Coron Island Hopping Tour (Coron Day 2, Part 1)

Coron Island Hopping Tour includes the following destinations: Kayangan Lake, Twin Peaks Reef, Atwayan Beach, Coral Garden, CYC Beach, and Twin Lagoon.

For our tour, a motorcab driver fetched us from Coron Village Lodge and dropped us at the Corong Galeri Arts and Crafts (Calamianes Expeditions and Eco Tours) to join the tours. On site, there are a lot of tours to choose from for as low as P650 per person. As you might have read from my previous post, our tours were pre-arranged by Logpose Travel and Tours so our business in going to the Corong Galeri is just to sign up for the tour and execute the standard waiver and for a brief orientation and instructions. All payments were already taken cared of by Logpose, through Leidy Lanado (email address), our tour assistant who is based in Coron.

From the Corong Galeri, we just walked going to the Lualhati Park, where the boats being used for the tours are docked.

First stop: Kayangan Lake

Most of the Coron photos you see on the web are taken at Kayangan Lake. It took only about 15 to 20 minutes going to the entrance of the lake. You'll be amazed at the several rock formation that seem to look like some very mountainous island from afar. As you approach these "islands", you will see that these are actually composed of several individual and smaller rock formations. We can't capture its entire beauty on camera. These photos don't really give justice to the wonders of these places.

entrance to the lake

You need to do a 5-minute trek up the rocky slopes to get this view.
It was a difficult average terrain for an unexperienced me but it was worth it!
Another 5-minute trek down the other side of the mountain is where Kayangan Lake is.

Kayangan Lake

Kayangan Lake

Cave: view inside the cave at Kayangan Lake

Cave at Kayangan Lake

Sorry for the blurry photo
There are lots of tourists enjoying the beauty of the Kayangan Lake

See how clear the water is?

Some smaller rock formations at the Kayangan Lake.

Next Stop: Twin Peaks Reef

Twin Peaks Reef is a good place to snorkel. Fish feeding is also allowed (and actually encouraged) and we spent most of our time enjoying the feeding frenzy of the small fishes.

Look how friendly these fishes are

The water is deep at Twin Peaks, you're literally swimming in the middle of the sea. It is advised to use life vests. Our tour assistant, Leidy, also packed some bread for the fish feeding. I was skimping on the bread and thought that I should economize it since we will also be going island hopping the following day. =)

Next stop: Atwayan Beach and Coral Garden

Atwayan Beach and Coral Garden are two different spots but they're just five minutes away from each other.

We had our lunch at the Atwayan Beach. Lunch was included in the tour package. We were served with grilled pork chop, grilled fish, lato, and bananas for dessert. One of our companions also brought watermelon and it was very delicious.

Atwayan Beach is just a small stretch of white sand beach and is particularly a famous stop-over for lunchtime. It has few huts and each hut can accommodate around 20 persons. There is a place for grilling and cooking but we didn't really use it since our tour guides did the cooking at the boat.

The Coral Garden is another spot for snorkeling and fish feeding. In my opinion, the reef is more beautiful and wider at the Coral Garden than in the Twin Peaks. There are more colorful fishes in the Coral Garden, too.

This post is too long already. CYC Beach and Twin Lagoon will be separately blogged in Part 2.