4D3N Boracay Itinerary

We are back from our Boracay trip! and here's our 4 days 3 nights itinerary to share with anyone who is interested. It's a very free and easy trip and we only have 3 highlights - helmet dive, island hop and zipline+cable car. There were quite a few sea sport activities which we didn't cover like - banana boat, para-sailing, paraw-sailing, ATV, ZORB etc...so for those of you who are keen on covering more activites, those mentioned above are some which you can try!

Flight

12 Nov SG MI599 T2 10:00 --> Kalibo 13:45

15 Nov Kalibo 14:30 --> SG MI577 18:10 T2

Stay

Ocean Club Beach Resort comes with daily breakfast.

Wifi at reception and swimming pool areas. Cable tv in the rooms.

Buys

souvenirs - magnets 4 for 100peso, shell necklaces 100peso

Jovy or Tita Banana chips 70peso

D7 dried mangoes

Day 1

Land transfer from Kalibo airport to Ferry terminal. Had to pay environment tax at the Ferry terminal (175peso) Ferry ride approx 10mins. Once we reached Boracay island, we hopped onto a small van that drove us to the beach. Had to pull our luggage through a small alley to get to the beach front.

Check in. rest.dinner (D'mall - hama). drinks (sensi)

San Miguel 70peso, Long Island tea 200peso

Day 2

helmet dive. zipline + cable car. (1250 peso). Lunch at D'Talipapa. beach walk. dinner (Lemon Cafe). drinks at starbucks.

helmet dive comes with a CD of photos and 1 video.

Lunch

• 12 big prawns and 2 squids (1500peso)
• 6 razor clams, 6 scallops and 6 clams (900peso)
• Cooking + 4 cokes + 2 San miguels (1170peso)
• Prawns were grilled, squids done calamari style and the shells were done butter garlic.

Day 3

island hopping (500peso).snorkeling.lunch (Andok's).beach walk. dinner (Yellow Cab Pizza). massage (Sands Hotel). drinks (sensi)

Sandstorm massage 60min 450peso

Day 4

Check out. Pay ferry tax 100peso at the ferry terminal. tips to the guys who carried our luggages. Kalibo airport waiting lounge cafe sells many different Korean instant cup noodles!

Boracay Day 4 - Goodbye!

here's how our beach hotel looks like.... and if you are interested, it's Ocean Beach Club Resort

so long farewell Boracay!

Boracay Day 3 - island hop + snorkeling

OMG today is the last day for us to do our activities in Boracay!
seriously 4d3n is ridiculously short if you want to do everything because the first and the last day are spent on just getting to boracay. We hired a private boat for the island hop because we didn't want to do the full 6 hours island hop which included lunch. We paid 2300peso for 3 hours on our private boat which i thought was ok.

today we are covering island hop + snorkeling. we went to PUKA beach first to rest and relax. Snorkeling was suppose to be at crocodile island but the waters are too choppy, so we snorkelled somewhere near Shangri La...so nice the villas perched on the hills. And it looked really exclusive and EXPENSIVE.

Puka Beach is located at the northern tip of Boracay Island. It's named PUKA because of the Puka shells that are found in the white sand. For the locals PUKA beach is a source of income because they turn the shells into accessories such as necklaces, anklets and other souvenir items. For tourists like me, it's a place of relaxation and tranquility! It's very quiet and peaceful and very few people.

uka Beach Boracay is located in Baranggay Yakap at northern tip of Boracay Island. It is named Puka Beach because of the Puka shells that are found in the white sand. For the locals Puka beach is a source of income because they turn the shells into accessories such as necklaces, anklets, and other souvenir items, but For tourists Puka beach is a place of relaxation and tranquility. Unlike White Beach where it is busy and crowded, Puka Beach is quiet and peaceful. You can only hear the sound of soft and gentle waves touching the white sand, there are no structures, and there are less people. - See more at: http://boracay360.com/tourist-sights/boracay-puka-beach/#sthash.9pPwTLuT.dpuf

uka Beach Boracay is located in Baranggay Yakap at northern tip of Boracay Island. It is named Puka Beach because of the Puka shells that are found in the white sand. For the locals Puka beach is a source of income because they turn the shells into accessories such as necklaces, anklets, and other souvenir items, but For tourists Puka beach is a place of relaxation and tranquility. Unlike White Beach where it is busy and crowded, Puka Beach is quiet and peaceful. You can only hear the sound of soft and gentle waves touching the white sand, there are no structures, and there are less people. - See more at: http://boracay360.com/tourist-sights/boracay-puka-beach/#sthash.9pPwTLuT.dpuf

