Malapascua Island is a beautiful island situated in the Visayan Sea, located across a shallow strait from the northernmost tip of Cebu Island. The island is part of the insular barangay of Logon, Daanbantayan Municipality, Cebu Province, the Philippines. Malapascua is a tiny island, only about 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) long and 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) wide, and has eight hamlets.
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| Map of Cebu Island |
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| hidden beach at Malapascua Island |
Whats in there
Malapascua is considered as one of the best diving spots in the world and the only one where is possible a "meeting" with a famous thresher sharks! Seeing this shark is really a wonderful experience, as they're deep waters sharks and rarely can be seen in recreative diving!
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| Thresher Sharks |
Malapascua diving offers the only daily thresher shark sightings in the world, whitetip sharks, mantas, hammerheads (seasonal), wrecks, mandarin fish, countless nudibranchs, pygmy seahorses, cuttlefish, beautiful unspoiled coral gardens and a huge diversity of marine life.
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| Mandarin Fish In Malapascua Island |
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| worlds most beautiful fish |
Malapascua is celebrated with numerous dive sites, the more popular of which are the Malapascua Island-North Point, Gato Island, Monad Shoal, the Calanggaman Island, Doña Marilyn Wreck, Don Macario Wreck, Chocolate Island, Tapilon Japanese Wreck and Pioneer Japanese Wreck.
Aside from diving, you can experience an enchanting panorama up in the lighthouse of the island which served as watchtower during the colonial times. Rock formations, coconut forest and the island’s friendly people greet visitors as they walk around the island’s interior. You can experience this enchanting beauty of this place if you are there.
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| Beach at Calangaman Island In Malapascua |
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| Beach In Malapascua |
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| Calangaman Island Beach |
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| Sunset at Malapascua Island |
How to get to the Malapascua island?
It is very easy. First you have to get to Cebu. Then hail a cab to take you to the Northern Bus Terminal. Look for the bus marked "Maya Bagay". This could be an Cebu-Autobus or CERES Liner. There is a bus leaving for Maya starting at 4AM, every hour until 4PM. But we advise leaving early in the morning to avoid traffic and to enjoy a cooler weather. These buses usually leave every hour and the trip takes 3-4 hours.
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| Ceres liner |
If possible take a direct bus to Maya, because buses that make a detour to Hagnaya allow for 30 minutes extra. The last Ceres Liners and Cebu Autobus ordinary leave at noon (4 1/2 hours). Fare is PHP 136.00 (more or less) Cebu, Maya per person.
If you want to, you can take a taxi from Cebu to Maya , for about P3000. May be its more relaxing than riding a bus with 3-4 hours sitting in those awfull small seats with no space for your feet.
Upon arriving in Maya wharf, outrigger boats are available to take tourists to the island which takes around 40 minutes.
Have a nice trip or vacation on this exotic beautiful Malapascua island in Cebu, Philippines.
If you want to, you can take a taxi from Cebu to Maya , for about P3000. May be its more relaxing than riding a bus with 3-4 hours sitting in those awfull small seats with no space for your feet.
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