island hopping
North Shore Coron Island
This is close to Coron town, so it’s best done on your pickup day or dropoff day, so that you save and don’t pay for the transfer between the resort and Coron. The tour includes the most famous sites here, including stunning Kayangan Lake (300 peso entrance fee per person), Barracuda Lake (200 peso entrance fee per person), and Twin Lagoons (200 peso entrance fee per person).
Lusang, Coral, and Pass Island
This route is our most popular and is possible even on windy days. You start at Lusang Gunboat, a shallow World War Two shipwreck which is the best shipwreck for snorkeling in the entire Philippines, and then snorkel at Coral Garden, the best-preserved coral reef we have in the area. Then off to Pass Island, a gorgeous round sand beach with palm trees and picnic tables (250 peso entrance fee) that also has a good reef for snorkeling. Before Pass Island, you can also stop for lunch if you wish at Marina del Sol, which has an excellent restaurant.
Source: https://www.viator.com/Coron-attractions/Lusong-Coral-Garden/d25947-a101387
Malcapuya, Banana, and Ditaytayan Islands
These three islands to our south all have gorgeous sand beaches and good snorkeling. It can be a bit wavey getting there. They have entrance fees of around 200 pesos each.
Source: https://www.pelago.com/en/activity/pgjxhbfur-best-coron-beaches-to-malcapuya-ditaytayan-via-speedboat-busuanga-island/
Black Island
Black Island is twice as far from us as Pass Island, at least an hour by speedboat, so the cost is 15k pesos for up to 4 guests, plus 500 for each additional guest. But it’s the most beautiful island I’ve seen in the Philippines or maybe anywhere. It has the steep cliffs and jungle like Coron Island but with an enormous mountain of white sand beach in front. It also has caves you can go into and even swim in, palm trees and picnic tables, excellent reef snorkeling, often with big schools of thousands of small fish, and a shipwreck dive right off the beach. It’s really paradise. 200 peso entrance fee. We can also stop at South Cay and North Cay on the way, which have beautiful beaches (and entrance fees of 200 or 250) but much smaller. I recommend spending almost all your time on Black Island. Route getting there is mostly protected and not windy or wavey. Final crossing of 10 minutes or so is in ocean swells which usually are slow and rolling and not uncomfortable.
Source: https://black-island-coron.com/
Calis Point
This is at the beautiful southern tip of Coron Island, where tourist boats rarely go because of the distance and because it’s only possible on very calm days to avoid large ocean swells and steep wind waves. Price of 13k for up to 4 guests , plus 500 per extra guest because of the distance, about 45 minutes to an hour. It’s absolutely beautiful, though, and offers a large secret lagoon where usually there are no other visitors. Many beautiful beaches and a great cave dive like a cathedral. My favorite place by far until I discovered Black Island, but really both are amazing. A day at either one of these feels like one of the best days of my life.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VbvyszdDU0&ab_channel=mclooper
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