Malapascua Island in Cebu

Malapascua Island is well-known for watersports leisure, and scuba diving in the Visayas Region. The main scuba dive sites are, Shark Point where tresher sharks can be seen almost every morning. Seldom there are also hammerheads and manta rays spotted. Lapus Lapus dive location is rock formation down to 20 meters and there are also beautiful soft corals with small reef fish and also forgfishes, lionfishes, scorpionfishes and nudibranches. The Malapascua Lighthouse is a good dive site for night dives. There are also many sponges, scorpionfishes, seahorses, lionfishes and frogfishes to see too. Gato Island is 40 minutes by boat. There are many dive spots around the island; one includes a cave to dive through.

Malapascua also called Logon is located about 8 km. north-east of Cebu mainland and 25 km. west of Leyte.

How to get to Malapascua.

Malapascua is located only 8 km off the north coast of Cebu, in the Philippine Visayas. Tourists must endure a dusty, bumpy three-hour bus ride from Cebu City to Maya, followed by a 45-minute banca trip.

You can get there with buses like “Cebu Autobus”, D´Rough Riders”, “Air-Con” from Cebu to Maya. D´Rough Riders”, “Air-Con” buses leave from Cebu City´s Northern bus terminal for Maya at 5 and 6 am. If possible take a direct bus to Maya, because buses that make a detour to Hagnaya allow for 30 minutes extra. The last D´Rough Riders and Cebu Autobus ordinary leave at noon for 4 1/2 hours ride.

Likewise, you can hire a cab or private car from Cebu City to Maya for about Php 3,000. It’s a bit expensive but the 3 or 4 hours of travel will be more enjoyable and you can always make a pit stop to take some pictures along the way.