San Jose Skimboarding Camp Resort and Restaurant

Dulag, Leyte is now home for popular tourist destinations (picnic grounds) in the province such as the Sabang Daguitan Surf Camp, Da-o Balayan Kawilan which is famous for their fishing and kayaking activities, and the San Jose Skimboarding Camp Resort and Restaurant. The latter, however, is located just along the road; and took its name from its location - Brgy. San Jose, Dulag, Leyte.

San Jose Skimboarding Camp Resort and Restaurant is a diner resort located near the beach designed structurally with wooden huts and shacks. The beanery is situated actually on a rock hill then fundamentally restructured as a resort camp. The cottages were placed at different levels; most are situated near the beach.

Entrance Fee: P20

Decorative plants and a garden modified with several-stemmed flowering shrubs will welcome you warmly at the resort’s entryway.

You can order meals and refreshments at the counter and the staffs will serve your orders at your dining table. We actually love their Pancit Canton packed with herbaceous veggies and pork at P150 platter meal and their fruit shakes made purely of real fruits for only at P80.

Cottage Fee: P500

Guests who visit prominently at the resort were skimboard riders. Skimboarding is very popular in Leyte and the resort’s location is actually perfect for boardsports. These riders love to slide transversely on the water’s surface to meet an incoming wave (in wave breaking) then ride it back to shore performing ‘big spins’ and ‘wraps’ on their ride.

(Photo grabbed from San Jose Skimboarding Camp's page)

PBB 737's 2nd Big Placer Tommy Esguerra goes skimboarding at San Jose Skimboarding Camp

(Photo grabbed from Lingkod Kapamilya Page)

The camp resort actually offers a great vista of the beach and the river in between. It’s just an hour drive from the city where you can surely relax for the meantime. This is actually our best ‘winding down’ spot since the camp is located just fifteen (15) minutes away from home.

When you visit the camp during evening, you’ll surely love the lights and lanterns lighting up the resort with its different colors in low light, surely a romantic setting for lovers dating at sundown.

Notes:

• If you have to bring your own food, the resort offers no corkage.
• The resort can also be a venue for birthday parties and other activities. Venue Fee: P3,000 
• You need to cross a river through a bamboo banca of which has strings attached to it for easy access to the beachside. 

• The camp resort operates until 9:00 PM only.

Just like the San Juan Boardwalk and Restaurant at Sta. Rita, Samar, this camp resort is a Bantay Kalikasan ecotourism site from the Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation of ABS-CBN, given intended to furnish livelihood to women, according to one of the staffs that we’ve asked.

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. 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 Zest
• Philippine Airlines

Tacloban City

From the city’s terminal, you can ride a jeepney bound for Dulag, Leyte and tell the driver to drop you off at the resort. San Jose Skimboarding Camp Resort and Restaurant is located just along the highway before reaching the proper town of Dulag. 

CEBU CITY VIA BAYBAY CITY

If you are from Cebu City and would like to get to Leyte via ferryboats, you can take the Cebu-Baybay route via large sea transports and purchase tickets from ferry outlets in Cebu City. Sea travel takes at least seven (7) hours for large passenger ships. The city’s bus terminal is just near the port area so you can directly ride vans or buses bound for Tacloban City so you'll be able to pass by Dulag, Leyte.

Notes: 

• There are two (2) companies which operates from Cebu City to Baybay, Leyte: Cokaliong Shipping Lines, Inc. and Roble Shipping Lines, Inc. 
• There are also Cebu-Leyte routes via Maasin, Ormoc, and Hilongos, Leyte.

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