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| Colibra Island |
Our Pangasinan roadtrip continues...
We just came from Cabongaoan beach and the Death Pool. Drove about 15 minutes from Cabongaoan beach to Tambobong.
TAMBOBONG WHITE BEACH
A surprisingly beautiful little beach in a quiet rural community. This is the jump off point going to Colibra Island.
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| Tambobong Beach |
Boat rental to Colibra Island is P900, up to 5pax. It takes about 20 minutes to get to the island.
COLIBRA ISLAND
This little circular island is beautiful. Has got a nice sandy beach, some part are stony shore. Other part has got awesome rock formations. I also found zen areas. The island gives you a great sunset-view.
There are picnic shacks available for a small fee.
After a few sunset pictures, we headed back.
Back in Tambobong beach. We ate at a local eatery, not much eateries to choose from that time. Then headed to Alaminos after that.
BILANG BEACH
Sometime ago before this trip, when I first visited Tambobong, we also visited a nearby beach. A place called Bilang beach.
Further down the road from Tambobong White Beach is a surprisingly beautiful hidden beach. Suggested to us by this local lady. The road leading to this beach was not exactly made for cars, but more for carabao sleighs and carts or 'karitons'. It is muddy and very narrow. But once you see the beach, it's all worth the difficult drive.
After traversing thru bushes and under many coconut trees, we ended up parking in a field under the canopy of coconut trees.
There was a lone bahay-kubo (hut) where a family live. The man said its OK to park the car on the premises.
We crossed over a barbwire fence and walked toward the beach. Stunning. We had the beach all to ourselves.
A picture-perfect stony beach. It’s got the most glorious of stones. Secluded and what a reward to see the stunning view of the sunset from this beach.
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| Bilang Beach |
EXPENSES:
By car:
· P2,000 – full tank gas would normally enough for a round-trip from Manila.
- P500 - approx toll fees one way.
Commute from Manila:
· P427 – bus one way to Alaminos (Victory)
· P60 - bus to Burgos
· P300 – tryk to Cabongaoan or Tambobong
· P500 – cottage
· P900 - boat rental to Colibra Island (5pax)
ACCOMMODATION:
A safe bet would be to stay in Alaminos City. There are plenty of accommodations to choose from in the city center.
Where to eat in Cabongaoan?
Bring your own food or buy food by the beach proper (unpredictable).
How to get there.
It is not necessary to pass thru the town proper of Dasol to go to these beaches. If you're coming from Alaminos City, drive off to the town of Burgos, and then ask your way to Cabongaon or Tambobong. The drive to the beaches from Burgos is an adventure in itself!
We drove for about 30 minutes of fun easy drive from the town of Burgos to Cabongaoan or Tambobong with almost no cars in sight. We practically had the road to ourselves. The drive offered some breathtaking views of rolling hills. We passed by some goats crossing the roads, cows, carabaos. Horses grazing the green landscapes on both sides. We passed over some small villages with their dogs lazily lying in the middle of the road. Farmers going on with their day-to-day activities.
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| Farmer on a carabao sleigh |
GIANT TIRE MARKER
There's a giant yellow tire marker going to Tambobong. If going to Cabongaoan, just turn right instead of left. From this marker, it's another 15 minutes of slow and extremely bumpy ride to Tambobong beach. A very rough single-lane road, with lots of big water potholes. But the view from afar is so awesome. Hills and mountains.
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| Giant tire marker |
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