My trip to Sta. Ana, Cagayan was way back year 2013 when my husband's family (my boyfriend at that time) decided to take a quick vacation trip. As in quick lang. :) We did not stay overnight because that getaway was totally unplanned actually. Well, to take an overview of the place, Santa Ana is a second-class municipality in the province of Cagayan, Philippines. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 30,458 people.The municipality is on the north-easternmost point of Luzon and includes Palaui Island as well. Santa Ana is the home of the Cagayan Special Economic Zone and the Naval Base Camilo Osias (Naval Operating Base San Vicente) in Barangay San Vicente. Also, Survivor America also shoot in the said place. Can you imagine how beautiful the place is? 'coz even foreighers fell in love with it. Amazing!
How to get there:
Via Bus
You can ride a bus from Manila to Tuguegarao for 8-12 hours trip depending on traffic in Sta. Fe Nueva Viscaya. Many buses are travelling to Tuguegarao such as Florida, Victory Liner, Dalin and many more and they are located in Sampaloc Manila, Cubao, Kamuning and Pasay. Fare ranges from 600 up depending on the class or type of bus you want to ride to. From bus terminal in Tuguegarao, ride a tricycle going to UV express terminal going to San Vicente, Sta. Ana Cagayan. The latest trip in the morning is 10 am because it will take 3 to 4 hours travel to. San Vicente Port. Click here for the daily bus trip from Manila to Tuguegarao and vice versa.
Via Plane
There are daily trips from Manila to Tuguegarao Airport and it may took only 30-45 minutes travel. So if you have an extra budget and don't want to travel 12 hours via land, this is one convenient way to reach the north eastern part of Luzon. You can choose from PAL or Cebu Pacific. From Tuguegarao Airport, just walk outside the airport and few meters away is the highway leading to Sta. Ana, Cagayan. Cross the street and wait for Uv express or buses en route to Sta. Ana, Cagayan.
From Sta. Ana port, there are boats for rent and the local people are very nice and hospitable.There's a P50 fee that you need to pay before going to the island at the Tourism Visitor's office and you have to sign in the log book. So many destinations to choose from and you can ask their local tourism officer for the rates. See details below:
- Cape Engaño Lighthouse
- Anguib Beach
- Siwangag
- Puzurubo
- Crocodile Island
- Punta Verde
- Pugo Muro
We're total of 5 during that trip and since we only have limited time. so decided to visit Crocodile Island and Punta Verde because it's already past lunch when we got there. It cost only 600-700 for the whole tour package, not bad isn't it? The waves during the travel from Sta. Ana port to the Islands are quite huge and scary. I got nervous, really! We went first to crocodile Island, from the name itself, it looks like crocodile hehe! When we reached the island, it was so beautiful!
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| Crocodile Island: photo credit to the owner |
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| Punta Verde:photo credit to the owner |
We're planning to go back and probably stay for a night or two very soon. I'm really excited and surely will blog it once done. :)
Hope you enjoyed reading my blog.
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