Top 18 Things to do in Bantayan Island Cebu Philippines | Part 1
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ค. 2024
- Bantayan Island Cebu is one of the most beautiful islands in the Philippines. This vlog I look at the top attractions in Bantayan. I'll tour you around the island. From the best beaches in Bantayan Island including the incredible sandbar at Kota Beach. To the gorgeous Sandira Beach (aka Paradise Beach), Balidbid Lagoon (Bantayan's secret lagoon) with SUP paddle board tours, Omagieca Mangrove Eco-Park, island hopping to the beautiful Virgin Island Bantayan (including the cliff diving and white sandbar) and Hilantagaan island and its white sandbar. I check out the stunning beaches at Santa Fe. If you are looking for a tour or just a Bantayan Island travel guide this vlog will show you all about what to see and do on the island. I look at the best time to visit, costs, how to get to Bantayan Island and where it is located in the Philippines and so much more. At the end of these videos you will know why to visit Bantayan Island. As there is too much to see I have broken this down into 3 vlogs.
Best of Bantayan Island:
Part 2 Watch here • Bantayan Island - Top ...
Part 3 Watch here • Top 18 Tourist Attract...
Where to stay in Bantayan Island watch:
• Top 10 Best Resorts in...
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• Where to Stay in Banta...
• Bantayan Island Beach ...
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Drone footage on a DJI Mavic 2 Pro.
My main camera is a Sony a6600
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My wide lens I use is a Sony E 10-18mm f/4 OSS Lens.
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Our plan is to move there soon and retire, wife is from Cebu and we love it there, our favorite place in all the Philippines.
Retire in Bantayan island? Yeah I love it too, it's the one place I keep coming back to. Making this video I spend 2 months here.
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Island Vibes & Relaxing View ⛅🌴
It's paradise! Have you been?
Wow so beautiful beach bay classic views 💟🇵🇭💖👏👍
Bantayan Island beaches are gorgeous 🏖
Gorgeous Beach
One of Cebu's best
Been there loved it & going back.
It's paradise huh!
my place, my pride😊
Sure it's an amazing island. Im working on a new vlog on Bantayan Island too. Coming soon
Wooww amazing
It's a wonderful island in the Philippines. I have done part 2 and 3 now, you can see some more amazing things to do there in Bantayan.
This is awesome🥰
Cheers, thanks for your guest appearance 🙂
Maganda Jan nakapunta na aq jan
Bantayan is probably my favourite place in the Phils. Visited in 2010 and it looks like it’s really changed since then. It was so quiet when I went but the local expats were so friendly they’d come up to you and want to know all about you. I rented a motorbike and rode around the island. Very relaxing. Hopefully I’ll be back in the Philippines soon and get back to Bantayan. Thanks for the video.
I agree, love the place. I'm going to show about riding around the island in my next vid. Hopefully the Phils will open again sometime soon and you can see this amazing island again. Take care.
Can’t wait to go there
Will it be your 1st time there?
Fantastic review mate, thx I needed that. Will visit soon as I can.
Cheers mate. Working on part 2. Hope you'll enjoy Bantayan Island as much as I do.
I just released part 2! More amazing places to see.
I love watching your videos and it's very informative . Great Job 👏👏👏.
Cheers. Thanks too. See ya in part 2!
I’m excited the part two
I'm actually in Bantayan again now, just to finish off a couple things. Trying to tie up with Christina again to do another island hopping trip.
Just relased part 2...
Love Bantayan love your vlog
Thanks a ton. HOpefully I can get part 2 out sooner than part 1. Take care.
@@FindingParadise looking forward to part 2. Was nice to see the places in Part one I had visited!!
I've been to this island once, and visited major towns on the island (apart from Sta. Fe) plus Virgin Island, but not elsewhere.
Your videos continue to be first class: showing locations as they are, with an excellent mix of ground level and drone footage. Your commentary is terrific: interestingly factual, but not too 'gushy'. Great work.
I really like Bantayan. It makes for a great getaway. Thanks and take care.
very informative. thanks
Glad it was helpful! I am working on part 2 of my accommodation guide to Bantayan island, maybe it would be helpful to you as well. Take care. Rob
Wow thank you for this video
My pleasure. Hope you will enjoy part 2 and part 3 as well :)
It's very nice there, i visit the Island 2015!
My fav island in cebu ❤
Oh my I wish this pandemic will end soon
So we can be there with friends
Yeah it's gone on far too long. Paradise is waiting for YOU!
I agree. This video somewhat sticks out from all the recent videos out here of Bantayan Island. We just went there during the Holy Week, 6 days and 5 nights. Bantayan waters are its biggest attraction, clear and clean and turquoise. The only place we missed to visit was Baigad Lagoon from too much time spent in Virgin Island. But definitely another reason to go back again and again. Thanks for the great video Rob. God bless. Next time, you should do waterfalls hopping in South Cebu as most waterfalls now are open again fo walk-in visitors.
