Thursday, December 30, 2010

Boracay Island

TRAVEL

Boracay is an island of the Philippines located approximately 315 km (200 miles) south of Manila and 2 km off the northwest tip of Panay Island in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines. In 1990, it was voted by the BMW Tropical Beach Handbook as one of the best beaches in the world and again in 1996 by British publication TV Quick as the world's number one tropical beach. The island comprises the barangays of Manoc-Manoc, Balabag, and Yapak (3 of the 17 barangays which make up the municipality of Malay), and is under the administrative control of the Philippine Tourism Authority in coordination with the Provincial Government of Aklan.

ADVENTURES

Massage Therapy, Boat trips, Scuba diving, Horseback riding, Sailing, Kite flying, Jet ski, Snorkelling, Wind surfing, Sand volleyball, Tennis

DINE, HOTELS AND ACCOMMODATIONS

Boracay Beach Club, Island Jewel Inn, Artista Beach Villas, Boracay Hills, Fridays Boracay, Discovery Shores Boracay, Baling Hai Beach Resort 

GETTING THERE

Fly Philippine Airlines from Manila (Domestic Airport) to Kalibo Airport. (The flight takes 30 minutes and costs about 3,000 Philippine peso return).

From Kalibo Airport takes the air-conditioned bus to Caticlan and the boat from Caticlan harbor to Boracay (the bus trip takes 90 minutes and the boat 30 minutes; combined ticket Pp140).

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