uka Beach Boracay is located in Baranggay Yakap at northern tip of Boracay Island. It is named Puka Beach because of the Puka shells that are found in the white sand. For the locals Puka beach is a source of income because they turn the shells into accessories such as necklaces, anklets, and other souvenir items, but For tourists Puka beach is a place of relaxation and tranquility. Unlike White Beach where it is busy and crowded, Puka Beach is quiet and peaceful. You can only hear the sound of soft and gentle waves touching the white sand, there are no structures, and there are less people. - See more at: http://boracay360.com/tourist-sights/boracay-puka-beach/#sthash.9pPwTLuT.dpuf

 waiting for the yacht to move along before we take group photo of our backs!

cousin and her school friends - 25 years of friendship!

 hubs doing his solo...

PUKA beach - where you can find snail shells

I LOVE THE CLEAR WATERS!!!!

it's so windy and sunny here that i have to hold my hair together!

and no...i didn't filter my photo...the sky and water is that BLUE.

lunch at Andok's - a local fast food chain where it sells fried chicken, BBQ chicken and really good pork! cousin had the pork belly and it was so soft!

dinner at Yellow Cab pizza...another comfort food. did i mention that i was surrounded by koreans and chinese??? THEY ARE EVERYWHERE and they speak so loudly. why???

good night boracay...

Boracay Day 2- helmet dive, zipline & cable car

DAY 2 BORACAY!!!

today we covered helmet dive, zipline + cable car, lunch at D'talipapa, beach walk, dinner at Lemon Cafe (D'mall)
For helmet dive, zipline + cable car, we paid about 1250peso per person. All travels on land and sea included.

Actually i'm quite thankful that it's sunny and windy here because before we left for singapore, Yahoo weathers was reporting thunderstorm and rain showers at Boracay. So much for accuracy!

off we go! on a sailboat to a floating platform where everyone does their helmet dive.

 hubs helmet is half filled with water...because he never hold his helmet properly....

group photo. 5 thorns and 1 rose.

Helmet dive left my cousin with unforgettable memory. It's actually quite nerve wrecking for people like me and cousin who doesn't know how to swim and brave this sport activity. Hubs was the first to go down the ladder to lend moral support to the gals...yup after he went down, it was me next.  The ladder from the platform doesn't go all the way down to the seabed, so once you are at the end of the ladder, you pretty much have to sink down....and get pulled down by the scuba divers. Also the weight of the helmet pulls you down too...and let's just say if you don't hold your helmet well, the water is going to gush in!!! Yes, it's completely void areas around my neck. it's the pressure that's keeping the water from going into the helmet. So hold tight!

cousin was very shaky from the start because she was really quite scared. So after she got into the sea, she literally swayed or fell from the ladder and her whole helmet was filled with sea water. she panicked of course. The scuba divers helped her with her helmet and pulled her down to the seabed. after calming her down for awhile, we managed to take some group photos, but she was in a very shaken state of mind. so she requested to go back to the platform.

after the nerve wrecking helmet dive, we went for zipline!

it's not scary. Quite fun actually. i thought i had to close my eyes! But it was OK!

magnets are 4 for 100peso

chilled coconuts are about 70peso

Haggling with the vendors at D'Talipapa. A wet market that sells all sorts of seafood. You really have to bargain real hard, like more than 70% of whatever they tell you. Me and hubs haggled real long...while cousin and her friends just watched by and taking photos. hmmm.

After buying your seafood, there are many stalls that will cook the seafood for you. You can choose the cooking styles and it goes by kilos.

 we had our prawns grilled, shells in butter garlic and calamari, washed down with beer. it was so filling that we didn't even order rice. Each person was about $30 SGD. so cheap right!

sunset. 

The views at Boracay are truly splendid. always picturesque.

 

i had hubs doing funny kungfu poses at sunset time

Dinner was D'mall - Lemon Cafe because it was recommended by tripadvisor. I suppose for those angmohs who aren't accustomed to local cuisines and miss western food, here's their comfort food. Their pastas are quite tasty and well done, prices are on the relatively high side. Service is good. All meals comes with complimentary warm bread and butter. I had the prawn pasta, the rest had carbonara and spaghetti. everyone said it was good.

how to end the night - shopping! the singaporean way. There are many shops that sells dried mangoes and banana chips to bring back home for friends and relatives. Bargain if you must. I didn't because I'm not the bargaining sort, so i went to budget mart to buy dried mangoes and banana chips.