Cheers Giorgio. Holy week you usually get fantastic weather too. Virgin island you can easily get stuck there for the whole day. The waterfalls are definitely worth looking into, thanks.
That was awesome Rob, You go into so much detail... Beautiful place mate and also the girls look really nice...Can't wait for the next one...
Thanks Sam. Your time lapse video was awesome too! Cheers
Someone who uses maps so viewers can get our bearings and aspects of where islands are, how refreshing.
i'm a bit of a nerd map guy!
You are in paradise.
Great video.
Thank you very much.
Hope it won't become Borocay.
👍🍀😁
Thanks, yes I hope so too.
I like the view and the place i wish this pandemic gonna be over so can enjoy the vacation,done here my friend...godbless and keep safe always
Fingers crossed we move pass this covid mess sooner rather than later. We all need a bit of paradise right now. Cheers
wow that's amazing, I'm off to Bantayan this weekend, I'll explore all these places you've share, thank you
Enjoy paradise!
@@FindingParadise thanks 😊
Welcome and take care.
Hihi as a filipino, we didn't perceive paradise as an island. Or heaven as an tropical hot island with blue waters. Hihi we perceive heaven as clouds up there. So it's new and weird to us that our islands are heavenly. Thanks for that new insight 😊
much 💓 from cebu
Some Filipino's told me it was a paradise. It pretty common to describe something amazing as heavenly, even food (chocolate!). Anyhow we all see things differently. Bottom line is that Bantayan is amazing! Have you been there?
@@FindingParadise true.
Nice lagoon
It's so beautiful partically when you look from above!
Just discovered your page and kudos to you!!! Great contents; very detailed and very informative. Thanks for loving Philippines especially Bantayan Cebu! 🙌🏻
Thanks a lot. These's so much to see and do there I had to break it up into 3 videos. Bantayan is my favorite place in Cebu!
This is sooooo beautiful 😭😭😭
That it is
I just released my new video, lots more beauty to this island th-cam.com/video/Lf-7exQCDFE/w-d-xo.html
Wow this was really comprehensive! I loved how you went from the map location than to the actual place. You even listed the gear you used in the description! My favorite video of yours so far
Thanks Nathan! Took too long editing this one!
@@FindingParadise if this was posted on Facebook the people would the Share button many times
I added it to my Finding Paradise FB, it's not a big following. How's things by the way. Im back in Bantayan
I went on a couple of scuba dives last week. Gonna work on getting my open water license
That's cool. Nice diving around here? Which dive shop you use? I saw one near the mangroves.
ماشاء الله ربي يوفقك ويسعدك
So timely. I'm planning for my birthday trip and I'm gonna try paddle board!!! This is a big help! Thank you
Glad to help. Hope you have a great birthday in Bantayan Island 🏝
I just released part 2 th-cam.com/video/Lf-7exQCDFE/w-d-xo.html
nice vlog keep it up
Cheers, thanks for that. Hope you have a great time when you go.
Awesome. I really like the Island. I wish I can visit it in the Philippines. Thank you for sharing this! :)
Yes Bantayan is amazing place in the Philippines. Paradise is waiting....
awesome! take care my friend and enjoy Cebu :)
Thanks! How can I not enjoy paradise :)
My filipina wife has relatives who live in Bantayan Island. I've been there a few times myself since 2005. A lot of people flock to the Island during Holy Week (Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday), around March or April, when school kids are on summer break
Yeah it's a nice place and Easter it completely changes to a very busy place.
I am a proud Santafehanon and I always take pride of my hometown though I rarely go there. Thanks much for featuring our island.
No worries. I originally planned to stay 3 weeks but it extended for 3 months. I really loved the place and did a few vlogs around that amazing island.
@@FindingParadise 18 things to do in santa fe ? haha .lets see the bech , the cliff, the mangrove walk , eat drink annnd thats about it . oh yeh the lagoon .another beach . well it now has a bar there . so beach/drink catergory
but oh lala christine is a hot hotty
Not just Santa Fe but the whole and surrounding islands. Took me 3 vidoes to show it all! Yeah she is beautiful!
good to see you in Bantayan Rob ❤️❤️❤️
Yes it was a nice suprise seeing you guys there. Thanks for the outing! hope you got home ok. Cheers
Thank you rob .. ohh, this was a day ago?? I can't want to go there next month. Always a fan of your videos rob
Im actually back on the island for a couple more weeks. Had to go to Mandaue renew my visa and go to dentist. The weather is slowly changing, bit of rain now. Humidity going up a bit, the red horse helps though! Still paradise! Hope you enjoy it, cheers
Grest video Rob watching it from rainy London, was in Bantayan three years ago loved it there so nice and laid back, wish i was there now drinking a mango shake...
