Camarines Norte Tourist Attractions Set 2
MANGCAMAGONG BEACH
This is a clean gray beach facing San Miguel Bay with clear water suitable for swimming and outings. Its scenic and peaceful ambience provide excursionists and tourists a nice place for relaxation. Cottages, restrooms, roadside eateries and sheds are available to tourists at reasonable prices. Here, you can broil capiz shells- a delicacy.
MERCEDES GROUP OF ISLANDS
The islands can be reached in about 30 to 45 minute motorboat ride from Mercedes town proper. The major attractions in these islands are its clean white beaches, corrals, underwater sceneries, rock formations and fish sanctuary. Additional come-ons are scenic landscapes and seascapes, the attractive lighthouse in Canimog Island, unexplored Canton Cave, and the different types of seashells and tropical fishes that abound. The place is good for island hopping, swimming, bird watching, boating, snorkeling, trekking, scuba diving, golf in Apuao Grande Resort, jet skiing, spear fishing, and other related activities.
CALAGUAS GROUP OF ISLANDS
This group of islands is suitable for water based activities such as swimming, snorkeling, wind surfing and island hopping and land-based activities like trekking and sunbathing. The islands all have beaches with white, powdery sand similar to that found in Boracay. During good weather, you can reach them after a two-hour motor boat ride from Vinzons town proper.
QUINAMANUKAN ISLAND
This tourist attraction offers white wide sand beach and clear water ideal for swimming and snorkeling. It is about 40 minutes ride by motorboat from the town proper of Vinzons.
SAN JOSE BEACH
This is an extension in Talisay town of Bagasbas beach which is known for its fine gray sand. It faces the Pacific Ocean and features strong winds, making it ideal for wind surfing. You can also snorkel, jet ski, swim or just laze around.
PAG-ASA BEACH
Just 3 kilometers away from the town proper of Jose Panganiban, this beach became popular among enthusiastic swimmmers, bathers and night promenaders.
LANOT SODA SPRING
A fascinating creation of nature, it is a soda spring on the beach in Barangay Lanot, Mercedes, near the Camarines Sur boundary, 39 kilometers south of Daet. Barangay Lanot can be reached by sea from Mercedes and by land from Daet via Sipocot, Camarines Sur.
April 10 2008 11:45 am | Bicol and Camarines Norte
