All2go blogs: Gilutongan Island, Cebu

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Gilutongan Island, Cebu

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Gilutongan Island, Cebu

Gilutongan Island can be reached in 30minutes from the Municipality of Cordova in Mactan Island.

We get our steps to the island through a Boardwalk extending about 20m. You will surely enjoy partaking all the favorite seafoods you can name from Hans Restaurant but make sure you have P600 for every plate. There is no exception to the price whether you are a tourist or not. I believe this is the only restaurant in the island facing the Gilutongan Marine Sanctuary.

A number of boats were lined up catering to tourists and locales who are coming to the island for diving and snorkeling.The sanctuary is well known in the world with its abundant and diverse underwater substrate.

Some things you can see when you explore the island are Sari-sari Stores, a chapel, people having past times, and people bottling "tihi-tihi". One bottle costs only P20.00 when bought right from there.

These are the sights to see on the other side of the island. The sand is very nice and it is like a small Boracay. You can also see the "then Virgin Island" which you can reach in 20-30 minutes time.

This resort might seem simple but mind you, the room rate could even go up to P7,000 especially during peak season.

This is the boardwalk occupied by mostly Korean tourists for that particular moment. They just finished dining from Hans Restaurant. There are also entertainers when you eat and some tourists give P500 or P1000 bills after each song.