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- About 538 kilometers southeast of Manila, the lush province of Albay sands out as the most unique, famed by the province's main attraction, the picture perfect Mayon Volcano, one of the world's magnificent mountains.
Her name was derived from the Bikol word "Magayon" which means beautiful. Erupting more than 40 times over the last two centuries, this active volcano towers over the entire Bicol region, rising at 2,462 meters above seal level. An American writer describes her as "an overly perfect backdrop painting of a Hollywood jungle movie."
Albay also takes pride in other diverse attractions such as clear waterfalls, meandering rivers, spectacular ancient cave network and lush underwater world.
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- Across the middle of Bicolandia is Camarines Sur. Only 9 hours either by train or bus and an hour flight by plane, landing at Pili Airport.
The province is dominated by rich and fertile rice lands. Historically, it is the seat of the Roman Catholic religion during the Spanish period. Today, it remains the pilgrimage center made prominent by the Peñafrancia Festival held every September of the year in honor of the region’s patroness, Our Lady of Peñafrancia.
The focus of the celebration is at Naga City, a throbbing commercial center, called the heart of Bicol where the most of the major Catholic churches were erected. The image of Virgin Mary is housed at Basilica Minore, a palatial structure replicating the Gothic architecture.
Thousands of devotees, pilgrims and visitors flock to this cathedral and along the river edges to witness Our Lady’s fluvial procession, the highlight of the festival, carried on a well decorated flotilla.
Camarines Sur is famous for the world’s smallest edible fish, locally known as tabios (scientific name Mistichttys) abundantly found in the serene waters of the scenic Lake Buhi. The other lake, Bato, is noted for its tilapia (scientific name Tilapia Nituka) production. Iriga City is known for the famous Tinagba festival – a harvest offering held every February 11.
- HOW TO GET THERE
By Land
Naga City in Camarines Sur is accessible from Manila via the scenic Pan-Philippine Highway. Air-conditioned coaches plying the Manila to Naga route leave the Araneta Center at 30 minutes intervals starting at about 4 p.m. thru 9:30 p.m. daily. For tourists coming from the Ermita Center, another set of air-conditioned buses, can take you through the same route to Naga. For the weary business traveler, arrive in tip-top shape, sleep thru the whole length of the ten-hour trip and for the starving passenger dine in style, your choices are enormous - a piping hot porridge, the delectable Filipino chicken "adobo," or the more cosmopolitan sandwiches. Which way you want it, the buses stop at designated restaurants that serve these kinds of food.
By Air
Naga City can also be reached by plane through the Pili airport. Philippine airlines and Asian Spirit for traveler eager to reach Camarines Sur faster.
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- After cutting through the thick rainforest of Quezon province going south, Camarines Norte is the first Bicol province to be reached, about 300 kilometers from Manila.
Camarines Norte is blessed with a dense rainforest, habitat of numberless variety of wildlife. It used to be the home of a big group of Agtas (Negritos), the country’s early aborigines.
The Spanish colonization of Luzon in 1571 drive this peace-loving little people to move to higher levels of the woodland. Drawn by the rumor of immense deposit of gold found in Camarines Norte at the towns of Mambulao and Paracale, the Spaniards mastered in exploring the gold mining potential. Today, is stayed as a signature industry of the province.
More magical in Camarines Norte is the large unshaken pineapple plantation. Capitalizing on this viable product, the people formed an enchanting yearly celebration called Pineapple Festival every May to express their gratitude to this God-given bounty, making a powerful show of unity towards the prosperous industry. Travelers can easily purchase these sweet pineapple on stalls brightly arrayed along the Pan-Philippine Highway before entering the capital town of Daet.
- HOW TO GET THERE
By Land
Camarines Norte is about six hours drive from Manila through lush forests and picturesque seascapes. Leave Manila before dawn and eat a sumptuous breakfast of native dishes in nipa huts alon the highway. Drop by fruit vendors along the way and savor the place's most delectable fruit - the piña. Before noon, you'll be in Daet, the capital, in time for business or pleasure.
