CAMIGUIN

Executive summary by darmansjah

WITH over 20 cinder cones 100m-plus high, Camiguin has more volcanoes per square kilometer than any other island on earth. Besides the usual diving, snorkeling, sandy beaches, waterfalls and hot and cold springs, Camiguin offers the chance for jungle trekking, volcano climbing, rappelling and anything else the masochistic endurance athlete can dream up.

STAY at Camiguin Action Beckos Resort offers perfectly constructed, spacious, hard-wood cottages with verandahs combined with touches of class and taste. To top it off, it sits on one of the widest stretches of beach around (from US$42).

GETTING THERE Mid Sea Express flies three weekly between Cebu and Camiguin. Aviatour offer affordable charter flights throughout Philippines. By sea, there is a daily morning ferry that leaves from jagna on Bohol to Camiguin at 9.30am. the boat from Cebu for Camiguin leaves every Friday at 8pm.