 2 or 3 in the afternoon.

with my crazy cousins⤴️

we ate lunch at Mang Inasal in Zambales⤴️

There is check in and check out, check in is at 3 pm and check out the other day is 1 pm.

We tried the pools since we can’t do island hopping because it’s already afternoon it is best if it is done in the morning so we decided to just do it the next day.

For the first day,

They have 2 pools one for the children and for the adults. The pools for children is not that small and it is like an infinity pool.

Then when you go down there you can see the beach, the waves are big so it’s also good for surfing.

I love sunsets so after trying the swimming pool, my cousins and I decided to go to the beach and wait until sunset and it was such a beautiful scenery!😍

Then at night we grilled pork, fish, then the adobo we’ve brought. The grill is also included in the family room and there is also a table and chairs outside the room and its like a terrace.

The pools at night was beautiful because of the lights under it.

Also there is wifi in the resort.

Then the rooms have TV, aircon and own bathroom which is so nice! After dinner some of my little cousins go to swimming pool again but me and my cousins who are the same age as me decided to just stay in the room and just chill and eat snacks.

Second day,

I totally forgot about the sunrise when I woke up the sun is already out.

We change clothes for our island hopping later, we still need to eat breakfast.

Because it’s the 75th birthday of the sister of my grandma so we decided to surprise her for the morning, the plan is just to have breakfast for that morning she didn’t know we bought cake yesterday, after eating their delicious tapsilog, the staffs in their bring out the cake and she was surprised and we sang a happy birthday!🎉

After that, not all of us are going to island hopping. At around 8 in the morning we decided to do the island hopping, we are only 11, we ride a boat to the first island the,

Camara Island

The ride was like 15-20 mins. and when we reach that island it was not that big island but the water in there was beautiful and the rocks formations was fun to go up but I was scared so my other cousin was the one to go up in the different rocks.

Next island(I forgot the name haha),

The ride was also like 15-20 mins.

It was bigger than the first island and it was beautiful! We take pictures withe background of the big rock and in the other side there are also rocks you can go up to, this time I tried to go up and it was a fun experience!

Last island is the,

Anawangin Island

The ride was about 25-30 mins.

It is much bigger than the two island and it has a resort so there are many people staying in there, there is also a souvenir shop so we bought some then after that my cousin did the henna tattoo for 100 pesos.

After that we decided to swim for a while in the beach the water is fine and the sand is not that white sand but its fine but the view was so beautiful!!👌🏻😍 and under the water was also sand so no need to worry if it will hurt your feet because of rocks under because there are no rocks under the water just the sand.

After pictures here and there we decided to go back to the resort at around 10:30 in the morning because we will be checking out at 1 pm and we still need to prepare our things.

Even our stay is not that long I enjoyed it because i’m with my family and it’s been a long time since we do outings like this, I missed it! Hoping for another trip like this next year!😊

So before the summer ends try this resort you will not be disappointed with it and you will surely have fun! It is like you are living in there and the beach is just there you could go whenever you like.

I could live in an island if it is like this, I think I could survive haha, I just love the waves so much, how it relaxes you so much! Then the sunrise and sunset plus stargazing at night, what a life could that be!✨

Again, I will always say this, we have many beautiful beaches here in the Philippines so why not try to explore it and you will be amaze by it! It is really more fun in the Philippines!

Sorry I don’t have the computations of the expenses because it was paid all in all but I think it was around 20,000-30,000 – all of us 20 persons.

Here are my ootd’s:

For the first day,

Ootd before changing into swimsuit,