This up close and amazing encounter with the one of the biggest underwater creatures, the whale shark we called ''Butanding", is another memorable and exciting vlog of yours Mergim. Continue to discover more exciting adventures and enjoy your wonderful journey in the country!
That boat has like 5 nationality in there from Japanese, Thai, South Koreans, British and Filipino. It's good to see how they bonded together. As for the Whale Shark, it's always as majestic as it can get BUT man that BGM that you choose makes me think of the Whale Shark like a character in a 3D animated film like Finding Nemo lol.
Happy to see you mergim talking with co foreighners they're so friendly too like you hope you all enjoy oslob place. take care and God bless you all. ✌👍💖🙏🙏🙏
Such a majestic creature. I’m legit jealous that you got to do this, and got to get so close to it. The filming was great too, especially from the front when it fed itself. Fascinating how such humongous creatures just feed on tiny shrimp, krill and plankton. Great work again, Megrim.
Oh Wow, another bucket list of mine is to see these whale sharks. I am glad they are preserving the whale sharks in the Philippines. They used to hunt these creatures as food. I am glad tourism is giving livelihood for the local Oslob residents. Thanks Mergim for this lovely vlog and you have met fantastic people too. Experience the beauty of the people and the Philippines xx
Filipinos have never ever hunted whale sharks for food. It's the Japanese, Chinese, North Americans and Europeans who poached these creatures for their oil and, in the case of Chinese poachers, for their fins for the valued shark fins soup. Whale sharks in Oslob have been visiting the area since I was a kid back in the early 70s and it was already a normal day to day sight for many locals in Oslob. Some of the local fishermen, though, hated the sharks, not because they feared from getting attacked but because they always got entangled in their fishing nets and fishing lines. Some fishermen hated them so much so they hit them with poles or oars or any hard objects they can get. The advent of social media specifically Facebook changed the way tourists documented their travels. So in 2011, a local tourist from Cebu City posted on his FB page on his encounter with the sharks with photos of him riding on the back of the shark, holding the dorsal fin and similar interaction which made his posts viral. The viral photos circulated on the social media like wildfire that Oslob officials was surprised to see a deluge of both local and foreign tourists to their sleepy town. The number of tourists grew exponentially everyday that worried local officials and concerned agencies about the 'abusive acts' by tourists on the sharks as more and more social media posts showing their (tourists) blatant disregard to the welfare of the sharks. One year later, the local officials of Oslob sought the help of DENR and WWF to set guidelines as to how they could regulate the interaction with sharks in a sustainable way. Thus in 2012, the current rules and regulations were officially issued and signed into local ordinances between the regulating bodies.
Wow !!! Awesome Mergim and thank you so much for today's video. watching here ..showing me a closer look to this huge Whale Shark absolutely unbelievable 😊😊😊.Thank you for the effort and for the job done. Takecare.
Really enjoyed this vlog. I feel like i am also swimming with the whale shark. Thanks Mergim for sharing this experience with us!! Till your next episode..yipee
Mergim what a nice vedio the water so clear and the closed encounter of the whale its fantastic I have swimed last 2018 it's really unforgettable experience.... Injoy your bohol Vlogs take care mergim...
Thank you, Mergim. Thank you for bringing the beautiful marine life and scenery to us here. It helps us relax with you on your video. May God bless your tours. 👍❤️✌️
This is awesome. Its great that you've captured this spectacle. I really admire your passion and dedication to your craft. Thanks in sharing this with us... Be safe Mergim. Cheers.
I'm enjoying watching your vlogs, it's almost addicting...With you explaining your travels and what not...I look forward to opening my laptop every night and waiting your notif to pop up.....
remembered how frightened we were when we first saw them underwater! was there July as well 2 years aggo. oh my goodness! such a humongous but amazing and gentle creature!