By Air
Camarines Norte can also be reached by air through the Pili Airport in Camarines Sur. From the airport you can take a bus or a cab to Daet via Naga City, Camarines Sur's capital and home to Bicol's Patroness - Nuestra Señora de Peñafrancia.
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Dependable Access Travel and Tours
Accredited: Tour Operator
2/F Hotel Dolor ldg., Vinzons St., Daet, Camarines Norte
Tel.No.: (054) 440-3440
Mobile.No.: +639178981772
Manager: Ms. Lourdes I. Dolor
- Lying east of Bicol mainland, Catanduanes is an island paradise in the Pacific, covering a total land area of 1,511.5 square meters.
Your visit to this island is more than just exploring its unspoiled beaches or enjoying surfing at Puraran Beach located on the northside. For acqua sport try scuba diving and sports fishing.
Catanduanes offers much more. It is rich in history, blending quaintly with the peaceful jutting mountains all over the island.
Adventures hike the twisting trails of Gigmoto and San Andres and enjoy the cool refreshing waterfalls, the religious visit to the ancient church of Bato and hike to the stone chapel a kilometer away where the first mass was believed to have been celebrated by the Spanish conquerors.
Island life is not as quiet as it seems. The capital town of Virac is irresistible for an oceanfront entertainment and arousing videoke bars. A hotel offers a breathtaking view of the entire island as its penthouse restaurant.
Resorts abound to accommodate leisure-seeking travelers, with a chain of picnic sheds and cottages over a well-manicured landscape, surrounded with lush greeneries
- HOW TO GET THERE
By Air
Catanduanes is served by Asian Spirit. This airline flies direct from Manila to and from Virac daily.
By Land
Air Conditioned buses (Philtranco and Tawtrasco) travel direct from Manila to Virac daily. Other air-conditioned buses can take you from Manila to the Port of Tabaco where a ferry boat can take you across to Virac, Catanduanes.
Scheduled trips leave the Araneta Center in Cubao and in Pedro Gil St., in Malate, Manila daily.
By Sea
For the more adventurous tourist and sightseeing travelers, Virac is the best reached throuh the sea.
Two shipping lines - San Pablo Shippin Lines and Star Ferry - set asail from the Port of the Tabaco to Viract/San Andres daily.
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Marem's Pension House
Accredited: Pension House
Rizal Avenue, cor. Rafael Street
Sta. Cruz, Virac, Catanduanes
Tel.No. (052) 811-1104
General Manager: Sixto N. Landig
Emmalyn Paradise Resort
Accredited: Resort
Agojo, San Andres Catanduanes
Sta. Cruz, Virac, Catanduanes
Mobile No. +63917-3446667
General Manager: Emmalyn Munjar
- Like an Indian arrowhead, Masbate lies almost at the center of the Philippine archipelago with its tip pointing towards the north of Asia Gulf extending towards the China sea.
The island province sprawls with verdant rolling hills and green landscape and rich aquatic reserve.
The wild wild west comes alive in the island every year. Every May, the country’s local cowboys flock to the capital town of Masbate to display their power over untamed cattles during its festival called Rodeo Filipino. In this international fair, the arena burst with fun and excitement and shouting.
Masbate is a flourishing island-province. Its three islands (Ticao, Burias and Masbate) are bounded with clean and fine beaches. Its sea waters abound with exotic fishes, corals and many other marine life.
Its mainland takes pride of underground rivers, unexplored caves and green landscape.
Masbate’s seaport can accommodate large vessels plying the island of Luzon and Mindanao.
- HOW TO GET THERE
By Air
Asian Spirit flies to Masbate from Manila daily.
By Land
Masbate can be reached from Legazpi City by land to the Port of Pilar in the adjacent Province of Sorsogon. From there, motorized boats can take you on a three-hour ride to the Port of Masbate.
