THE BEACHES

Malapascua Island has many white sand beaches where you can spend a relaxing day sunbathing, swimming and snorkeling. The most secluded beaches are to be found on the North Side, where you’ll get to enjoy some of them completely on your own.

Twin Coconut trees at Marquetta beach

The most famous beach on Malapascua is Bounty Beach, on the south of the island. This long stretch of white sand is also the most developed, home to many dive shops and resorts. Also South you will find Logon Beach, where the Malapascua Pier is being built at the moment. Logon beach is better to be visited with high tide since it is very shallow here and water will disappear with low tide. If you are travelling with kids, this beach is perfect for a swim with them with high tide.

Heading North through the most western path you will come across Pilar Beach and a little bit further up you can find Guimbitayan Beach. This beaches are mostly used by the local fishermen to park their boats, called bangkas. Local kids are frequently found playing in these beaches.

On the Northwestern tip of the island you will find Lapus – Lapus Beach, You will rarely find tourists on this beach, it has two sides, North and South, being the North side the most appropriate for a swim.

If you continue to walk to the East you will find Marquetta beach and Langob Beach. This beach is a two-in-one since it is the same stretch of sand but has two different names depending of at which point you are. This Beach is the perfect description of a heavenly beach, fine white sand and clear light-blue waters are waiting for you over there. Besides, this part of the island is yet undeveloped and you will find very few tourists here. It is also one of the best beaches for a swim since it gets deep not far from the shore and there are no bangkas parked up here.

The famous twin coconut trees are located here. This is one of the island landmarks, quickly becoming popular since pictures of this spot are frequently found on Instagram and other social media. You shouldn’t leave Malapascua without visiting this beach, this is how paradise is supposed to look!

On the Northeastern tip of the island you will find another of the famous landmarks of Malapascua, Bantigue Cove Beach. There used to be a resort here but it was severely hit by Typhoon Yolanda in 2013 and now only the ruins are left. This makes for quite a picturesque spot, and here is where you will find another of the famous landmarks of Malapascua, also frequently posted on Instagram, the view of Bantigue Cove Beach from one of the old resorts’ window, a must have in your Malapascua photo album!

Heading south along the shoreline you will arrive to Bool village where you will find Gugma Beach, same as Pilar and Guimbitayan beach this beach is also used by fishermen to park theirs bangkas and by the local kids as a playground. Only the most adventurous visitors get to visit this beach, here you will see how the local fishermen live and how they dry the fish to be sold afterwards.

If you continue South you will arrive to Kaosting Beach, last beach before returning back to Bounty Beach. This is probably the most secluded beach in Malapascua since the access path is not found easily. If you can’t find it do not hesitate to ask the locals for directions, it is definitely worth to look for it since chances are big that once there you will get to enjoy this beach on your own.

All in all Malapascua has a beach for every taste, and best of all, they are not crowded at all, so you will really be able to relax and get that feeling of disconnection with the real world.

Langob Beach

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