Thank you Mergim for featuring Cebu it seems that you have explored & almost showcase all of cebu w/ch other foreign vlogger missed. I know ur tired frm a long trip. Never skip advertisement as a way of supporting u. Take Care Always! subscribing from start to..as far as you go.
He's barely covered 1% of Cebu. Cebu is too big to cover in just one year. Even us locals aren't able to cover the entire province of Cebu after all these years.
Wow its amazing vedeos Mergin only now i know that you are a great diver too exploring some nice beaches here in Philippines keep going man dnd stay safe.
A well-planned trip and worth the time to get there though it was only thirty minutes with the whalesharks. It's amazing how there was orderly chaos at the visitor center. I guess you could say it was part of the experience. 🤗 Lots of people from all over happy to be there. 👍
Wow, that must have been a really awesome experience. Getting up close and personal to these magnificent creatures is a sight to behold. And, as usual, you made you friends. Thanks for sharing this great experience with us, Mergim! Have a safe ride back to Moalboal! 👍
Its so nice encounter the whalesharks thats my unforgetable expirience before with my family,yr 2019 .. When i'm back to the PHILIPPINES .. I will go again to swim with whle sharks..
I experienced both OSLOB and DONSOL in Sorsogon (BICOL REGION). and I must say I prefer the one in Sorsogon aside from whale sharks are free on the wild. What's exciting about is that you get the chance to be on the open waters and dive run with them. Unlike OSLOB obviously they used it for attraction and whale sharks aren't that big and healthy... so if you want more exciting, run and dive with them in deep waters I recommend DONSOL. worth every experience. take note The whale sharks can be big as BUS.
Couldn’t agree more with your comment. Unfortunately the way they do it in oslob feeding them , interferes in their natural way of life, fixing them around the waters of Oslob
I stayed in oslob last aug 16 to 18 this year for my airbnb. unfortunately, I wasn't able to experience whale shark watching because of limited time. But, thanks to your vlog I get to know some info. Will definitely try pretty soon. Continue to discover more best places here in Cebu like mainit spring in malabuyoc, aguinid falls in samboan and also tumalog falls in oslob which I was told it is only 2 km away from the whale shark vicinity.
Wow what an experience ... so nice to see you underneath the water so close to the shark fish.. definitely this one will memorable for your adventure... and you have interacted with people of different nations in your stay there.. Take care bro
Merim, first of all enable super thanks on your channel so we can send you tips. Also the Philippines is huge and extremely diverse, so once your done with Cebu, other than the obligatory Boracay / El Nido, I highly recommend you go check out Baguio city. Manila is not the prime destination of Luzon, it's Baguio imo. I would love to see this type of content for Baguio. Quite possibly the cleanest and most beautiful city in the Philippines. Also a lot more chilly there. It's a whole vibe.
WoW! What an amazing experience you got there bro. I felt like I was with you while filming this extra ordinary whale shark. Thank you bro for sharing all your wonderful experience here in our country. And I'm 1 of your avid subscriber. Never missed to watch your blogs everyday. Keep safe bro. God 🙏 bless.
Love this video. You really took time to video the whale sharks. And its so nice to see tourists from east asia coming back to the philippines. They use to come in big groups before the pandemic.. hope their countries will also ease up travel. Love japan! Been to all the place you’ve been to. And also busan and seoul. Can’t wait to be back.
A remarkable experience....wow, that was a very close encounter with a massive whaleshark...the best video once more...you always amazed us with your content...very good underwater shots. Really appreciate you for building friendships with fellow visitors
Another great adventure. But if you have time to travel to bohol they have whale shark diving there and its much less crowded and more whalesharks to see. Also hope you didnt lose you sneakers
We did this same unique and rare experience in 2019. It's nice revisiting those "awe" moments of our lives. Thank you. Our videos were not as good as yours.
Hi Mergim, im a big fan of yours!!! I have some suggestions try to go to the Tumalog Falls in Oslob, Cebu. I think this would be great and awesome experience for you and for your viewers as well. Stay humble and friendly to the locals. Everyday i watch your vlogs and it feels like im right beside you. Thank you and Enjoy the rest of the PH.
