Much have been heard by my ears about the spectacular beach of Calaguas Island in Camarines Norte and Bagasbas Beach of Daet.
Calaguas & Bagasbas
This weekend, the speculations will be put to rest as Sago, Ada, and I pack light for a 2-day adventure to Calaguas and Bagasbas.
This trip is actually sponsored by our friendly, young, and hip travel agency - The Travel Factor. Ada is joining us being the grand winner of this tour (prize) in last year’s “Let’s Go Surfing” which was LetsGoSago.net’s first year anniversary charity event.
Travel Factor
We’ll be leaving Friday night so we’d be missing out on the Adidas Street Party in Fort Bonifacio. Anyhow, our meet up point is El Pueblo in Ortigas. We’ll be back in the morning of May 10, 2010 just in time to fulfill our duty as Filipino citizens and participate in the national Elections by voting and watching our votes as online citizens participating in the #juanvote campaign.
Allow us to share to you the general itinerary of our trip:
Day 0: May 7 Friday
08:00 PM Meeting Up & Registration
09:00 PM Bus DepartureDay 1: May 8 Saturday
06:00 AM ETA Vinzons Port, Breakfast on Bus
07:00 AM ETD Vinzons Port, 2Hr Boatride
10:00 AM ETA Calaguas Island
12:00 NN ETD LUnch
01:00 PM Beach Activities and Set Camp
07:00 PM Dinner, Bonfire, SocialsDay 2: May 9 Sunday
07:00 AM Breakfast & Beach Bumming
09:00 AM Break Camp & Beach Clean-up
10:00 AM Boat Depature to Bagasbas, Daet
01:00 PM ETA Bagasbas, Daet (Lunch)
Check in at Bagasbas Tourist Inn
02:00 PM Option to Surf at Bagasbas Beach
07:00 PM Dinner and CheckoutDay 3: May 10 Monday
05:00 AM ETA Manila
It would be a break from all the resort-pampered trips of Sago this summer as this adventure involves a close-to-nature tent camping on the beach. It reminds me of the similar back-to-basics lifestyle in Lahuy Island when we visited Caramoan years ago.
Bagasbas (Daet) and Calaguas (Camarines Norte)
Nonetheless, I believe that the loss in comfort would be made-up with the scenic beach of Calaguas of Camarines Norte and the surfing opportunity in Daet’s Bagasbas.(See you on May 10, 2010 when we come back. Go NoyNoy-Bayani! The online community is encouraged to use the #juanvote hashtag for their reports and social comments on May 10, 2010.)
Tags: Bagasbas, Calaguas, Calaguas Island, Camarines Norte, Caramoan, Daet, Lahuy Island, Travel Factor
May 21st, 2010 at 3:04 pm
hey, i think we were in calaguas at the same time, except that we arrived on the island much later and also left the beach much later.
May 21st, 2010 at 3:33 pm
@rosa - if you were with Dominic’s group (our friend too), then yes!.
ola!
March 29th, 2011 at 1:27 am
Hi! Which bus did you take to Vinzon’s Port? Does it go straight to the port or do you have to take a trike/jeep at any point?
Also, where do you get boats that will take you to Calaguas?
Thanks!
March 29th, 2011 at 10:41 am
@Pia - we had a chartered tour bus from Manila that brought us to Vinzon’s port.
WHen you get to Vinzon’s port, there are a number of boats which can bring you to Calaguas islands.