Our first destination was in Claver, Surigao del Norte. Since we were advised by our boatman that the Bucas Grande Island tour will take us one whole day, we opted to just stay in a hotel that is near to Hayanggabon Port, pick up point bound to Bucas Grande Island. Our another option was to stay in any hotel in Bucas Grande Island where our boatman can take us there upon arrival in Claver but it will take us an additional transportation cost as it is not part of the Bucas Grande Island package tour. Being a budget traveler, we just opted to look for accommodations in Claver or anywhere near Hayanggabon port. The only accommodation I researched was Revlun Pension House. Unfortunately, no contact details can be found over the internet. So we took the risk of not getting any hotel reservations and just walk in, hoping that there will still be rooms available. Otherwise, we can ask around if there are available hotels within the area, but this might be time consuming. Another risk, it was Holy Week, so we expect a lot of tourist which will mean, no more rooms available.
Good thing, there are still a lot of rooms available in Revlun Pension House. The establishment seems new or at least newly painted. The rooms were situated in the second and third floor. The ground floor was the reception area and beside it were other establishments like canteen, sari-sari store, bakery, etc. There are also ample parking spaces in front of the building. The reception area was just small and simple. Since its our first time in that place, we ask the receptionist (manang) and some of her companions on some how to's in the area and of course, the places to eat. Even if there is a canteen at the ground floor of the same building, the receptionist pointed us out at G-Ann's which they say was the restaurant where most tourist eat. I'll blog about this restaurant soon. I also learned from them that they are open 24 hours 7 days a week, even on holidays.
The room we availed was just a small and simple room with 2 single beds, small cable tv, air conditioning and rest room. The first thing I checked was their rest room. I was surprised that it was very small! I'm sure you're familiar with rest rooms in any aircraft. That's how small it is or maybe a bit bigger. I'm not sure if all their rooms have the same rest room size. But nevertheless, it was clean, so as the room itself. The cushion of the beds were just right, though a bit thin but still comfortable enough. The pillows they provide have cute cartoon character design, hello kitty and tigger. Each bed also have blankets and towels each. They also provide few toiletries like soaps sachet shampoo and coreless toilet tissue. Outside the room is a veranda with small round table and two chairs.
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| our room |
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| the beds and restroom door at the back |
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| small cable tv |
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| Our toiletries |
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| small restroom: toilet on left and shower and sink on right |
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| Tigger pillow |
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| Hello Kitty pillow |
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| The veranda |
The location of Revlun Pension House was perfect as it was just walking distance in Claver terminal. The area was peaceful and seems safe or maybe it was Holy Week when we stayed there so the neighborhood was quiet. There is also a nearby gasoline station in case you have your own car. Globe signal was ok but there is no 3G network in the area in case you want to use it with your smartphone to connect to the internet.
You may contact Revlun Pension House at 0907-244-5467. I hope this number will last long with them since I learned that their previous contact number got lost. By the way, our room rate was Php 600 per night. Not bad.
More blog posts about Surigao here!
Day 1
Itinerary
Transportation and map
