Are you an ecotourist? If yes, Danjugan Island of Cauayan, Negros Occidental is for you.
This island is still a four to five hours bus ride away from Bacolod City but it was all worth it. I won't anymore tell everything about Danjugan since you can find all the details here in their website (link). I'll just share our two-days experience in the island.
Second Day at Danjugan Island link: here.
It was a great decision that we pushed through booking an overnight stay there because day trip would have been so bitin. 'Yung totoo, pa-conyo effect pa ko eh. Hehehe.
After riding a tricycle, we then road a boat that took us to the island. |
Freshness pa ba3. hahaha! Sobrang konti lang talaga ng picture ko doon sa Bacolod na mukha akong tao. |
On the way to Danjugan you'll see the Turtle Island of Sipalay, Negros Occidental. Why is it called Turtle Island? Edi itanong mo sa kanya. haha. Baka kasi mukha siyang turtle. |
This is where we stayed for the night. I'll show the picture of the bed in my next post but one thing's for sure, back to basic talaga pag pumunta ka rito. |
It was lowtide when we arrived at the island. These are the roots of the mangroves near the Moray Lagoon. The reason why these roots stick out of the soil is to enable the mangrove to breathe. |
This is the moray lagoon. This is named as such because of the moray eel that abound the area. |
One of the many moray eels we saw. There are also a lot of small fishes swimming here but it is prohibited to feed them. |
And the start of our trekking. Sobrang good job sa'kin for impulsively buying that sandals when it was on sale last February. Daming beses ko ng ginamit. hehe. |
While trekking, we passed through these mangroves. Inside this area, although it's not that obvious, is their breeding site for crabs. |
We continued walking until we reached this place. This mud house is another type of accommodation in Danjugan Island. |
Interior of the mud house. I am just not sure about how you can rent this nor its rate. |
Can you spot the nest of the eagle? Even if we didn't see any eagle that day, our guide pointed where its nest is located. |
<3 Talagang activities ang madami rito: kayaking, boating, snorkeling, trekking, bird watching etc. |
My first time seeing a sea cucumber. Sea cucumbers help in the recycling of nutrients in the ecosystem. |
Nag-pass out na blue starfish. Hahaha. Parang lasing lang na biglang humilata ang peg eh. |
The reason why it was scary to snorkel in shallow water is this sea urchin. |
Then we joined a group and we went to the non-protected side of Danjugan and we saw this heartbreaking reality. |
In places like this where visitors are just the second priority, bawal ka rin pumatay kahit langgam. hahaha! |
At ganun-ganun na lang, tapos na ang unang araw namin sa Danjugan Island. <3 |