Boracay is a small Island in the Philippines located approximately 315 km (196 mi) south of Manila and 2 km off the northwest tip of Panay Island in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines. Boracay Island and its beaches have received awards from numerous travel publications and agencies. The island comprises the Barangay of Manoc-Manoc, Balabag, and Yapak municipality of Malay, Aklan, province of Aklan . The island is administered by the Philippine Tourism Authority and the provincial government of Aklan Province. Apart from its white sand beaches, Boracay is also famous for being one of the world’s top destinations for relaxation. It is also emerging among the top destinations for tranquility and nightlife.
In 2012, Boracay was awarded as the best island in the world from the international travel magazine.
Only an hour flight from Manila, and here it is – its amazing color sea and blinding whiteness of White beach. Boracay Island is quite small – seven kilometers long and 2.5 kilometers at its widest point. The main cluster of hotels and civilization in general – from the famous White Beach, one of the best beaches in the world. It is conventionally divided into three sections with piers stations. In the east and north of the less crowded beaches and Bulabog Puka. Along the perimeter of another seven small pieces small beach where you can find solitude. Just in case, if you get tired idleness and silence on Boracay provides entertainment nightlife, spa, windsurfing lessons and kite surfing, scuba diving and skimboarding (“shortened” version of the surf).
The best time for a trip to the island- is from November to April, because at that time are the most suitable weather conditions, clear, calm sea, a comfortable temperature of 25 to 320C. In the summer, there are raised quite strong waves, and the sea begins to blossom, in addition, is very hot – up to 400C. In summer the weather can be rather wild, there are typhoons.
It’s worth mentioning that during the major holidays (Christmas, New Year, Holy Week) at this resort Filipinos gather with family and friends. There may be difficulties with housing, and in general will be quite noisy.
With great love of foreign tourists to Boracay, it is easy to guess that the food on the island are all exceptionally well. Then there will be a smorsgabord of restaurants for the pampered gourmets and buffets “eat as much as you can” like Sunset Grilled Buffet on the second station, where for $ 6 you can eat for the week ahead. But the best dinner on Boracay – go to the fish market in Talipapa, choose the freshest fish with your taste and ask to cook it in any of the many cafes. Keep only in mind: after 19.00, 7:00pm for you westerners, it can be difficult to find a available table.
To get to Boracay by plane from Manila or Cebu is one of the airports in the neighboring island – Caticlan or Kalibo. If you want to save time, then choose the Caticlan flight from Manila only an hour and a half hour ferry to Boracay. If you do not have an extra hour of principle, it is better to fly via Kalibo, because the cost of a round trip will be 3 times cheaper even with the cost of transport from the airport to the ferry terminal. Ply the island tricycles (motorcycles with sidecars) that will take you from the port to the hotel.
Despite the fact that Boracay is one of the most expensive resorts, budget accommodation is not a problem to find. First, you can rent a room from local residents in the interior of the island in just 1.5 dollars, but, of course, rely on some convenience as a separate bathroom, toilet and even a fan is not necessary. Also there are guesthouses where you can rent a room for a few people, ranging from $ 12-15 per night.
Diving in Boracay
Now the island has over 12 dive centers that regularly dive and journey to inaccessible places: Sibuyan Sea, the islands of Tablas, Romblon and Semirara and the west coast of Panagia and its neighboring reefs.Well-known dive sites, “Crocodile Island” (a set of coral, sea snakes are two meters long, a variety of tropical fish and rare blue gorgonians), the wall Yapak (soft and fan corals, fish, surgeons, barracuda, white-tailed and gray reef sharks, giant stingrays , hammer-head), Punta Bonga-2 (lots of gorgonians and stingrays iglohvostov, often sharks and barracudas) and Panay. The West Coast is famous Panay several great dive sites: Buruanga walls and cliffs, Cape Nasog, Black Rock and Dog Drift impressive huge variety of soft and hard corals.
The rock “Fraydiz» (Friday’s Rock) like beginners because of minor depths, from 7 to 20 pm It is a steep, overgrown with corals underwater rocky cliff at the foot of which extends a smooth sandy bottom where there are tubular eels, stingrays, moray eels, fish and family sobachkovyh, sea bass, bluefish, and a lot of butterfly fish.The Rock Lobster (Lobster Rock, 20 m) is strongly dissected by fissures, where he found a shelter to hundreds of lobsters. Also interesting is the island of Laurel (Laurel Island) with black and pink corals and diverse marine life: sweetlips, fish, butterflies, fish, bats and Okunevaya.Immediately Coast Panagia also boasts several excellent dive sites: the walls and cliffs Buruanga, Cape Nasog, Black Rock and Dog Drift impressive variety of soft and hard corals.