Amazing Philippines hope to see you soon💙
Ah hope all that sunny weather didn't make you too jealous! Actually I'm still on the island. You can notice the seasons changing. The afternoons it can bucket down with rain for 10 mins or so, then sunny again. A few weeks ago it was just blue skys. Still paradise for me. Mango shakes are waiting for you!
@@FindingParadise Rob what’s the situation with regards to tourists being allowed back kinda hard getting news over here,I got stuck in Romblon last year at the start off pandemic not a nice experience I can tell ya.Do you reckon it will be this year?
I’ve travelled around world for over 25 years m8 and I’ve gotta say Philippine s is my number 1,people stunning beach’s breathtaking.Just miss it so much,keep the videos coming m8 love um🥭
The government has been keeping coy of late, earlier on in the year they were saying how the 2nd half of the year thousands of tourists would be back. They have gone quiet of late. There have been setbacks, the daily number of cases has got worse than better, new strains of the virus. It seems to point more likely next year. I saw this article - kinda shows even regional goverments are in the dark as to what Manila is thinking. newsinfo.inquirer.net/1425035/mayor-seeks-entry-of-vaccinated-foreigners-to-lapu-lapu-city. Who knows maybe vaccinated tourists maybe the first to be allowed to enter. I have been monitoring here but there hasn't really been a lot of news out of the government.
Thanks for sharing Bob! Cannot wait for another part! How about Camotes tour in the near future?
Thanks Leo. I got cut short of my Camotes last year because of COVID, so yes that still on my plans.... Are you getting any warm weather now in Finland?
@@FindingParadise Today 23 C after a very cold April...still missing our 2th home in Lapux2. Excited to follow 3. bridge CCLEX progress as it will shorten our way to Minglanilla and Toledo relatives so much! Take care and stay healthy!
23 is just perfect! I was down by Fort San Pedro last week, I had a look at the bridge from the shore. It's getting close! Huge bridge.
Im going there in September!
Hope you love the island as much as I do. Part 2 coming out soon!
I've just uploaded part 2. It should give you more ideas.
Happy to see you enjoying there Rob. Keep safe my friend.
Cheers. Hope you are doing good as well?
@@FindingParadise yes Rob, will be visiting Bantayan again next week with my girlfriend
I'll be still here then, so give me a msg when you get here. Hopefully we can catch up this time!
@@FindingParadise
Looking forward. I will be doing another travel video as well 🙂
ok cool! Let me know! cheers
Great vid bai. Hoping to retire there in 4 years 😬🤜🏼🤛🏼
Sounds like a great plan 🏝
We were missing you videos lately. Looking forward to the next one.
Cheers. I stayed in Bantayan for a couple months, I was out filming nearly every day and I didn't get time to edit. Im actually back for a couple more weeks. I can already see there's a change in the weather now. It can bucket down in rain for 10 mins and then sunny again.When I was here a few weeks back, it was just blue sky. Hopefully I can get the next one out sooner.
@@FindingParadise I’m retiring in Dauin in January 2022. I stayed at Jelly’s Haven right before the pandemic 2020 & had a great time there, great service & at a great price. Love Bantayan & can’t wait to get back over there.
Aloha!
Nice area Dauin, I stayed at one of the resorts there at the start of last year. The beaches arn't amazing but definitely chilled out. Do you dive?
Yes Jelly's is nice. I am going to do a seperate video on accommodation here.
@@FindingParadise I’ve been diving since 1973 when I was 13 hrs old with my dad. Last year I snorkeled with my wife’s family around Romana Alar Beach, Pura Vida Resort, Antulang Resort & Apo Island last year, but will be diving when I come back in 2022. It’s so beautiful under the water out there.
You really done your research the dates the best place to go there is what you said.
Yeah I put a lot of work into it. I wanted to make it informative and helpful for tourists. I just released another video on accommodation options in Bantayan.
Hi I decided to subscribe to your chanel , you explained the place so clear . We are planning to visit Bantayan after watching your vlog thank youu
Thanks for that, appreciate it. I'm sure you'll love the island. It's my favorite in Cebu. I did some other vlogs on accommodation if you need help on that side of things. Enjoy paradise ✨️
@@FindingParadise sure , we wish you can help us arrange our travel in the future.
can you suggedt the best month when the sea is calm . and who can help us to arrange the travel without hidden charges.
@@cocarol5478 thanks. I don't arrange travel. I'm just a blogger. There are some contacts in my description. I dyi travel. I book the hotels myself it will save you money. I have a contact whom I use to do day trips or rent a scooter in Bantayan.