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This up close and amazing encounter with the one of the biggest underwater creatures, the whale shark we called ''Butanding", is another memorable and exciting vlog of yours Mergim. Continue to discover more exciting adventures and enjoy your wonderful journey in the country!
Very big and benign. I hope you enjoyed todays video :)
It's so lovely that even when you're traveling alone you still get to experience this with a friendly group of people ❤
Couldn’t agree with you more. I just keep meeting really lovely people everywhere I go :)
Awesome mix of different nationalities, that’s quite interesting when people you meet have the same curiosity as mine, enjoy people of the world
You'll soon hit 100k subscribers. What's important is you now have a solid base of followers who appreciate your vlogs and regularly view them.
True that :)
Wow its a very big whale shark thanks for this vlog and visiting Philippines.
It’s so nice to know tourism in there is booming. Good help to the economy. The Japanese are happy when they come to visit. No stress
That boat has like 5 nationality in there from Japanese, Thai, South Koreans, British and Filipino. It's good to see how they bonded together. As for the Whale Shark, it's always as majestic as it can get BUT man that BGM that you choose makes me think of the Whale Shark like a character in a 3D animated film like Finding Nemo lol.
nice
Nationalities not races.
@@sitandchill2897 Done. By the way, it's sit and chill not sitandchill.
Waiting for your next upload done watching the latest
Happy to see you mergim talking with co foreighners they're so friendly too like you hope you all enjoy oslob place. take care and God bless you all. ✌👍💖🙏🙏🙏
Wow great video mergin meet a lot of friends and enjoying in moal boal with whale sharks 😍❤️👍👍👌
It's amazing!!! The underwater footage is superb! I love it! 👍❤💯🇵🇭
Wow its awesome .. close to a whaleshark its beautiful...
I can’t believe we were that close!
WOW 😮 You got up close with that lovely Whale 🐋 Shark !!! Fantastic shots !!! 👌
It was definitely worth the trip !!! 👍 👍
Such a majestic creature. I’m legit jealous that you got to do this, and got to get so close to it. The filming was great too, especially from the front when it fed itself. Fascinating how such humongous creatures just feed on tiny shrimp, krill and plankton. Great work again, Megrim.
Thanks hope you get to do this some day :)
European, Chinese, Japanese,Korean, American, even Thailander WOW!😳 Lots of tourist.. wow beautiful creature whale shark giant..
Nice Adventures. Loving your vlogs. Just take care but enjoy the🇵🇭
Thank you :)
You’re videos are always nice. Making friends with other foreigners. And even advertising Moalboal. Keep it up!
Thank you :)
Nice mergim
That's awesome whale shark
It's so much fun watching them swim next to you..
Yeah it was really fun watching going up and down eating away :)
Oh Wow, another bucket list of mine is to see these whale sharks. I am glad they are preserving the whale sharks in the Philippines. They used to hunt these creatures as food. I am glad tourism is giving livelihood for the local Oslob residents. Thanks Mergim for this lovely vlog and you have met fantastic people too. Experience the beauty of the people and the Philippines xx
Hope you get to experience it soon! Its quite the experience
As long as they are in PH waters, they're safe. If they go to our neighbor that starts with a C, they'll end up in restaurants.
@@lex5319 You don't have to hide the name of the country, just say it!
C H I N A! Where they will enter any countries economic zone to fish.
