Caluwayan Palm Island and Resort: One of Samar's Best Resort

Caluwayan Palm Island and Resort

Getting there

Caluwayan Palm Island and Resort is an hour drive from the city of Tacloban; located at Marabut, Samar, Philippines. It is situated just along the highway and can easily be found for a signage at the resort’s entryway is seen alongside the road.

Pool and Beach Resort

You can chose on wherever you want to take a dip, in a swimming pool or at the sea. The pool is actually located near the beach. You can take a quick pic for an ‘infinity-like’ image when shot at the opposing edge, capturing the sea background making the water looks like flowing to the horizon.  

Note: The resort is very strict particularly on swimming apparels so be sure to wear the proper swimming attire.

The beach, however, has black sand and calm green waters which is also good for swimming. However, be cautious and watchful for some transparent marine jellyfishes on shallow waters for they have stinging cells that could prick and irritate your skin sorely.

Furthermore, the resort offers snacks and meals ordered at the counter. There are also cottages where you can stay for some time. Hotel rooms are also available for overnight use.

Resort Activities

The resort truly has a serene setting, a place for relaxation and recreational activities. It offers stand-up paddle and island hopping activities, good for an hour. But since we love visiting islands, we took the island hopping tour for P400/boat.

Note: Boat capacity = 4 persons only

Just WOW! It feels like I was back in El Nido, Palawan that time. The islets and rock formations near the resort was worth the tour. While we were passing and exploring these rock structures, we saw some marine fishes jumping off the green waters. From a limpid depth, we noticed some polyp colonies on the subsurface and espied few little caverns naturally placed under those beautiful rock formations.

We stopped at the last island where visitors used to stay overnight, of which has white sand mixed up with dead coral offal. I actually want to visit the Marong-badong Island for there’s a miniature pool built naturally at the island, the one I am curious about. This unfortunately wasn’t part of the itinerary, and we need to pay another hour for the island hopping tour if we would visit the island since it is situated farther from the resort. It was also late afternoon and the ride will just consume our time intended for our trip to the last island. (This was the last part of our Marabut trip.)

Samar’s Best

Caluwayan is really one of the best resorts in Samar that you should visit. Be sure to plan your trip at Caluwayan Palm Island and Resort this coming summer for I am sure you will also love it here.

By the way, big thanks to the local boatmen who toured us on those beautiful rock formations, and had generously extended our time at our last island destination. Thank you very much. Surely be back next time here. 

TRAVEL GUIDE

IF YOU ARE FROM MANILA OR CEBU:

There are actually daily flights from Manila to Tacloban and Cebu to Tacloban. If you're from Manila, the flight takes at least an hour and twenty (20) minutes, at least. If you're from Cebu, air travel takes about forty five (45) minutes or less. After you arrived at Tacloban Domestic Airport (San Jose, Tacloban City), go to Tacloban City Bus Terminal via taxicab or transfer service. 

Airlines that travel from Manila to Tacloban: (9+ flights per day)

• Cebu Pacific
• Air Asia
• Philippine Airlines

Airlines that travel from Cebu to Tacloban: (3+ flights per day)

• Cebu Pacific
• CebGo
• AirAsia
• Philippine Airlines

Tacloban City

If you are from Tacloban City, ride a van bound for Marabut, Samar. Tell the driver to drop you off at Marabut, Samar. Travel takes more than an hour to the destination.

IF YOU ARE FROM CEBU VIA AEROPLANE (To Calbayog)

There are actually daily flights from Cebu to Calbayog. The flight takes at least an hour.

Airlines that travel from Cebu to Calbayog: (4+ flights per week)

• CebGo

CEBU CITY VIA CATBALOGAN

If you are from Cebu City and would like to get to Samar via ferryboats, you can take the Cebu-Catbalogan route and purchase tickets from ferry outlets in Cebu City (via Roble Shipping Lines, Inc.). Sea travel takes at least seven (7) hours for large passenger ships. Look for vans at the terminal bound for Marabut, Samar.

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