An Island full of Gifts from Heaven

Camiguin, the country's most peaceful Island - Rich with friendly people, perfect mountains and full of green and preserved trees - A place to relax and enjoy the natural attractions

Camiguin is about 300 square kilometers, approximately 29,000 hectares. Its length measures 33kms. Its widest point is 14 kms. with a circumferential road measuring 64 kms. This way, you can go around and see the beautiful natural attractions within a day.

SEVEN VOLCANOES

To the amazing delight of any visitor, the island is so clean and so very green, full of lavish gifts and bounties with a cool climate. It is rich of volcanic soil which is conducive to any kind of plants, particularly vegetables and fruits, among them the island's famous sweet lanzones and orchids. Camiguin enjoys an abundant potable water supply from its mountain springs and streams. Some baronages are supplied by pure soda water from mountain springs, some get drinking water from the hot or cold water springs. To any visitor, a small place like Camiguin offers a lot of surprises. Natural tourist attractions are only minutes away from each other. Camiguin is the only place in the whole Philippines with seven volcanoes. Its highest peaks are Mt. Tamping (1,580 meters), Mt. Mambajao (1,400 meters) and Mt. Hibok-Hibok (1,250 meters), the latter being the favorite among the mountain climbers. It's the only active volcano among the seven, the last time it erupted in 1951.

Camiguin is definitely a place where you can relax and enjoy the natural attractions which have a unique charm of it's own. Here are some selected samples:

  • White Island is selected as one of the 12 best beaches in 2007 in the world according to the The Travel Magazine. For more details regarding this issue click http://thetravelmagazine.co.uk/travel_article_170.html .
    Also White Island is a C form of white powdery sand bar. Accessible by banca 2 kms. across the Yumbing beaches This little sand bar totally disappears during high tide.
  • Mantigue Island 3 kms. offshore across Brgy. Habangon. This four-hectare island is fringed with fruit trees and is home to 20 families.
  • Ardent Hot Springs Tagged, Mambajao. One can stay here and take a steaming therapeutic bath every day, a blissful alternative to the chilly shower in the cottage. A free flowing pool of rejuvenating hot mineral water disgorged from the bowels of Mt. Hibok-Hibok with the temperature of about 40 centigrade. People say one can cook an egg there in.
  • Tangub Hot Spring 12 kms west of Mambajao, a volcanic hot spring which is actually part of the sea. The water temperature varies according to the tide: cold during high tide, hot during low tide and lukewarm at medium tide. Scuba diving is recommended, it's specifically good at a depth of about 10-26 meters.
    Sto. Nino Cold Springs, 4 kms. north uphill of Catarman. It's a big swimming pool of about (25m x 40m) of cool water sprouting from the pebbled bottom, a perfect place for picnics but no overnight cottages. Here's no need for ice to cool your drinks, just place them under water.
  • Soda Spring,
  • Katibawasan Falls in Pandanare 250 feet high, one of the country's highest waterfalls. From far, visitors get surprises seeing the falls going down straight. And once they are near to the falls they are amazed how they can feel the cool splash of the crystal clear jade-colored water. The falls are surrounded by huge old trees, some of them more than one century of age.
  • Tuasan Falls 6 kms. northwest of Catarman A 25 meters high strong waterfalls accessible through a hike along the mountain trail passing through Barrio Mainit. The falls are a potential source of mini-hydropower.
  • Binangawan Falls,
  • Old Vulcano, 13 kms. west a major tourist attraction and religious shrine. The walkway is the site of the Stations of the Cross. The place has life-size sculptures depicting the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, scattered all over the mountain trail. It's an uphill climb with the pathway becoming narrower and steeper as you go up. On top, you can almost touch the clouds. A lot of visitors from different places walk from Benoni town all the way during the Holy Week for what is called the Panaad. They usually arrive at the place three days after.
  • Ruins of the old Catarman Church in Bonbon, Catarman. A grim reminder of the fury of Mt. Vulcan when it blew it's top on May 13,1871. Vulcan Daan’s eruption killed hundreds of people and destroyed completely the former capital of Camiguin Cotta Bato, the church and sank its cemetery. The ruins are now covered with moss and vines with a makeshift chapel constructed inside.

There's a lot more like the Sunken Cemetery, the Pamunglo Cold Springs, the Taguines Lagoon, the Moro Watchtower, the Macao Cold Springs and the different volcanoes.

 
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Camiguin Island, Philippines
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