Filipinos have never ever hunted whale sharks for food. It's the Japanese, Chinese, North Americans and Europeans who poached these creatures for their oil and, in the case of Chinese poachers, for their fins for the valued shark fins soup. Whale sharks in Oslob have been visiting the area since I was a kid back in the early 70s and it was already a normal day to day sight for many locals in Oslob. Some of the local fishermen, though, hated the sharks, not because they feared from getting attacked but because they always got entangled in their fishing nets and fishing lines. Some fishermen hated them so much so they hit them with poles or oars or any hard objects they can get. The advent of social media specifically Facebook changed the way tourists documented their travels. So in 2011, a local tourist from Cebu City posted on his FB page on his encounter with the sharks with photos of him riding on the back of the shark, holding the dorsal fin and similar interaction which made his posts viral. The viral photos circulated on the social media like wildfire that Oslob officials was surprised to see a deluge of both local and foreign tourists to their sleepy town. The number of tourists grew exponentially everyday that worried local officials and concerned agencies about the 'abusive acts' by tourists on the sharks as more and more social media posts showing their (tourists) blatant disregard to the welfare of the sharks. One year later, the local officials of Oslob sought the help of DENR and WWF to set guidelines as to how they could regulate the interaction with sharks in a sustainable way. Thus in 2012, the current rules and regulations were officially issued and signed into local ordinances between the regulating bodies.
@@lionhearted1969 speak for yourself. I am a Filipino and we used to eat whale sharks during the 90s. So delicious!
Not only the Filipino people are friendly! Also the Whale! How amazing was that
Whale sharks are sharks, not whales... *smh*
@@AndrewBoniface09 obviously duh!!! just common sense
indeed ✨✨✨
Beautiful! That was worth the trip! 🏝️🌅🤙
It definitely was :)
Magnificent whale sharks! 💖 the gentle giants of the Phils.! 🇵🇭
Salamats to your vlog Merg 😊🙏🤙
Very cool! Very nice and friendly group of people. 😍
Two thumbs up
Wow !!! Awesome Mergim and thank you so much for today's video. watching here ..showing me a closer look to this huge Whale Shark absolutely unbelievable 😊😊😊.Thank you for the effort and for the job done. Takecare.
Really enjoyed this vlog. I feel like i am also swimming with the whale shark. Thanks Mergim for sharing this experience with us!! Till your next episode..yipee
amazing footage and these raw cuts are great!
Ah thanks :)
Mergim what a nice vedio the water so clear and the closed encounter of the whale its fantastic I have swimed last 2018 it's really unforgettable experience.... Injoy your bohol Vlogs take care mergim...
Wow! Very clear vid of whale sharks! ❣️
Water were crystal clear once again :)
I’ve watched all your Philippine episodes and think your choice of music is always perfect. Keep up the good work (in editing too)!
This is so awesome Merg! This season 2 is a compilation of top notch videos! 👏🎉🏊♂️ ⛰ 🌅 🌇 🐋 🐢 🎤 🌊
Season 2 is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@@MergimVlogsYT indeed!
So folks , if you haven’t subscribed yet , pls do 😉 👍🏼
Thank you, Mergim. Thank you for bringing the beautiful marine life and scenery to us here. It helps us relax with you on your video. May God bless your tours. 👍❤️✌️
Thank you for your videos bro!! God Bless!! Enjoy and explore the Philippines!!!
Thanks for watching dude :)
This is awesome. Its great that you've captured this spectacle. I really admire your passion and dedication to your craft. Thanks in sharing this with us... Be safe Mergim. Cheers.
Hey, it was something that I really didn’t want to miss, hope you enjoyed this episode :)
I'm enjoying watching your vlogs, it's almost addicting...With you explaining your travels and what not...I look forward to opening my laptop every night and waiting your notif to pop up.....
Mergim … international celebrity … 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😂
remembered how frightened we were when we first saw them underwater! was there July as well 2 years aggo. oh my goodness! such a humongous but amazing and gentle creature!
too bad the only footage i had was from an iphone 6 haha
Great company with all Asians. You were with Thai, Japanese, South Korean and Filipinos watching whale sharks. Great video 👍
Mergim -- I hope you have more footage of the ride from MoalBoal to Oslob. I google earth drove it. Was it that beautiful along the coast?
