A Day Trip to Camiguin Island

Just out of the blue, we decided to drop by at Camiguin Island before I catch my flight back to Cebu the next day.  So, from Iligan, we drove all the way to Balingoan Port (in CDO) where we got on a ferry that took us to the island.  It was a rush day trip and I would not recommend it.  A day tour is definitely not enough to explore what this small island has to offer.

The view of the sea and the towering Mt. Guinsilban will welcome you as soon as you step on the island... 

I would have loved to climb up on top of it if we had the time... 

I'm sure the view from up there is amazingly beautiful...

I grew up from a place known as the City of Waterfalls, so I was surprised when I saw this.

The 250-foot Katibawasan Falls was like water that gushed out from a pipeline leak.
Nevertheless, it still has its own unique beauty.

It creates a small pool at the bottom and it's always refreshing and soothing to get a back massage from nature for free ...

About three hours before the sun had set...

we were able to catch a boat going to White Island which is generally a horseshoe-shape sandbar.

The tides constantly resize and reshape its form though.

There are no trees on it.

It's just sand that's enough to be called an island ^_^...

 but the view of the main island with its volcanoes.. and the beach are breathtaking.

No one lives on this small island...

She's quite a mysterious person. 

I'm not sure if other people saw her.

I call her as "She Who Guards the Island" 

Another day has come and gone...

Let's stop for a while before we go on with our ride...

It's a great day to praise the Lord...

Walking in the light of God...

The island is of volcanic origin which is made up of four stratovolcanoes...

One eruption in 1871 sank the old capital of Camiguin, with its cemetery, sunk under the sea. 

In the following years, the sunken land and the gravestones can still be seen when the tide is low. 

But in 1948 until 1953, Mount Vulcan erupted again, sinking the whole area deeper, to around twenty feet. In 1982, a large cross was built on the solidified lava to mark the site that became the graves of the ancestors of the Camiguin people. It has then become known as The Sunken Cemetery.

And God saw every thing that he had made...
and behold, it was very good!