Malapascua is a small island located at the northernmost tip of Cebu in the Philippines. It is known for its great diving spots and a strip of white sand beach.
The island measures 2.5 kilometers long and 1 km wide. Malapascua is situated within Daan Bantayan strait at the northernmost tip of the island of Cebu, which belongs to the Visayas group of islands in the Philippines.
Malapascua’s Bounty beach white sand shore is perfect for relaxing and sunbathing.
The waters surrounding Malapscua island has great coral gardens and is home to the different species of marine life. The Threshers, white tips, hammerheads, manta rays, mandarin fish and pygmy seahorses make Malapascua island a jump-off point for scuba diving.
Beach Resorts / Hotels
Cocobana
landline phone: 0063 (0) 32 437 1040 / 0063 (0) 32 437 1007
mobile phone: +639159200011 / +639067743296 / +639159114631 / +639155208068
Slam’s Resort
website: www.malapascua-beach-resort.com
email: slamsgarden_resort@yahoo.com
mobile phone: (00-63) 9053433495 / (00-63) 9267853743 / (00-63) 9154410621
Tepanee Resort
website: www.tepanee.com
email: andrea@tepanee.com / silvia@tepanee.com / info@tepanee.com
Hippocampus Beach Resort
website: hipocampus-online.com
email: cebu.hippocampus@yahoo.com
mobile phone: +63 (0) 915-400-1005 OR +63 (0) 927-336-9703
Mangrove Oriental Resort
website: www.mangroveoriental.com
mobile phone: (63) 916 218 55 34
Palm Place
mobile phone: +63 917 9636162
Nudibranch photo by Norman P. Aquino
This is a new resort in Malapascua.
Take a look of the website.
Cheers!
We stayed in White Sand Bungalows when we visited Malapascua March 2010.
Its a very nice and affordable resort.
The bungalows are right on their beautiful beach.
If you want to contact White Sand Bungalows call them on this mobil phone: +639273187471.
They have a web site too.
whitesand.dk
Best regards to all.
Helen
Before coming to Malapascua, please take a minute familiarising yourself with local customs and do’s and don’ts. It can save you a lot of headache.
we were in Bohol during Xmas vacation, but now I have the reason to visit Cebu this time. 🙂 thanks for the info.