Everytime I hear Olango Island, I can automatically think of island hopping, which the island is known for. But we experienced the island differently during the weekend.

We tried biking.

At first I was hesitant since I haven't tried biking all my life, I only know how to ride one but I haven't tried biking with all the other vehicles on the road.

Still, I tried.

How to get there

From Cebu City:
Ride a jeepney going to SM City Cebu, from there ride a V-hire heading to Gaisano Island Mall. Fare is 25.
From Lapu-lapu City:
Ride a jeepney heading to Punta Engano and tell the driver to drop you off at Movenpick Hotel. Fare is 12.
From there, head directly to Movenpick port.. Ticket is 15 pesos and the terminal fee is 5 pesos.
When you reach the Island, you will be welcomed by lots of tricycle that would bring you to your destination.

In our case, since we went there to bike, we only rode a tricycle once. We asked the driver to drop us at off olango my bike station. We paid 15php each for the fare.

Olango mybike station offers 2 kinds of bike, the small and the big one. Bike rental varies, you can rent the small one for 15php per hour while 10php for the big ones.

I went for the small one ofc, because im still a starter.

From there, we started our biking journey.

San Vicente Marine Sanctuary

It took us almost an hour before we reached our first destination.

So dugay?

Blame it to the first timer! Lol.
And we also took a lot of stop over since there are so many picture-perfect views you can pass by.

San Vicente Marine Sanctuary has a 500 meter bamboo bridge that will take you to scenic panoramic view of Lapu-lapu City and Cebu City.

Activities to enjoy in San Vicente Marine Sanctuary

You can take instagrammable photos in there boardwalk or just simply enjoy the nature. Boardwalk fee is 25php
If you wish to take a dip after a long biking journey, you can do swimming for 75php
If you want to witness the wonders of Olango sea, you can go snorkeling for 175php
You can also do overnight camping for 150 php per person

The boardwalk

Dipped a bit after an hour of pedaling

After enjoying the seas of Olango, we decided to leave the place and move to our next destination.
We skipped the bird sanctuary because it is not yet the season for migrating birds to visit the place.

Since it is already 2pm, we decided to go to Asinan Eco Park and call it a day. We rested there for 30 mins brfore heading back to the city, it’s for free.

There were campers in the place when we arrived.