Discovering Romblon

I have known Romblon to have nice white sandy beaches but never really had the chance to visit it. The only nearest place in Romblon that I could think of and attempt of visiting was the Carabao Island which you can visit coming from Boracay.  When my husband and I recently decided to have a vacation, the immediate place we could think of was Boracay, one of our favorite destination that we won't get tired of visiting.  But upon checking the flights, it was quite expensive already since our planned trip was less than a month away.  Going through the destinations of Cebu Pacific, I found Tablas and wondered where it was.  Googled it and viola! It was in Romblon.

Based from initial research, Romblon is part of MIMAROPA region.  It is composed of three major islands: Tablas, Sibuyan, and Romblon, and 17 small islands. These islands are all surrounded by deep waters.  With this, you can just imagine the various beaches encircling the islands.  And by the way, Romblon is also know as the Marble Capital of the Philippines.

Romblon map, image from Google

Of the three major islands, only Tablas has an airport located in Tugdan municipality. I think only Cebu Pacific has direct flights to Tugdan Airport.  One can also get to other major islands of Romblon and Sibuyan via ferry boat (2Go shipping lines travels directly to Romblon from Batangas port; From Tablas, there's a ferry boat in San Agustin that travels to Sibuyan Island).  Each island has its own beautiful beaches to boast for.  There's Aglicay and Binucot Beach in Tablas, Crest de Gallo islet in Sibuyan, and Bonbon beach in Romblon.  There are also some waterfalls in Sibuyan Island that is also a tourist attraction.  We chose Tablas since this is the only one with direct flight from Manila.  We'd love to visit Sibuyan but due to time constraints, we decided to just stay and hopefully explore Tablas Island.

There were a number of beaches in Tablas aside from Binucot (located in Ferrol municipality) and Aglicay (located in Alcantara municipality).  There are also other beaches in municipalities of Sante Fe, Ferrol, Odiongan, Calatrava, San Andres and San Agustin.  Aside from the beach there are also tourist attractions in Looc (Looc Bay Marine Sanctuary), Tinagong Dagat in Calatrava, Mainit Falls in Odiongan,

Beach view from Binucot Beach Resort

Aglicay Beach, image from Travelbook

Beaches in Tablas are quite far from the airport.  You will need to ride a tricycle or book a transfer to take you to your chosen beach.  We chose Binucot beach as it is quite nearer to the airport (about 45 minutes).  In my next blog, will post a review on Binucot Beach Resort.