Chamantad-Tinyan Cove is a Sight to Behold

CHAMANTAD-TINYAN COVE

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If Mahatao has its Racuh-a-Payaman, Sabtang has its Chamantad-Tiñan View Point. This is the place where you can actually see some Ivatans lend their Kanayi and Vakul for picture taking purposes with the great landscape in your background. A short walk from the dusty road led us to the peak of the viewpoint that offers a panoramic view of the coast.

From that point, we saw a shallow sparkling water on a cove, and we didn’t dare to miss it. After messing up with the slope of the hill, we safely got down on the little cove. Pebbles and small to medium-sized rocks allied on the short strip of beach. Read More: http://www.rjdexplorer.com/secrets-of-sabtang-island-batanes/

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Any distress caused by the ferocious waves en route to Sabtang Island is guaranteed to dissipate once you reach the Tinyan Viewpoint/Chamantad Cove. If I’d be asked for only one reason to love with Batanes, this is it. Art, our guide for that day, agrees with me. The grass-covered gentle slopes of Tinyan serves as a communal pastureland for cattle. Alighting from our cogon-roofed tricycle, Art classified the vast land into three areas: nice, beautiful and mind-blowing. Indeed, the farthest slope, which offered a view of Chamantad Cove, is mind-blowing. The wind whistled and the waves from the Pacific Ocean crashed onto the rocks below. Euphoric, I was almost in tears while admiring the breathtaking panorama. Tinyan Viewpoint/Chamantad Cove is part of the Sabtang Island Tour. Sabtang Island can be reached through a 45-minute faluwa ride from the Ivana port. Faluwa is a flat-bottomed motorized boat with no outriggers, designed to withstand the rough waves on the area where the Pacific Ocean merges with the South China Sea. Read More: http://togiexplorer.com/2014/07/

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Chamantad-Tinyan, our last stop before lunch, actually consists of Tinyan viewpoint and Chamantad Cove. It was a bit off a walk until you see the cove but as soon as you get off your transportation, you’ll surely say that the word beautiful is an understatement to describe the place. The view made me speechless for a few minutes. Braving the heat and the strong wind was definitely worth it to walk on the rolling hills to reach the cove. The grassy slopes serve as a pasture for goats, so you’ll definitely encounter goat poops along the way Read More: https://pointandshootwanderlust.com/batanes-sabtang-island-day-tour-itinerary/