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Vacation Travel and Tours
Accredited: Tour Operator
G/F Don Edencio's Place Rosero St., Masbate City
Telefax No.: (056) 333-6908
General Manager: Mr. Julito Velasco
Rodeo Travel and Tours
Accredited: Tour Operator
Airport Compound, Masbate City
Mobile No.: +639206217576
Manager: Mr. Danilo B. Intong
- Located at the southern tip of Luzon, the provice is the gateway to the south of the Philippines via the town of Matnog where the ferry terminal is found.
Nature has showered the province with unexplored and pristine tourist attractions, boost by mountain lake cradled below Mt. Bulusan, rising at 2000 feet above sea level.
Awed by the wild vegetation around it, the succulent environment of the forest and the idyllic mixture of the wildlife’s enchanting aura, foreign tourists have compared it with the cool and enthralling country of Switzerland, naming it “Switzerland of the Orient.”
Sorsogon is blessed with rich reserved of aquatic resources. It is the major supplier of fish food all over the mainland. By twist of fate, an amazing discovery of grandest scale surfaced.
The world’s largest fish-whale shark (scientific name is Rhicodon Typus) locally known as butanding shelters near the shores of the towns of Donsol and Pilar.
- HOW TO GET THERE
By Land
Sorsogon is accessible from Manila and the Visayas via the Pan-Philippine Highway. Air conditioned coaches plying the Manila to Samar and Leyte routes in the Visayas islands can take these air-conditioned coaches across the San Bernardino Strait from Allen/San Isidro to the Matnog in Sorsogon.
By Sea
Sorsogon is also accessible via the Manila-Cebu-Masbate-Pilar/Bulan route. Luxury ships from Manila can take you on a cruise from Manila to the Port of Cebu. From Cebu another ship can take you on a 12-hour trip to the Port of Cebu. And from Masbate, a motorized boat can take you on another three-hour ride to the rustic town of Pilar/Bulan in Sorsogon.
By Air
This southernmost province of Luzon is accessible by plane through the Legazpi City Airport. From here you can take a cab and go direct to Sorsogon or a "tricycle" that can take you to the city proper where buses queue for passengers going to Sorsogon.
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Other nearby islands with white beaches are: Buguias in Sula Channel, Guinanayan near the northeastern tip of Cagraray Island, and Rapu-Rapu particularly a northwestern barangay called Morocborocan.
- Calabidongan Caves (Camalig)
- The name really means "Caves of the Bats"; a grotto-like formation inside the cave astounds visitors.
- Vera Falls (Malinao)
- Nestling about 400 ft. above sea level, on a secluded nook of Mt. Malinao, this natural paradise of forest and clear cascading water is treasure to behold. A snake-like trail passing along rivers and tree-filled hills awaits you, trekking with endless enthusiasm. At its base, cold water fresh for drinking flow freely. Time seems to stop when one reaches this pristine falls.
- Corangon (Tiwi)
- A tiny islet formed by pulverized corals through thousands of years. The swirling turns of waves and sea currents caused these crushed corals to surface above the sea line, circling on and on until it evolved into an island. The island is clearly apparent during low tide as one approaches the town of Tiwi.
- Mayon Volcano
- Mt Mayon volcano - Mayon volcano basic information and location
Mayon, one of the country's 22 active volcanos in the Philippine islands and is one of the most active volcano in the Philippines. Since 1616 until todate, Mayon has erupted 48 times including last year's - 14 July 2006 - eruption. The beautifully symmetrical Mayon volcano rises to some 2460 meters. Height varies in different sources - of course - each volcanic activity changes the height somewhat.
Lying at the eastern portion of the province and rising to around 2,462 m. above sea level, Mayon covers an entire area of 250 sq. km. With a base circumference of 62.8 km., it encompasses the seemingly sleepy towns of Camalig, Malilipot and Sto. Domingo
