Camiguin Island

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White Island Camiguin

Soda Pool

The island of Camiguin is dubbed as an island "Born of Fire" which is in reference to the seven volcanoes scattered all over this tiny island. Camiguin is in the northern part of Mindanao and can be reached from Cebu City in the Visayas as well as from the mainland Cagayan de Oro City. A tranquil place for those who want to escape the usual holiday destination packed with tourists, Camiguin is for those who want to go back and commune with Mother Nature.

With friendly people, sumptuous seafoods and fresh air, relaxing in a hammock is the best way to spend your day in Camiguin. The island is very small that you can tour the whole place in a matter of hours by a rented van or a motorcycle with side-car locally known as "tricyle". If you are on the extreme adventure, you can walk around the island; you can walk around the island is 12 hours.

Here are some of the interesting attractions in Camiguin that you shouldn't miss:

White Island - A shifting sand bar of soft white sand lying closely to the main island of Camiguin. You can hire a small boat to reach this small "island" and go snorkeling, swimming or just have some photoshoot.

"Sunken" Cemetery - This centuries old cemetery was completely sunk when a massive volcanic eruption occurred in the island. Tombstone and some remnants of the old cemetery will only appear or resurface once a year during low tide. At present, the local government, erected a big cross to remember the dead buried in this cemetery.

Soda Swimming Pool - The only soda water swimming pool in the Philippines, this is a must. Take a dip for that refreshing swim and you can absolutely drink the natural soda water- sweet and simply pure!

Sto. Nino's Cold Spring - Beat the heat with Camiguin Island's cold spring water. In this resort, you can have your lunch of fresh seafoods cooked.

Ardent's Hot Spring - With its volcanic origin it goes to say that Camiguin has many hot springs. Treat your sore and aching muscles with this therapeutic hot bath from natural hot spring.


You can choose to access Camiguin from Cebu City or from Cagayan de Oro.

From Cebu City
- Take a an overnight ship to Camiguin from Cebu to the port of Camiguin. From the port of Camiguin, there are many vans and motorcycles to rent and hire.

From Cagayan de Oro City
- You can fly directly to Cagayan de Oro then take a ferry ride to Camiguin Port for 1 hour.




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