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