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The
world-famous island of Boracay is located in
Aklan province 345 kms. South of Manila. The
island is accessible by air from Manila or
Cebu through two principal gateways: Caticlan
airport or Kalibo airport.
It has also been voted in 1990 as one of the
best beaches in the world by the BMW Tropical
Beach Handbook. The British Publication TV
Quick in its issue of December 21, 1996 gave
the latest accolade for Boracay as the number
one tropical beach in the world.
The island roughly shaped like a dumb-bell, is
7 kilometers long and the narrowest spot is
nearly 1 kilometer wide. Boracay Island, one
hour flight time south of Manila, has more
than 30 beaches and coves, among them the
famous White Beach: Four kilometers of pure
white sand beach, and rated among the world's
best beaches by international publications.
The water is shallow here, and its sand
brighter and finer than most beaches in the
archipelago. There are about 350 beach resorts
with more than 2000 rooms to suit virtually
everyone's taste. There is accommodation of
all types and price categories.
Aside from a bevy of resorts, Boracay boasts
of a diverse selection of restaurants, ranging
from the native fast-food stalls to
establishments that would satisfy even a
gourmet. One can find bars, beer joints as
well as discos with amazing light and sound
equipments open until the late morning hours.
The White Beach may be the main attraction of
Boracay, but there's much more, including
watersports, beach volleyball, diving,
snorkeling, motorbiking, mountainbiking,
hiking, trekking, and even plain lazing
around. travel boracay philippines
Boracay is also well known for its now very
rare gleaming white puka shells, said to be
the best in the world. For years puka shells
were dug out of the beach at Yapak and then
sold. It's already a fait accompli that large
masses of land are soon going to be moved in
the north of the island. The most important
Philippine property developers, Ayala Land,
FiI-Estate and Primetown Property Group have
bought up 205 hectares of land. There they
intend to build resorts and housing for the
better off; construction on the obligatory
golf course is already well under way. Not
surprisingly, the culinary fare at Boracay is
as diverse as the nationalities of its
visitors. French, Australian, Belgian, German,
Spanish and Thai--they're all here side by
side the native cuisine. Lending ample support
to this virtual rainbow of fruit shakes: from
sweet yellow mango, green tart mango, to
pineapple, coconut milk, cantaloupe and
banana. Don't go home without a sip. |
