Anawangin Cove

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Anawangin Cove

Anawangin Pine Trees

The famed beauty of Anawangin Cove has spread far and wide as being one of the best beaches in the country – a crescent shaped cove with a pristine white sand beach, making it unique because of the unusual abundance of tall pine trees flourishing around the vicinity.

Tuck behind the mountains of Zambales, this cove wasn’t present until the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo on 1990.

There are two ways to get there, via a 30-minute boat ride from Barangay Pundaquit, or via a scenic though accident-prone 5-hour hike through the mountains. No resorts yet on this natural beauty, only few huts and deep wells. Behind the beach is a marsh, where you can find natural springs feeding to the sea which is a home to a number of bird species.


Take any bus from Manila to Iba or Sta. Cruz, Zambales. Buses to Zambales leave the Victory Liner stations in Caloocan (about 23 trips from 5 a.m. to 12 midnight) and Pasay (four trips from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m.) Fare to San Antonio is PHP235 ($4.86).

Get off at the town proper of San Antonio and charter a tricycle to take you to the jump-off point in Pundaquit. That's about PHP50 (1.03) per person or PHP200 ($4.13) per tricycle. Boat rentals to Anawangin and the nearby islands range from PHP800 ($16.55) to PHP1200 ($24) depending on your itinerary.




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