The sunrise by the coast was rather nice :)
Awesome Mergim!! There's plenty of falls to explore around Oslob.. keep safe! 🇵🇭🥰🤙
Yes there are ;)
Thank you Mergim for featuring Cebu it seems that you have explored & almost showcase all of cebu w/ch other foreign vlogger missed. I know ur tired frm a long trip. Never skip advertisement as a way of supporting u. Take Care Always! subscribing from start to..as far as you go.
He's barely covered 1% of Cebu. Cebu is too big to cover in just one year. Even us locals aren't able to cover the entire province of Cebu after all these years.
True @ Giorgio Okanayev
Wow its amazing vedeos Mergin only now i know that you are a great diver too exploring some nice beaches here in Philippines keep going man dnd stay safe.
You literally only had to put your head underneath the water and the whale sharks were there :)
A well-planned trip and worth the time to get there though it was only thirty minutes with the whalesharks. It's amazing how there was orderly chaos at the visitor center. I guess you could say it was part of the experience. 🤗 Lots of people from all over happy to be there. 👍
lots of people like to experience it...i envious to try it also 😭
Nice ONE
What an amazing experience mergim.....
Wow, that was a so close encounter at the whale shark, keep safe always Mergim..
Inches away, you feel like an ant in its presence :)
@@MergimVlogsYT wow im jealous hahaha
Happy to see you made it and experience this amazing adventure!
ohwhat a bice view take care
Wow nice
Nice episode! Great footage of the whale shark. Hope your shoes were still there at the beach.
Wow! This is awesome Mergim. I really enjoy watching this episode. Keep safe..
Glad you enjoyed the video :)
wonderful experience ✨✨✨✨❤️❤️❤️
EXCITING TRIP YEA?! ENJOY PH WATERS, MERGIM. AND YOUR CO-PASSENGERS..
Great day
its like an encounter to jurrasic yet this one is on water. such an experience. i miss my job. i used to be guide.
I’m jealous. That’s in my bucket list.
I hear ya.
Wow, that must have been a really awesome experience. Getting up close and personal to these magnificent creatures is a sight to behold. And, as usual, you made you friends. Thanks for sharing this great experience with us, Mergim! Have a safe ride back to Moalboal! 👍
Thanks, I’m glad you enjoyed the video :)
Let me share this! Thank you. Great undersea photography.
Awesome clear underwater videos 👍 great vlog again
Its so nice encounter the whalesharks thats my unforgetable expirience before with my family,yr 2019 .. When i'm back to the PHILIPPINES .. I will go again to swim with whle sharks..
I have yet to experience this.
They're so majestic.
These benign creatures love to eat :)
If you plan to go to Bohol, there's also a place you can encounter whale sharks. It's in Lila, Bohol.
That is a massive whaleshark.wonderful adventurem
Absolutely Massive whale sharks :)
I experienced both OSLOB and DONSOL in Sorsogon (BICOL REGION). and I must say I prefer the one in Sorsogon aside from whale sharks are free on the wild. What's exciting about is that you get the chance to be on the open waters and dive run with them. Unlike OSLOB obviously they used it for attraction and whale sharks aren't that big and healthy... so if you want more exciting, run and dive with them in deep waters I recommend DONSOL. worth every experience. take note The whale sharks can be big as BUS.
Couldn’t agree more with your comment. Unfortunately the way they do it in oslob feeding them , interferes in their natural way of life, fixing them around the waters of Oslob
Weh, Donsol sucks. More expensive and a 50/50 chance to spot one. 👎So stick those bus-size whale sharks on your butt!
Wow!!😍😍 So huge whale shark like this video
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Awesome!
