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Although Boracay has over 12
beautiful white beaches, exceptionally good food, and offers great value
for the tourist dollar, its UNIQUE features are it greatest attraction.
Among the discoveries that await the traveler...
WHITE BEACHES:
13 of
the finest white beaches in the world offering powder fine snow white
sand can be found right
here on Boracay Island:
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White Beach extends along
much of the island’s west coast, this famous stretch of white sand
is the premier beauty and tourist attraction of Boracay.
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Diniwid Beach is just north
of white beach and is 200-meters-long. This lovely cove may be
reached by walking north from white beach along a picturesque path
hewn form the cliff. Diniwid offers seclusion and upper-scale
resorts with a private beach.
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Tiny
Baling-Hai Beach, enclosed by craggy walls of rock, is a romantic
hideaway for those who prefer quiet and solitude. Cottages of the
Balinghai Resort are scattered on the rock cliff as well as at the
top of the cliff above the beach.
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Puka Shell Beach is on the north
end of Boracay facing Carabao Island. This beach is 1,300 meters
long and is the second-longest beach on Boracay and a favorite
picnic destination for tourist boating around the island.
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Bulabog Beach is on the eastern
side of Boracay Island and separated from white beach by the
narrowest part of the Island. Although only one-kilometer long,
Bulabog Beach is home to windsurfing, Kitesurfing and the annual
Southeast Asia Funboard Cup.
EXOTIC WILDLIFE:
In some jungle-like areas you will still see
snakes, monkeys and even a waren, a large
monitor
lizard. As you walk along white beach in the evening you may see the
flying foxes flying overhead. These large fruit eating bats are native
to Boracay and in recent years have become endangered. Once numbering in
the thousands, now only about 750 are believed to be on the island.
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the marvelous GECKO,
found all over the island and even in homes and some of
the hotels and resorts.
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the tiny yellow breasted
SUNBIRDS, can be seen feeding on nectar in calamansi and
palm trees. When not feeding, they fly acrobatically with sudden
stops midair, calling excitedly.
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the BUTTERFLIES can be
found in the areas rich with trees an plants can reward you with
a view of many beautiful butterflies native to Boracay.
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an abundance of MARINE
LIFE in the waters surrounding Boracay can be found,
although not to be compared to what one finds in Bohol, Palawan
or Batangas. For first time divers, Boracay offers great
underwater scenes.
EXOTIC PLANTS and the DEAD FOREST:
The Varity of trees and bushes on Boracay is
stunning. There are literally hundreds of different varieties of
flowers, bushes, plants, trees:
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Mango, Papaya, Guava, Tamarind and
Jackfruit, and many Calamansi and
Breadfruit trees.
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Look for the strangely beautiful Frangipani with its
contorted trunk and branches. It’s lovely flowers are purplish
outside with a pleasant fragrance.
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The fruit of the Indian Almond tree is a preferred meal
of the local bats
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A delicate Barringtonia asiatica tree can be seen beside the
swimming pool of the Boracay Regency Resort. It’s pink and white
pollen-filled blossoms open only in the evening, and the fruit
contains seeds that stun fish when grated and cast in the water.
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You will also see well-tended
Hibiscus bushes and large Bougainvillea bushes with there
brilliant flowers.
ARE YOU READY FOR BORACAY?
A forgotten
land as far as tourism is concerned, Boracay is not for everyone.
Changes, delays, taxi over charging, occasional chaos are all part of
traveling in Boracay, so potential travelers should be well-qualified
and thoroughly briefed to avoid unhappy experiences for all concerned.
Potential travelers should also be warned of the
health hazards, lack of safety equipment (life jackets and/or rafts) in
boats and other embarkations; of the scarcity of medical facilities
outside of Manila and the fact that the medical facilities available in
the capital are not up to American standards. In other words, traveling
to Boracay Philippines definitely involves a certain amount of risk.
If, on the other hand, one has a true spirit of
adventure akin to that of the early explorers, is willing to accept and
trade some aggravation and discomfort for incredible white beaches,
flora and unique wildlife in a pristine land, and welcomes the
unexpected as the very essence of adventure travel, then Boracay
Philippines will prove to be the destination of a lifetime to return to
again and again.
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