Love your videos so informative dream finally come true booked yesterday will be there April 2024 family of 4 ,2 teenagers should I bring my own snorkeling gear? Thanks again been watching your videos for the last 2years😂👍Merry Christmas from Perth Australia
Thanks for that! Hope you have an awesome trip. Depends if it's not too inconvenient to carry in your bags If you can I'll bring your own snorkeling gear. If not it's not the end of the world though. Generally I find the tour groups use cheap crap. Merry Christmas as well, hope you have a great one.
That bus journey from Cebu is a killer, but so worth it. Great video!
Yeah it's a long trip. But you have paradise waiting at the end...
@@FindingParadise I found it OK, but one of the tricks is to depart at 0700 or even earlier if one can from Cebu City because this helps to minimise the city traffic the bus must battle. Depart at say 1000 and with the shopping malls open, even though in theory one is travelling 'against the traffic', the bus can be forced to slow to a crawl for many kilometres. The roadside toilet stop is from what I recall pretty basic. I also like to sit near the front of the bus as those seats can have a bit more legroom, as seat pitch on public transport in Asia can be uncomfortable for taller Westerners.
My friend when youre eating seafoods like that its better you brink a liitle bit of beer or licquor. to neatralise just in case that may cause youre digestion disturbed
Sounds like the perfect combination 👍🍻
Im from bantayan island
It's my fav island in Cebu. Love it
I like to sail & windsurf. Are these small craft available there?
They do kiteboarding. I'm pretty sure that's in my part 3 video
Hey Rob we stayed at Kota Beach Resort last time is Amihan better / more up market?
It is. I did my top 10 resorts in Bantayan here th-cam.com/video/GU9Gr3O79Nc/w-d-xo.html . You'll be able to see the differences there,
Hi sir rob. I hope you like the milk tea
It was good! Thanks! I'll have to come back for more!
Is it nice for a single guy in his 50s not looking for barging but nice to hang out so your not alone walking the beautiful beach I can do that in Florida lol but we’ll done my friend
Yes it is! There's a number of nice places on the beach to stay and eat. Florida is more expensive to do that 😉Next time you come to Cebu you should put it on your list of places to visit with your mrs.
Do u we need pcr test to go that island ? Hows the travel restrictions?
From Cebu you don't. All you need is a qr code which the hotel/resort emails you once you have booked . On arrival they just test you temp at the pier and that's all.
You've been visiting there for 20 years???i thought it's your first time in the Philippines.. hehe
Yeah I've been taking holidays here for a long time! Love the place :)
How is january here?
If you are referring to weather, all I can is what generally what happens. What it was previous Januarys may not like this January. The last couple of years have been more wet than usual who knows what it will be next January. From previous times its been generally ok. When it rains its normally not the huge downpours that you get in October. There’s been an El Nino forming in the Pacific recently which usually means drier conditions to be expected It’s really too hard to predict weather just go and enjoy your holiday
Watch my other videos on the Best of Bantayan Island:
Part 2 Watch here th-cam.com/video/Lf-7exQCDFE/w-d-xo.html
Part 3 Watch here th-cam.com/video/rEnnF3pfQKA/w-d-xo.html
Where to stay in Bantayan Island watch:
th-cam.com/video/GU9Gr3O79Nc/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/zCSE2Oyf0XI/w-d-xo.html
“Probably pregnant” ha ha ha ha ha ha
No diarrhea LOL
What's the mask/s for??
Back when I filmed they were still needed. A lot of places were a bit laxed on the rules though.
U r not very adventouros with trying new food lol
I've been sick so many times trying stuff......
@@FindingParadise me 2 than u get imune
I'm not sure, after 30 years I still get sick!
Hey, thanks for the video!!! I was there several days...looking forward to another visit when we can get back in there from the USA. Where did you stay the 2 months you were on Bantayan? I was blessed to visit several of the places you did in this video!!!! Keep up the great work!!!! What's you facebook page.....
Thanks Sammy. I'm actually still here at the moment. I actually stayed 30+ resorts and hotels. Actually worn out from packing and unpacking. One of my upcoming vids is about where to stay and I want to give 1st hand experiences. Not just a copy and paste or link to Agoda. Hopefully the hard work will be worth it in the end!
Im not so good with my fb posts! I post more pics in my Instagram account paradise_shack.
@@FindingParadise thank you for the videos and info...great work!!!!
Thanks Sammy I just released part 2 now. Hope you will enjoy!
Do you have instagram to follow?
Yes paradise_shack also same for my tik tok
Beautiful beach in cebu Philippine god bless I'm waching from Riyadh saudi
Thanks for watching! I guess you rather be lazing on one of the beaches in Bantayan right now .. with a nice cocktail or beer :)
Hey Aida, just to let you know i released part 2 now. More beautiful spots to see.
Yah even Mindanao Luzon the beautiful spot thanks to ptomote y country Philippine god bless stay safe