In our own speedboat, we’ll take you on unforgettable day trips. From Surigao, you can experience all the best that the Philippines has to offer at once.
In our own speedboat, we’ll take you on unforgettable day trips. From Surigao, you can experience all the best that the Philippines has to offer at once.
Deserted paradise island with white sand and turquoise water? Check. Whale sharks? Check. Swimming with dolphins? Check. Untouched stalactite caves? Floating villages? Snorkeling and diving? Check, check, check.
Fall in Love with Dinagat
With our own speedboat we will take you to Dinagat’s fabulous paradise islands, which have still remained mostly a secret. Few have heard of these gorgeous islands and even fewer have experienced them.
Swim with the Dolphins
We know a perfect spot to see big schools of dolphins just 30 minutes boat drive from our little resort. If the dolphins are willing, they sometimes let you also swim with them so take your snorkling gear with you. We have about 50 percentage success rate on our boat trips to see the dolphins.
Snorkel with the Whale Sharks
Just a boat drive away from our resort is the best place in the Philippines to see whale sharks totally in their natural environment. No feeding and overload of tourists like in Oslob here!
The whale shark season in Surigao lasts from January to early April. Please be aware that January and February are rainy season so we might not be able to go out with the boat every day.
The Floating Village of Day-Asan
This is another must-do half-day-trip: we will take you to Day-Asan Floating Village where people still live on houses built on stilts over the water next to a mangrove forest.
What makes Day-Asan very special is that unlike in most mangrove areas where the water is murky, around Day-Asan the sea is crystal clear and you can see corals just under the surface. Bring your mask and snorkel, as this is one of the best places to snorkel in Surigao.
Silop Caves
The trip to Day-Asan is great to combine with a visit to nearby Silop Caves – if you are adventure minded. Silop is an area of 12 caves in total from which the local guide will choose two at a time to visit.
These caves are marvellous and totally undeveloped. There are no added lights, railings or other security add-ons. So come equipped with choose and clothes that can get dirty and with a lot of adventure spirits. And when you do, you will experience a once in a lifetime cave adventure.
Tinago Island
This is wonderful little known day-trip destination close to Surigao. To reach here we will first drive you by car for one hour to the small pier where we will change to a small local boat. A short boat ride away is the Tinago Island which hides in it a beautiful lagoon that you can explore by yourself on a small paddle boat.
This is also a wonderful place to snorkel outside the lagoon, just next to its entrance.
Sohoton Cove and Jellyfish Lake
Have you heard about Palau’s famous Jellyfish Lake, where you can swim amidst of countless of harmless jellyfish? Well, you can do the same in Surigao too by visiting Sohoton Cave and it’s hidden lagoon which is teeming with jellyfish.
Beside the Jellyfish Lake, on this long day-trip you will also experience
Snorkling and Diving in Surigao
What about diving and snorkling in Surigao? There are some great places like Day-Asan and Tinago Island. However, our closest reef at Banbanon just a 5 minutes motorbike drive away was destroyed few years back in a super typhoon and it will still take it a long time to recover.
Some leisure snorkling you can do also just in front of our resort around the big rock you will see in the sea. There’s more corals deeper down in the water and it’s a great place to do open water certificate if you have a few extra days to spare.
While diving in our house reef with a little bit of luck you can find all kind of weird and fantastic macro creatures like hairy frogfish and flamboyant cuttlefish.
Farther away, but still reachable from our place is the great Karihatag Shoal dive site in Malimono.
If you are interested in diving in Surigao, let us know and we will get you in contact with the local dive shop.
Waterfalls and Viewpoints
Oh, did we mention waterfalls and viewpoints? We have those too and without big crowds, of course. We will take you there or you can rent a scooter from us and have a little DIY adventure by exploring them on your own.
