Masbate Traveler Advice

If you are looking for a secluded, seemingly undiscovered beach where you can comfortably skinny dip, try Aroroy Beach in Masbate. The beach does not have any resort or electricity as it was not yet developed...
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If you are looking for a unique adventure, try climbing a large meteorite in Masbate City. I’m not sure if it’s a real meteorite, but locals swear that it is. Likewise, upon looking at its...
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The best time to go to Masbate is early April, just in time for the city’s most famous festival, the Rodeo Masbateño. The Rodeo is a nationwide contest in which horseback riders plunge into...
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The only spa in the island of Masbate is in Masbate City. You can take a tricycle from the city proper going there. The fare ranges from P20 to P30. The spa has segregated rooms and offers the usual spa...
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If you’ll be renting a van going to Aroroy Beach, make sure to pass by the mystical caves, waterfalls, a couple of “miraculous” chapels, and a Spanish colonial era lighthouse found one...
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Approximately a half hour boat ride away from Aroroy Beach is the Bird Island, a paradise for bird-watchers for its thousands of bird species all-day-long and all-year round. The island is so full of...
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Masbate is among the country’s very few places where gold mining is still in full swing. The island’s local tourism office offers tour packages to explore their big and small scale gold mines...
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If you are on a walking tour of Masbate City, it is nice to try visiting a number of traditional ancestral houses around the town. Such houses date back to the Spanish times (1800s) and were homes to...
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