The Hundred
Islands National Park in Alaminos City, Pangasinan is actually composed of
about 123 islands and islets.
Here’s a rundown of some of its islands that we
were able to visit in a 2-day period:
Governors Island
It is
famous for the 360 degrees view of the Hundred Islands that you mostly see in brochures
and websites. However, you must first take the 100+ steps before reaching the
view deck but it will all be worth it, I tell you.
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| Governors Island's beachfront |
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| panoramic view of Hundred Islands |
Also in this island is the Pinoy Big Brother transient house used during the 2006 Teen Edition. There’s also the Governors Cave. It is small and quite cleaner than the other caves.
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| PBB house |
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| Governors Cave |
Quezon Island
It is
one of the three developed islands, along with Governors and Children’s
islands. It has plenty of cottages and grilling area. We were supposed to have
our lunch here but it is too crowded.
Lopez Island
For our lunch venue, we settled
with this not-so-popular island which is just across Quezon Island. Good thing
there were also some picnic tables and monobloc chairs. It’s a small island with fine sand and clear
waters (plenty of jellyfish though). It’s not crowded and we actually loved it
here and came back the following day for lunch again.
Century Island
This is my favorite, despite the
stinky guano smell. After a forest-like
short trail, you will come face-to-face with a huge dome-shaped cave with
massive stalagmite and stalactite formations. Countless bats are either flying
around or hanging at the ceiling of the cave. I climbed the steep and slimy
formations just to have the photo-op at the left:
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| Bats hanging on the cave's ceiling |
Marcos Island
Another must-visit island is the
Marcos Island, famous for its cliff-diving spot. For thrill-seekers, one can go
to the top part of Imelda Cave and plunge into the deep water below! I wanted
to try it but I just didn’t have the guts, maybe next time. With its fine, white
sand and clear waters, we rested here for a while.
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| Imelda Cave |
Cathedral Island
Named as such because it looks
like an ancient rock cathedral. It is actually an island-cave with massive and
rugged limestone formation. We weren’t able to come closer, but I was able to
take some shots of it:
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| close-up shot at the mouth of the cave |
Crocodile and Turtle Islands
We
just passed by these small islands. Crocodile Island looks like a crocodile
from afar and Turtle Island looks like, well you guessed it right, a turtle!
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| Look! a crocodile! |
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| Turtle Island |
For more information, visit http://www.hundredislands.ph/
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