Bojo River Cruise and Hermit's Cove - Aloguinsan Cebu
So I've heard about an affordable 'El Nido-ish' haven near Cebu! Hmmn. Okay, I was curious
and didn't have any plans for the weekend so we decided to go there for a
visit.
How to go to Bojo River from Cebu:
It's best to go to
South Bus terminal at 5AM for the earliest trip. After 7AM, there might be no
bus going directly to Aloguinsan anymore so you may need to take another route
and take a bus going to Toledo or Pinamungahan instead.
You just need to let
the conductor/driver know that you will be going to Bojo River and they should
know where to drop you off. It's near the market where a lot of people are
getting off anyway. From the drop-off area or market, you can ride a habal-habal
going to Bojo River.
Upon arriving at the
reception, we were welcomed by their staff and had a short briefing. We
then started to wear the life vest and embark ourselves inside the small banca.
As we were having our little voyage, the guide was mentioning names of the mangroves
and bits of information about the history. All I can remember was the
"saging-saging" mangroves.
At the end of the
river is the Tañon Strait where you can get off the boat and
take some pictures. You can swim into the water as well. It took us
approximately 1 hour to finish the cruise. After swimming, you can use their
bathroom. It's clean and well maintained.
For me, the
Php400/head cruise was worth it if (and only if) food
was included. But anyway, it still feels good to be able to help their
community and get to know about "Saging-saging" mangroves.
We went back to
Aloguinsan proper and had our simple lunch at the market. A few minutes after, we were already on our way to Hermit's Cove. There were 2 beaches to choose from,
either Hidden Beach or Hermit's Cove. I asked the locals and majority of them
said that Hermit's Cove is better. We just stayed there for a few hours
relaxing, inhaling all of the sea breeze
before we get back to the toxic city life.
My friend went swimming but had to wash himself with
'salty' after. They seem to have limited clean 'odorless' water supply.
It was already 4PM
that we started to head back to Cebu City. The habal-habal drivers and Hermit's
cove staff advised us to directly go to
Mantalongon because this is the the main road where a lot of buses are passing by
to go back to Cebu city. It was Php150/head for the habal-habal and we were
like whaaat? But they said that it's the fastest way. Going back to Aloguinsan
proper will not help because there are no buses anymore in the afternoon. There
was another option via Pinamungahan but lesser chances of catching a bus. We just agreed and was able to ride a bus going back to Cebu right away so I guess they were right.
Here's a summary of
my expenses:
Expenses
|
Price
|
Bus going to Aloguinsan
|
PHP 80.00
|
Habal-habal from
Aloguinsan proper to Bojo River
|
PHP 20.00
|
Bojo River Cruise
|
PHP 400.00
|
Habal-Habal ride from
Bojo River to Hermit's Cove
|
PHP 50.00
|
Hermit's cove entrance
fee
|
PHP 50.00
|
Habal-habal back to the
Mantalongon
|
PHP 150.00
|
Bus going back to Cebu
City
|
PHP 100.00
|
Food
|
PHP 50.00
|
Total
|
PHP 900.00
|
Hermit's Cove Beach |
Just the 3 of us |
Hello. That small boat is our ride |
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Inhale . . exhale . . click! |
~ FIN ~
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