a walk along cagbalete white sand beach: a photo gallery

This is a collection of our photos taken while we were walking the stretch of white sand beach in Cagbalete. This is the area where most of the beach resorts are. This entry also notes a few of our observations of the resorts based on their appearance from the shore.
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These photos were taken in front of Dona Choleng Camping Resort, where we stayed for 2 nights. The beachfront of our resort is probably one of the nicest among the resorts in the area as it offers its guests with a vast expanse of sand where you can laze and watch the sunrise/sunset or play beach volley with friends. It's also one of the cleanest, based on my observation. To read more about Dona Choleng, please see my review of the resort here --> Dona Choleng: A Resort Review. 
I would say that Cagbalete has one the shallowest waters I've seen in all beaches I've been to. At about 10 feet from the shore, the water is still up to knee to waist deep. When we went for island hopping, we even have to walk further into the sea since our boat couldn't come any closer to the shore. Some parts of the water are also filled with seagrasses (as seen above) but overall, it's a good swimming area especially for kids. During early parts of the year (we were there on February 2016), low tide is at early morning and high tide is at late afternoon.
We walked towards the left side of the beach (when facing Dona Choleng) to watch the sun setting on the other side of the island. This area is very picturesque since there is nothing else but trees and shrubs along the beach. The waves can be quite strong and the depth unpredictable so I wouldn't suggest swimming in the area. 
Villa Noe Beach Resort and Joven's Blue Sea Beach Resort have good sandy swimming areas -- not much seagrasses unlike the other parts of the beach. Villa Noe also has a balsa, which guests (and non-guests like us) can enjoy using. It is anchored somewhere under the water so no need to worry about it floating away into the deep.

Both of these resorts are noticeably clean and well-maintained. Signage and cottage/room exteriors are well-painted and seems relatively newer than the adjacent resorts. In Villa Noe, a couple of children were cleaning up the area and sweeping away astray seagrasses on the sand.
After walking for about 15 minutes or so from Dona Choleng, we decided to go back since it was getting dark and the tide was getting higher. Villa Cleofa's was the last resort we saw along this stretch. As observed, the resort is not as well-maintained as Dona Choleng or Villa Noe but it does have the basic resort necessities. It also has duyans -- saw about three around the vicinity -- which might be a plus for some.

OTHER DESTINATIONS IN QUEZON PROVINCE:

  • Polillo Group of Islands
  • Borawan
  • Kwebang Lampas/Puting Buhangin
  • Dampalitan Island

WHERE TO STAY IN CAGBALETE

key contacts

  • Ate Flora (Tour Guide): 0930 244 9782
  • Kuya Danny (Owner of M/B Doy-Day* island hopping boat): 0921 590 6817
*M/B Doy-Day is owned by husband-wife tandem Kuya Danny and Ate Flora Ocampo. The boat was named after their youngest son and daughter named Doy-Doy and Day-Day :-)

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