Panglao Island Things to Do

If you dont mind privacy and being in the open while someone tries to soothe your tired muscles and make you feel relaxed, then try having a massage straight at the shore...

There are masseurs at the beach who would ask if you want to have a massage. They set a mattress/cloth at the shore and let their clients lie there in rows. Their 30mins-1hr service is charged Php100-200 or depending on your agreement.

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Swimming has always been a good form of exercise and for me, a perfect moment to reflect on one's self. Most of the time, i prefer to swim at the swimming pool than the beach. (Mind you guys, i dont know how to swim but hey! i can float. I enjoy being in the water and swim only in 5ft or less deep.)

If you like being in the water, come take a plunge, savor the moment and enjoy the view while you swim. ;)

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Alona Beach is such a beautiful place to be and it is very relaxing to walk on its shores and just enjoy the view. You will pass by different beach resorts and bars and discover that each one of them has a unique thing to offer.

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You can do this if you want to have different background in your photos. If you are Staying at Dumaluan beach resort you can have small walk towards Bohol beach Club. They have hammocks and cottages there.

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Visit Balicasag Island an hour and a half from Panglao Island where you can do snorkeling to their famous fish sanctuary. There are stores in the island thatwill cook your ordered lunch while everyone is feeding the colorful school of fish. We ordered Adobong Pusit and it was delicious. The food in the island was expensive though but we need to eat to replenish the energy we lost and thinking about the travel back to Panglao Island made me hungry. :)

You can also visit the light house 5 minutes from the shore not that beautiful but it is good to flex some muscle.

After Balicasag island, we are supposed to visit the Virgin Island, a beautiful island but very difficult to enter when low tide. That is why they said it's Virgin Island :). I suggest not to rent the biggest banca when you have a small group because you won't have the chance to see the Island during low tide like what happened to us. We only saw its spectacular beauty from afar.

If you are tired of the country side tour you can try a different thing and it is Dolphin watching.
You have to schedule your plan beforehand on their reception area. Usually dolphin watching is inclusive on their Island hopping package.
You have to wake up early for this because the dolphins usually play very early in the morning before sunrise so be sure to drink just enough to avoid hang over.

The banca will chase playing dolphins for you to see :)

We normally see hammocks on the shade of coconut trees...but above the sea??? Yes!!!
Only in the Philippines! Below the view deck of the Bamboo Resto of Bohol Bee Farm, you'll see a hammock hung a few feet above the sea. Why not try?

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We were prepared to leave Dumaluan Beach at 5:30am, but the beach was still pitch dark and our boat (San Augustine 2) was nowhere in sight. I took advantage of the waiting time to go to the beachfront for some stretching exercises. When the sun started to peep through the dark clouds, I took some pictures. The white beach looked fabulous at low tide, with ripple marks of the ebbing tide. I sighed at the garden-like sand with starfishes all around, and many sand formations that looked like "noodles".

Our boatmen arrived to fetch us. Apparently, they docked far from the resort because of the low tide. And since it was still low tide, we had to wade slowly through the cold shallow waters to get to our boat, careful not to step on the starfishes. As we sailed, the morning sea breeze that swept my face gave me a nice, energizing feeling.

As we started our boat ride, a sunburst of yellow-gold and pink colors in the sky awed us all, I couldn't help but take pictures. Our most awaited moment came when our Ronel, our dolphin spotter motioned to Mario, the boatman the direction of dolphins. We got so giddy; in no time, other boats arrived in our direction. At the first sight of dolphins swimming and flipping, we screamed with excitement, and each time the dolphins showed up, we screamed again. I was so tense and had a hard time trying to take their pictures because they came up and went down so fast. I wasn't able to take clear shots due to limitations of my point & shoot camera/digicam. However, hubby and daughters had a good capture of the dolphins.

Our boatman and dolphin spotter wanted to please us more and suggested that we go further to chase dolphins, but we told them we were already satisfied; we opted to proceed to Balicasag Island.