Wow amazing day ❤️
It was :)
I wish i was there ❤️
really appreciate this guy, how lovely to meet you soon :)
My Hometown-OSLOB
I stayed in oslob last aug 16 to 18 this year for my airbnb. unfortunately, I wasn't able to experience whale shark watching because of limited time. But, thanks to your vlog I get to know some info. Will definitely try pretty soon. Continue to discover more best places here in Cebu like mainit spring in malabuyoc, aguinid falls in samboan and also tumalog falls in oslob which I was told it is only 2 km away from the whale shark vicinity.
Nice one
Wow, that’s some kind of experience, only in Oslob, Cebu, Philippines.
Who would have thought that this Londoner now enjoys beach life? 🇵🇭
This ain’t beach life…
@@MergimVlogsYT Island life? 🏝
Epic adventure
thanx for the beautiful video Mergim..
Nice, visit bohol if you havent been there yet..
I once swam with them too in oslob still one of the best experiences
It’s a great experience :)
@@MergimVlogsYT truly is also go check aguinid and tumalog falls
Nice content today. Loved this one with the Whale Sharks
Wow what an experience ... so nice to see you underneath the water so close to the shark fish.. definitely this one will memorable for your adventure... and you have interacted with people of different nations in your stay there.. Take care bro
quite stunning
that road to Oslob is really nostalgic to me
New sub here...thank you for promoting ph...and for being a nice person to us..
Merim, first of all enable super thanks on your channel so we can send you tips.
Also the Philippines is huge and extremely diverse, so once your done with Cebu, other than the obligatory Boracay / El Nido, I highly recommend you go check out Baguio city. Manila is not the prime destination of Luzon, it's Baguio imo. I would love to see this type of content for Baguio. Quite possibly the cleanest and most beautiful city in the Philippines. Also a lot more chilly there. It's a whole vibe.
That so fun Merg. The Whale, and the people with different nationality.
WoW! What an amazing experience you got there bro. I felt like I was with you while filming this extra ordinary whale shark. Thank you bro for sharing all your wonderful experience here in our country. And I'm 1 of your avid subscriber. Never missed to watch your blogs everyday. Keep safe bro. God 🙏 bless.
Wow!!!! 😍how nice with the sharl😍
So glad you finally saw those gentle giants😁 Keep up the good work, Mergim😁😁
Love this video. You really took time to video the whale sharks. And its so nice to see tourists from east asia coming back to the philippines. They use to come in big groups before the pandemic.. hope their countries will also ease up travel. Love japan! Been to all the place you’ve been to. And also busan and seoul. Can’t wait to be back.
Love it❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Luv this episode, raw & spontaneous
Thank you :)
A remarkable experience....wow, that was a very close encounter with a massive whaleshark...the best video once more...you always amazed us with your content...very good underwater shots. Really appreciate you for building friendships with fellow visitors
...thank you Mergim...God bless
What a nice experience to swim with those gentle big whale sharks. Awesome
Nice vlog, Mergim. It's like a virtual trip of the whale shark watching experience. I hope nobody took your shoes. :)
Thanks, my shoes were still there :)
Thanks, my shoes were still there :)
@@MergimVlogsYT Hoping the glue job is holding up.
@@MergimVlogsYT Cool. Good to know. :)
Impressive
Another great adventure. But if you have time to travel to bohol they have whale shark diving there and its much less crowded and more whalesharks to see. Also hope you didnt lose you sneakers
Great Vlog
hey @Mergim vlogs your underwater shots are amazing! may i please ask what camera you used for underwater? thank you
Quite stunning
Wow swimming with the sharks. The female did not bite.... Luckily 😆
We did this same unique and rare experience in 2019. It's nice revisiting those "awe" moments of our lives. Thank you. Our videos were not as good as yours.
the water is very clear and calm.
Hi Mergim, im a big fan of yours!!! I have some suggestions try to go to the Tumalog Falls in Oslob, Cebu. I think this would be great and awesome experience for you and for your viewers as well. Stay humble and friendly to the locals. Everyday i watch your vlogs and it feels like im right beside you. Thank you and Enjoy the rest of the PH.