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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Caramoan Islands in Camarines Sur

       Caramoan Islands are located at the tip of Caramoan Peninsula, a group of islands isolated from the rest of Camarines Sur. It is the perfect adventure for island hopping, rock climbing, caving or wading and swimming thru its fine white sand beaches.





       The municipality is situated between east longitude 124°59" and 13°46" north latitude. It covers approximately 27,741 square kilometers with approximately 71 kilometers of irregular coastline surrounded by the vast ocean, bay, seas and swamps. It is approximately 501 kilometers away from Metro Manila; 95 kilometers from the municipality of Pili, where the seat of the provincial government and the Pili Domestic Airport are located; and 110 kilometers away from Naga City, the heart of Bicol. Composed of 49 barangays, the municipality has a total of 134 sitios.
      
 




       Caramoan Islands were unknown to commercial tourism because of its remoteness. You will experience a bumpy ride and at least 1.5 hours boating from Sabang beach to Caramoan. Thus, its natural beauty was hidden and only few adventurers were go there. Although in recent years, Caramoan was already being visited by some foreign and locals, it was still not as jammed-packed as the Boracay Island, until “Koh-Lanta Caramoan 2008”, a French version of the reality show “Survivor”, had Caramoan Islands particularly the Gota Beach as their shooting location. That was an opportunity to recognized the Caramoan Islands as a Philippine island destination for foreign and local tourist that gives a high percentage of visitors every year until today.


29 comments:

michymichymoo said...

I want to go there!!! :)

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Shelmar said...

Mag-eenjoy k dun michy..!!

fbalgos said...

As of now
Survivor US is shooting
so some of the islands are off limits to tourist..
But yeah! being that I've been here.
Caramoan Peninsula is really a keeper.

Michi said...

my mom wants to go here, sana matuloy ang trip namin next year. =)

lakwatsero said...

Lagay na sa bucket list yan! The place looks beautiful.

athena said...

i've never been here before but i'd surely like to visit someday.
anywhere where there are beautiful beaches =)

Ma. Novie Godmalin said...

Magkano na spend mo sa trip mo dito? Naka inggit!!! Ang ganda2x ng beach tapos white sand pa!

Edmar del Castillo Guquib said...

I really love how this place is in a remote area - for the purpose of preserving it's natural beauty. :)

Gil Camporazo said...

The remoteness of a place is not a hindrance to make it know and to be the object for tourism. It takes to be explored and to be promoted. Since you've already visited Caramoan group of Islands in Camarines Sur, you're now in the best person who could promote this, could promote its naturalness, its beauty and all its amenities to you closed friends, business associates, acquaintances, among other.

Chilipina | Ayzee Casimiro said...

I agree with Sir Gil. The remoteness of this place makes it really fascinating. Yung alam mong malinis saka tahimik. I would love to go here someday. :)

Unknown said...

No place like the Philippines talaga! Beautiful pictures :-)

GagayMD said...

my bad, when i got the chance to visit cam sur, i missed this place!! :(

Sionee said...

Camarines Sur! wow! what a nice place to visit!! I wish to go there with my family. The place looks so clean and so serene... ahhhh love the beach!

stacy said...

astig flesh na flesh yung kulay ng sands

ROMELO said...

wow, they did their show on the island? that must had attracted a lot of people...

admin said...

I like this place not crowded. Is it easy to get there?

Unknown said...

Place looks beautiful ...

Shelmar said...

d nga rin kami nakpunta sa cotivas island may ngshooting n survivor daw doon.

Shelmar said...

ituloy nyo n yan.. hehehe...!! such a nice palce..!!

Shelmar said...

taammaahhh... hehe

Shelmar said...

Hi novie, sulit nman po.. naka tyempo kami n promo n flight to naga. then ung accomodation sa west peninsula.. check their site. ngpapackage po kami at masarap po ang food nila.. busog lusog talga!! 3-4k depende po sa headcount...

Shelmar said...

tama po...!! tnx po!!

Shelmar said...

this feb po kami pumunta kaya ilan lng po ang pumupunta.. pero sabi daw po pg summer marami din po.. pero mas konti p rin ang tao kung ihahambing to other beaches!! medyo mahirap din po pumunta rito.. from naga to sabang port around 45mins-1hr. from sabang port to caramoan proper via boat (until 11am-11.30am last trip) around 2hrs po.. nakakakaba po ang alon ng dagat pg di po sanay katulad ko.. hahahah.. pero enjoy p rin po..!! sulit pagdating mo sa mga islands!! basta ok po ang weather mas ok po mg island hopping!! =))

MheAnne said...

which islands did you go? Been to Caramoan in 2010 but only to 5 islands - i still trying to find time to visit the remaining five! I totally enjoyed my time there and was lucky to be there when Survivor Syria was shooting so met the crew and took pictures at the cast away place near gota!

ralph said...

blue and greens... lovely combination. lovely shots... ever visited glan beaches in sarangani? http://trunklocker.blogspot.com/2011/05/here-comes-sun-glan-padidu.html ... Yahweh bless.

Claire of Chronicles of a Mentor said...

Never been to CamSur,I hope we can visit the place. Very nice!

markpogi said...

Whenever I see a post about travel, I couldn't help it but think when I could visit that place ^_^

I'm thinking if going there by December would be a good idea or not.

Shelmar said...

hi Mark, I think the best you can go there is on summer. So that you enjoy the island hopping because the weather is good.

Chel said...

I want to go here! How much is the budget?

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