Friday, April 6, 2012

Excuse me, Excuse me....Whale Shark!

After numerous posts and blogs about whale shark in Oslob, Cebu. Me and my husband decided to see the whale shark. Actually we don't have yet itinerary for our Cebu Escapades. We just book our flights months ago for our first year wedding anniversary. It's just a promo tickets from our budget airline. I Googled, searched about places and viola. I ended up reading about whale shark.

baby whale shark as of the banca people
he can't see actually... hehehe!
i am having a hard time taking photo with the whale shark
small fishes at tuki's belly

mama whale shark :)

Here is the Code of Conduct when encountering whale shark that should be aware of.
a.    Do not attempt to touch, ride, or chase a Whale Shark 
b.    Do not restrict normal movement or behavior of the Shark
c.    Maintain a minimum distance of 3 to 5 meters from the Whale Shark
d.    Do not undertake flash photography, kindly turn off camera flash
e.    Do not use underwater motorized diver propulsion

Two-Day Cebu Itinerary:

Day 1
0425H               - Departure Manila airport
0540H               - Arrival Cebu airport
0600H - 0610H   - Ride multicab(airport) to Marina Mall
0610H - 0630H   - At Marina Mall, ride any jeepney bound to SM Cebu
0630H - 0700H   - Drop off near SM, transfer again, ride jeepney that passes South Bus Terminal
0700H - 0730H   - Had breakfast at cafeteria
0730H               - Ride Ceres bus to Tan-awan, Oslob
0730H - 1130H   - Arrival at Tan-awan, Oslob. It was roughly 3 to 4 hours ride due to frequent stop overs
1230H - 1300H   - Went to    registration area, need to briefing
1300H - 1430H   - Start of the sight seeing or swimming with the Butanding
1700H               - Back to Cebu city

Day 2
0730H - 0900H   - Went to Taboan Market to buy danggit, just a few blocks from our GV Tower Hotel
0900H - 1130H - Had our breakfast, clean up because of the market smell of danggit
1200H               - check our hotel, then we just put our luggage at their store room.
1300H - 1730H - Spent time at Taoist Temple, Santo Nino Church, and  Fort San Pedro
1800H               - Back to GV Tower Hotel to pick up our things and went to SM Cebu
1830H               - Deposit our things at SM Traveler's Lounge with minimal fee
2100H               - We use the Web check-in(CebuPac) at Cebu Airport, spend our time and wait to board the plane back to manila
2345H               - Cebu Departure
0115H               - Manila Arrival 


Expenses for the Whale Shark Encounter: (Fees May Change)
Fares: Cebu South Bus Terminal to Tan-awan, Oslob: 156Php one way
Resort Entrance Fee: 75 Php
Boat Fee for 40 minutes: 300 Php per person( for us, 1 and 1/2 hours) :)
Snorkeling Gear: 100 Php
Snorkeling Fee:   20 Php
Underwater Camera Fee(Owned): 100 Php
 

1 comment:

Itin Bique Calvo said...

We do have several whale sharks in Southern Cebu. I'm from Cebu yet never have been there. But I will take it from your experience. These photos are priceless and enviable!