Mararison Island

Welcome to Mararison Island

Malalison or locally known as Mararison Island

This is a small island across the peninsula of Panay Island.

It will take 4 hours from Iloilo City to Culasi, Antique.

Then, another 10 minutes boat ride from the main land to this island.

We took the van in Molo Bus terminal in Iloilo City.

The fare was P200.

There are Ceres Buses bound to San Jose and Culasi for a lesser fare

and longer travel time.

You can arrive to this destination from Kalibo 

taking the bus bound to Culasi or San Jose, Antique,

I was with my friend ReeYu and we left Iloilo City around 8 pm.

There was no Ceres bus available at that time, so we took the van, instead.

It was comfy and fast travel than usual, arriving Culasi at 11 pm.

We stayed in the hostel near the main road.

T'was Lanai Inn, we just asked the local for the near hostel at that wee hour.

It was P600, each.

There are cheaper hostel somewhere but, I was too sleepy to asked

and too lazy to research prior to travel.

We had our breakfast near the port.

Then, proceed to the Tourism Office which is just around the corner.

We have to register and pay the Environmental fee of P20 and Terminal fee of P10.

We have also to decided whether to rent a boat for P700 round trip

or

share the boat ride with other people and pay lesser.

We decided to wait for few minutes.. like 10 minutes.

We shared the boat with other tourist.

The boat capacity is 10-15 passengers.

Our fare was P200, each. Round trip.

There are cottages near the beach side.

We agreed to stay with the locals, specifically our boat man.

Our home stay was P200, each. Good for 1 night and 2 days.

There are no restaurants but there are **karinderya.

**home cooked meal served in modest home style resto.

It is a must to hire a tour guide for P200, a day.

Though, it is a small island. This helps their livelihood.

The road to happiness... to the hills.

The first view.

The view on top of the hill overlooking the beach side of the island.

Going down to see the other side.

The clear waters.

The grass land that looks like Mt. Pulag's atmosphere.

The pitcher plant that scatters everywhere.

No picking allowed.

It is rare for this insect eating plant to be here.

This is another beach and there is a cave on the left side of it.

The Nablag Islet during the low tide.

We swam on the other side of the islet as it was low low tide.

Sunset watching with Nablag Islet.

This is the highest hill of the island

and

the best place to watch the sun setting, I think.

Over night and early morning swimming in the front beach filled the missing gaps..

and naps, too.

Total expenses: P1800

Companion: 1

Please send me an email or message me in Facebook if you have further questions.

Cheers!