Boracay: Day off - a day trip to Panay and other Boracay Island, Philippines Off The Beaten Path Tips

Staying on Boracay for a while and looking for an day off: A day trip to Panay is an promissing thing to do. Even it`s just across Boracay Island it`s definitely off the beaten path: Your day trip brings you from Caticlan to Laserna, only 18 km by good road. You can use any bus, mini bus or jeepney with the direction Kalibo / Nabas. Laserna or Horum Horum is an small valley with still existing rain forest. Big trees, large ferns, rare wild orchids, one of the clearest rivers in the region, really ice cold fresh water pool to swim in, a several kilometer long cave, called Basang cave, small trails to sleeping mountain villages. The perfect place for trekking or mountain biking. There is even an small family run Eco resort , called " Hidden Garden Paraiso" with only two nice cottages and one romantic tree house next to the large swimming pool. Itīs nice to spent a night or two. Wake up early, enjoy the cold fresh air, clouds hanging in the mountains and start your own trekking tour. Visit an small water fall with natural pool or the nearby mountain village where the local women are weaving there mats. Watch out for birds, rare colourful butterflies and tropical plants.

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This day trip is done best by an boat trip from Boracay. You even can ask around in Boracay`s dive shops, since Buruanga is one of Boracay`s favorite dive spots - may be you can ride with there boat even your are not planning to dive.
You will sail along the coast line of Buruanga, unspoiled beaches, high cliffs, small fishing villages, tropical forests - there are still wild monkeys - the landscape reminds me to the area around Krabi in Thailand and it is very beautiful there. To your surprise, even it`s so closed to Boracay, by banka not more than 40 minutes, there is no touristic development at all. It`s like Boracay 30 years ago. Stop at Tuburan Beach, a small romantic unspoiled White Beach. There is even an fresh water spring near the cliff at the end of the beach. From here you can visit Batasong Point. An old man build some ways around this cliff leading you through an cave to the Blue Lagoon. You can walk for hours along the White Beaches there, passing some sleeping fisher villages with friendly locals. You will find caves, water falls and may be get the chance to watch some wild monkeys. Tuburan Beach has it`s own house riff - perfect for swimming and snorkeling. Find your place under an large tree, just relax or read a book, make a beach BBQ or camp fire but please: Leave nothing back but your foot prints in the sand. Other travelers like to enjoy this Eco paradise too.
The friendly fisher man on Tuburan Beach, Raul, can bring you to the nearby small town of Buruanga - Alegria where buses and jeepneys bring you back to Caticlan. It`s only 18 km by road and you will have an beautiful panorama view over Boracay.

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Discover the beaches and secluded coves around Boracay Island: There are 32 of them !
Even " White Beach" is the number one for most visitors it worth to discover the other beaches. Some can be reached by trekking or mountain bike, on the back of and horse or by tricycles other can be reached only by boat and the best thing to do so is by boat tour around the Island.

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