(This post is part 3 of Bolinao-Hundred Islands trip, click here for Part 1 or Part 2)
Expect to get wet, 'L' cleverly dries her wet short in our bangka in Pangasinan
Our second day plan, was to backpack going to Hundred Islands. We checked out of Bing’s, bought our pasalubongs(souvenirs), just kakanins, bagoong at patis, located near Bolinao church.
Getting There – How to go to Hundred Islands
Mang Larry took us to the mini bus station going to Alaminos. The trip from Bolinao going to Alaminos is about one hour. Once at Alaminos, we took a tricycle to bring us to Lucap port, where most tour boats are located. From there you can find boats that can tour you on the hundred islands’ islands.
The islands of Hundred Islands
Hundred islands National park in Pangasinan obtained it’s name because there is literally over 100 islands in the area. 124 at high tides, and 123 on low tides to be exact. Not all islands are open to tourists though.
What to See
During this part of our tour, we were unfortunate with our boat man. He’s an ahole, I forgot why, but he is. Our total fee from him was P1300 and a headache. He took us to the common spots: Governor’s Island, Quezon Island, Children’s Island plus a few other islands, tourists are not supposed to get near.
There are resorts and recreation-tool rentals available at Quezon island. This is the only island we got to snorkel around.
- Quezon Island
On governors island, we climbed up the tallest peak and got this spectacular view:
- View from Governor’s Island
Fees and Fares of this tour
Boatman : P1300
The info’s posted here are based on our 2007 trip.
Souvenirs in Pangasinan
Condiments are what’s famous in Pangasinan, like salt, patis, etc. It’s name is actually derived from ‘salt’(asin), thus pang-asin-an. So the best souvenir to take from there are salt, patis(fish sauce), and bagoong.
More pictures of Hundred Islands and Bolinao:
Bolinao-Hundred Islands, 3-part post: 1 | 2 | 3
may i inquire if you got contact nos. of bing’s resort.tnx
how much did you pay to snorkel at quezon island?
is there an overnight place in one of the islands???
if i may help u in anyway, i wud like to share.. if u want to snorkel,u have to pay for the boat that will tour you to more than the usual 3 islands. that will cost you for an overnyt rate so if u plan to stay for a night in one of the islands, either in the quezon or governor’s, that would be well worth it. the boat rate will depend on the no. of peops
u are with..
thanks aine!
Hi, this is Allan from Olongapo City, were planning to visit and stay there, company trip (team building) hope that someone could assist us for our stay on Apr. 8 & 9, we already have a hotel reservation, maybe guide is ok.
Thank you.