Jeenee Blogs: South Cebu Adventures

Cebu is one of the best islands in the Philippines known for its beautiful beaches and unique geographical features. South Cebu is a perfect venue for adrenaline rush activities - canyoneering, scuba diving, mountain climbing, and a lot more while North Cebu offers pristine, white beaches.

I can consider this as the most ultimate, most liberating travel/adventure in life, so far! This was our itinerary:

First day:
1. Canyoneering
2. Osmena Peak

Second day:
1. Scuba diving
2. Motorbike driving

Third day:
1. Osmena Peak
2. Cebu city tour

From Cebu-Mactan International Airport, ride a taxi to South Cebu Bus Terminal (45 minutes to 1 hour depending on traffic at around P330). Ride the Ceres Bus bound to Bato via Barili (2-3 hours at P150) then alight at Moalboal bus stop (just tell the bus conductor). Habal-habal drivers will swarm around you once you alight the bus. We hired one at P50 going to our accommodation at Panagsama beach. (The driver might give you his cellphone number, so you hire him next time; even if you're not interested, save it, you never know when you need him.)

Canyoneering and Kawasan Falls at Badian, Cebu
We hired a tricycle going to Kawasan Canyoneering (kawasancanyoneering@gmail.com). But we realized that we could have just hired habal-habal going to the highway (P50), rode the Ceres bus going to Barili, and dropped off at Kawasan Canyoneering. But anyways...

Trekking before river crossing, cliff jumping, and spelunking.

Slippery rocks, river crossing, cliff jumping, spelunking, and more unnerving steps!

Kawasan Falls

Osmena Peak at Dalaguete, Cebu

You can reach Osmena Peak from Moalboal via two bus rides (from Moalboal, ride a bus bound to Cebu city, drop off at Carcar. Ride another bus going to Oslob, drop off at Dalaguete). On our first attempt to Osmena Peak, we failed. From Dalaguete, we hired habal-habal. Trying to catch the sunset, the habal-habal ride was intense - we drove up to the mountain so fast along steep, sharp curves.

Insane misadventure

Osmena Peak, the second time around

The highest peak in Cebu that offers picturesque of jagged hills, coastline, and nearby islands

Goats everywhere!

Scuba diving - Sardine run and turtles at Moalboal

Ten minutes from our hotel were a lot of scuba diving schools that offer open water courses. We went to Nelson's Scuba Dive School (oceansafariphilippines@hotmail) and availed the introductory course at P2000 (shore dive) and went on for the second dive at P1000 (boat dive).

Sardine run and turtle watching

After diving, we hired a motorbike and drove around the town. We walked around Moalboal too and reached the dead end, the white beach. What a beautiful dead end it is!