Trip reports
First-person notes from the boat: what the water was like that day, what we cooked, who came along, what we learned.
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Travel guides, trip reports and local know-how from the people who actually run the trips.
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3 Days on Bantayan Island: A Day-by-Day Itinerary
A paraw sail on day one, a sandbar on day two, and the island's quieter side on day three. A simple plan that leaves room to slow down.
· 4 min read
Planning
Best Time to Visit Bantayan Island: A Month-by-Month Guide
Calm seas, Holy Week crowds, rainy-season bargains: how to pick the right month for Bantayan, and which trips suit each season.
· 5 min read
Planning
How to Get to Bantayan Island from Cebu City
A bus to the top of Cebu, a short ferry across, and you're on the island. How the route works, how long it takes and how to make it easy.
· 4 min read
Planning
How to Get to Kalanggaman from Bantayan: The Complete Guide
The ferry to Palompon, the bangka across, and a full day on one of the Philippines' most photographed sandbars: how the trip works and how to plan it.
· 5 min read
Planning
Malapascua or Bantayan? How to Choose (or Do Both)
One is built around a dawn dive with thresher sharks, the other around sandbars, paraw sails and slow beach days. How to pick, and how to fit in both.
· 4 min read
What we write about
First
on the page
Six topics we keep returning to, each one becoming its own series of posts.
Paraw sailing
How a Filipino outrigger actually works, the families that still build them, and why we chose this boat over an engine.
Beachside kitchens
The fish, the fruit, the rice. Where the lunch on Virgin Island comes from, and why fresh always beats frozen.
Weather & seasons
When to come, when not to, and how we read the sky and tide every morning before we set off.
Beyond Bantayan
Day trips and overnighters across Cebu and Leyte: Kalanggaman, Malapascua, Biliran, and the routes most guests don't hear about.
Field photography
How our crew photographs the trips: gear that survives saltwater, light to chase, and shots we wish we'd taken.
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