Boracay travel guide, online celebrity restaurant review + rational analysis of water activities

Boracay is a bone-shaped island, and its most famous feature is its soft white sand beach. The island is divided into three main areas: SI, S2, and S3. The softness of the sand and the prosperity of the area also decrease in turn. D-Mall is the most famous shopping area in Boracay, and it is also a gathering area for food and entertainment.


▲Our Lady of the Rocks

Visa: The visa for the Philippines is a paper visa, and the pass rate is very high, but the error rate is also relatively high. Be sure to check carefully for any errors. Generally, you can choose the omnipotent Taobao, and try to apply for it about a month in advance to avoid delaying your Trip. In addition, the price will be more appropriate when Mafengwo is active.

Wifi: Many people choose to rent a portable wifi, but I personally recommend buying a local unlimited phone card, which is very convenient to open a hotspot. However, the local 4G is not very good, and it will automatically become 3G when it exceeds 800M per day. So try not to watch videos.

Clothing: Although it is in the tropics, it is still a little cold in the morning and evening. It is recommended to bring a long cardigan.

TIPS: If you buy a Cebu Air ticket, remember to wear more clothes, as the air conditioning of this airline is very abnormal. Entry form and customs declaration form, the entry form is usually filled out on the plane, and the customs declaration form needs to be filled out after getting off the plane.



There are two airports near Boracay, namely Caticlan Airport (MPH) and Kalibo Airport (KLO). Caticlan Airport is also called Godofredo P. Ramos Airport.

① It is a long Journey from Kalibo Airport (KLO) to Boracay. You need to take a bus for more than an hour after getting off the plane, and then take a ferry to reach Boracay. So for those who are not good at English and are lazy, it is strongly recommended to buy a pick-up service! Someone will hold a sign to contact you at the airport.

② Caticlan is closer to Boracay. You can walk or take a tutu car to the pier after getting off the plane and take a boat to Boracay. But you usually have to transfer from Manila, and the safety of Manila is also a matter of opinion.

TIPS:

When buying a boat ticket, pay attention to the environmental tax. There will be a departure tax when returning. Be sure to reserve enough pesos. On the return trip, remember to estimate at least 4 hours from the hotel to Kalibo Airport.



Most online guides recommend exchanging dollars and then exchanging dollars for pesos in Boracay. But if the amount is not large, you can also make an appointment to exchange pesos directly at the bank. There are also shops on Boracay that can exchange pesos.

Project arrangement:

D1 Karting-parasailing-sunset sailing
D2 Deep diving
D3 Island hopping + snorkeling



① After being taught by a karting instructor, you can drive up Mount Luho by yourself and then overlook the entire Boracay from the top of the mountain.
  


It is recommended to stay in the middle and back of the team. You can control the acceleration at will. The game experience is very good! According to feedback from the friends in front, if you want to accelerate, there will be people blocking you in front...Reference price: 10 US dollars/person



② Drag umbrella Sit in the air and enjoy the sea breeze, watching the crystal-like sea water.
  


It's actually quite boring, but the scenery is nice. Reference price: $20/person

③Depth



For environmental protection, you are not allowed to apply sunscreen when diving, so it is best to ask the store whether the diving suit is long-sleeved when buying, otherwise you will get all the summer's share tanned in just a few hours.

Reference price: 40 USD/person

TIPS: When posing underwater, you must choose something special, otherwise you won't know which one is you when you look for the photos! !



④Island hopping That means going to sea, snorkeling + BBQ, Crystal Island and Magic Island. If you want to go to Magic Island for the excitement of cliff jumping, or if you want to see the scenery, go to Crystal Island.
  


If you don't know how to snorkel, you can ask the instructor to guide you. Some instructors will help you pick up starfish, but you have to throw them back into the sea before getting off the boat~ Of course, don't forget to tip~

Reference price: 15 US dollars/person

Tips: Although the mainstream is to choose one of the two, I have seen non-chartered boat routes that go to both islands on Taobao.

⑤ Sunset sailing



The most classic and cheapest project, the kind that will make you cry!
  


Lying on the crab boat, blowing the sea breeze and watching the sunset, it is very romantic! The whole journey takes about 16 minutes.

Food: Finally, I’m going to write about the highlight! That is – eating! Before the trip, I made a list of a lot of food to eat! (For reference only)

1. Smoke Restaurant



This restaurant is famous and recommended on the LP list. It is especially famous for its beef bone soup. It looks inconspicuous, just a small shop on the street. It is probably visited by many Chinese people, and they will understand if you tell them beef bone soup.
  



The beef is cooked very soft and tasty, but the soup is very salty. It feels like a combination of pepper + cabbage leaves + beef, but it’s really not as delicious as it sounds.
The open-side shrimp tastes good, the shrimp meat is fresh and sweet, and the sauce is very tasty, but the quantity is average.
  


Although the beef and mushroom rice rice is not impressive in appearance, it completely exceeds expectations and is full of creamy flavor~



The mango smoothie is a bit sour, but delicious. ~ Very cost-effective!
Recommendation Index: ★★★☆

2.Jonah's Fruit Shake



It is said to be the best mango smoothie on Boracay Island. It tastes really delicious and slightly sweet. But I haven’t had a bad mango smoothie in Boracay either.
  


It used to be bottled, but this one near Our Lady’s Rock serves it by the glass.
  


But this is a chain store! Not only are they sold at Our Lady's Reef, but you can often see them on the road. They are not copycat stores!
Recommendation index: ★★★★★

3.Yellow Cab Pizza



A chain pizza shop with a thin crust and a lot of fillings. But the taste was not particularly amazing, not as good as the one at a processing shop in D TALIPAPA (Tali Baba) later.
Recommendation index: ★★★☆

4.Hawaiian BBQ



This restaurant is very easy to find after dark because there will be a fireball show. After the sunset sailing, we saw this restaurant. It happened to be not too crowded and it was a restaurant on the list, so we definitely had to try it! The grilled meat is relatively tender but tastes sweet.
  


The fireball show is quite interesting. After the performance, you will be asked for a tip by the table, and the amount is 500-2000 pesos, depending on who is cheeky. In addition, the cups for the mango smoothie in this restaurant are domestic disposable cups ~ very simple! The taste is of the normal kind! The price/performance ratio doesn't seem to be high.
  
5.D TALIPAPA




It was burned in September and is still being rebuilt. But in this place, the reference prices given by the online guide are for reference only! According to the price given in the guide, the boss also generously gave away a few Pipi shrimps...



The experience is probably: be thick-skinned and cruel!
  



You can find local processing shops around the market. Don’t forget to bargain for the processing fees too. Salt and pepper and curry are both highly recommended!
Recommendation Index: ★★★

Here comes the point! The essence of the whole article is here! There is also a "local seafood market" in the local area that costs only one-third of D TALIPAPA! Even at the alley at the entrance of the market, the locals didn't tell us, they just pointed to the famous D TALIPAPA.

Specific route: Between S2 and S3, walk forward along D TALIPAPA for about 600 meters, and you can see a huge "LBC". The small alley opposite is the seafood market~