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San Miguel Island is located off the eastern coast of Albay in the Lagonoy Gulf. It is part of Albay’s chain of islands that include Cagraray, Batan and Rapu-rapu. San Miguel Island is home to an island marine reserve established by Coastal Resource Management Project in San Miguel Island (COREMAP-SMI). Read More:wowlegazpi.com

 

 

 

 

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The city of Tabaco, Albay, San Miguel Island is within a protected fish sanctuary. You will be within swimming range with colorful schools of fish and good corals. The sand is white and fine, mixing and churning with the clean blue waters in a foamy exchange. The place is best for snorkeling and the usual swimming and basking.

Tabaco City is an hour drive by van from Legazpi City, Albay’s capital and where the airport is located. From Tabaco city, take a tricycle to the port. Enjoy a twenty–five minute boat ride to San Miguel Island. Because the place is protected, strict compliance to environmental laws are expected. A budget of 2500.00 ((exclusive of transportation from Manila) for an overnight stay for four people is a good start.  Read More:   https://www.pinasmuna.com/2015/03/beach-destinations-in-bicol-for-summer.html

 

 

 

SAN MIGUEL ISLAND

 

 

 

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You’re sure you’ve missed one half of your life when you still haven’t seen the captivating sunset as seen from San Miguel Island. And you’ve missed another half if this magnificent place and its beautiful people aren’t familiar to you. Lying several miles east of Tabaco City, the small island is a natural breakwater to the waves crashing in from the eastern sea to the mainland shores.

San Miguel Island’s rocky terrain has been home to hundreds of in habitants leading simple lives of fishing, farming and mat-making long before any recorded history of the place. One of their generally known means of transportation is the ‘sibid-sibid’, a small rowboat which the inhabitants from the 19th century used as conveyance from their sitio to the chapel.    Read More:   https://www.vigattintourism.com/tourism/articles/The-Captivating-San-Miguel-Island-of-Tabaco-City

 

 

 

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Albay, Home of Perfect-Cone Mayon Volcano

Interesting Places to See in Albay

Colorful Festivals in Albay

Have a Lot of Fun in Albay

Albay Photo Gallery

Albay Video Collection