Top 5 activities in Boracay
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As you might know, activities is usually pretty pricey in tourist areas across the world. Due to the prices you usually always have to pick one or two of the all the activities.. Here's what you should choose..
The prices depends on which city you're visiting. Having traveled lot around the Caribbean I noticed the difference in prices, when I arrived to the Philippines. Prior to your arrival in Boracay, you quickly notice the cheap and reasonable prices for both hotels and transportation. When you do arrive you notice that food, drinks and of course the water and land activities are affordable too.
There is so many things to do and to choose from - and so many things to see. I stayed on the Island for 10 days and had plenty of time to explore it.
Here is a top 5 list of the different activities we tried - which are indeed worth mentioning!
1. ATV and beach visit In Boracay
There are so many beautiful beaches, and about none of them look alike.
The main beach, "White beach" is amazing. It has perfectly white soft sand and is so different from the beaches near our hotel and the private one we visited during this activity.
When you've payed for the trip, you plan to get picked up from your hotel or from White Beach. When they pick you up, you drive with all the other people to the ATV spot. After a short briefing on do's and dont's - they put you into small teams with one leading manager.
The ride is so much fun but can be pretty difficult - especially if you haven't tried driving an ATV particurlarly on off road. During the ride, you pass by a stunning private beach where you get to park the ATV and enjoy the beach for about 20 minutes. My husband & I were so lucky that we got the beach for ourselves. The ride then continues back to where you began.
The whole trip lasts for less than 2 hours and the 20 minutes on the beach (Puka beach) was totally worth every scream I made driving that ATV!
2. Zipline
I've tried one zipline before in Las Vegas, which almost killed me! Or at least that was how i felt. But I love to challenge myself, and if you do too - this is a must! My friend and I decided to try this one out.
The zipline is placed within the property of Fairways and Bluewater newcoast Hotel, which is the hotel we stayed at for the whole trip. However the zipline is open for everyone. The hotel has shuttles that takes you around for their hotel guest.
We took the hotel shuttle to the zipline. The ride starts by taking an open cable car up to a very high spot in the mountains. When you arrivethey tie you up so that you lay with your head down on your stomack.(see picture below)
Its an incredible view over the beach, palmtreees and the enourmous property. The ride last for about 1 minute but you get to enjoy the view. I would definitely do it again!
3. Jetski
Jetski is like always among most expensive things to try wherever you go! Even in the Philippines the price were high compared to all the other water sport activities - but still affordable! You get sailed out with a boat from the beach shore to a floating station where you access all the other activities. We took one Jetski and switched on the water so that we both got to try to drive it. It was an awesome experience and terrifying at the same time. The waves were so tall and the water so deep - but luckily we got out alive. As soon as we learned to manage and control the jetski, it was so fun!
4. Parasailing
Want to enjoy the view of the whole Island of Boracay? Parasailing is the answer. The floating station has Boats that offers Parasailing too. Since my husband and my friend's husband both are scared of heights, again we tried the Parasailing together. We reached at 100m up in the air and had a stunning view of the Island. The most important thing is to remember not to look down. We did, a couple of times and you get scared as hell, realizing how high up you are. But its a long ride, its beautiful and a must try!
5. Bananaboat
Bananaboat is a very fun activity - especially traveling as a group or at least trying as a group. We were four people trying together and had a great time! This was actually the first thing we tried in Boracay, and maybe also the one thing that gave us the courage to continue trying. The banana boat is shaped as a banana. You get to sit next and behind each other- all holding a handler made of fabric and trying your best not to fall off.. If you've tried enough you'll know, cause your hands and arms will be sour for days!
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TOP FEM AKTIVITETER I BORACAY - SOM SKAL PRØVES
1. ATV og strandbesøg i Boracay.
Der er så mange smukke og unikke strande, og endda meget forskellige.
Den største strand, "White Beach" er fantastisk. Den har perfekt hvidt blødt sand og er så forskellig fra strandene nær vores hotel og den private strand, som vi besøgte under denne aktivitet.Når turen er betalt, aftaler man afhentning fra enten hotel eller fra White Beach. Når man bliver hentet, kører man med de andre deltagende til ATV området. Efter en kort briefing om do's og dont's - inddeles man i små hold med en leder.
Turen er super sjov, men kan være temmelig svær - især hvis du ikke har prøvet at køre en ATV på især off road. Under turen kører man forbi en fantastisk privat strand, hvor man senere får lov at til at parkere ATV'en og nyde stranden i ca. 20 minutter. Min mand og jeg var så heldige at vi fik stranden for os selv i de 20 minutter. Herefter fortsætter man tilbage til startstedet.Hele turen varer i omtrent 1,5 time og det er inklusiv 20 minutter på stranden (Puka beach) som var hele turen og skrækken værd.
2. Zipline
Jeg har prøvet en zipline før i Las Vegas, som næsten dræbte mig! Eller det følte jeg i hvert fald.. Men jeg elsker at udfordre mig selv, og hvis du også gør - så er denne et must! Min veninde og jeg besluttede os for at prøve. Ziplinen er placeret inden for ejendommen af Fairways og Bluewater newcoast Hotel, som er det hotel, vi boede på under vores tur, dog er ziplinen åben for alle. Hotellet har private busser, som tager deres hotel gæster rundt.Vi tog hotel shuttlen til Ziplinen. Turen starter med at man tager en åben telefric op i bjergene. Når man ankommer, bindes du op, så du lægger på maven med hovedet ned.
Det er en fantastisk udsigt over stranden, palmerne og den enorme ejendom. Turen varer knap 1 minut, men man får alligevel lov til at nyde udsigten. Jeg ville helt sikkert gøre det igen!
3. Jetski
Jetski er som altid blandt de dyreste ting at prøve hvor end man er på ferie. Selv i Filippinerne var prisen høj sammenlignet med alle de andre vandsportsaktiviteter, men dog stadig overkommelig! Man bliver sejlet ud til en platform ude i vandet, hvor alle aktiviteter starter fra. Vi skulle jo prøve jetski, så vi tog hen til den afdeling. Vi havde aftalt at køre to på den samme og så skiftes så vi begge fik lov at styre. Det var en fantastisk oplevelse og dog skræmmende på samme tid. Bølgerne var så høje og vandet super dybt - heldigvis kom vi ud i live. Så snart vi lærte at styre den var det en pisse skæg oplevelse.
4. Parasailing
Vil du nyde udsigten over hele Boracay? Parasailing er svaret. Platformen ude i vandet er samme sted man sejles ud når man skal prøve parasailing. Da min mand og hans ven begge er højdeskræk, prøvede min veninde og jeg igen parasailing sammen. Vi nåede op til 100m højde og havde en fantastisk udsigt over hele øen. Det vigtigste er dog at huske ikke at kigge ned, siger jeg med et glimt i øjet. Vi gjorde dog, et par gange, og hold kæft man bliver bange selv uden højdeskræk for hold op hvor er det højt! Men det er en lang tur og udsigterne man får med er absolut turen værd.
5. Bananaboat
Bananaboat er en super sjov aktivitet - specielt når man er flere om at prøve. Vi var fire afsted og det var faktisk den første aktivitet, vi prøvede i Boracay, og måske også den eneste ting, der gav os modet til at fortsætte. Bananaboat er sjovt nok bananformet, mand sidde bag og ved siden af hinanden- alle med et håndtag foran sig og gør så dit bedste for ikke at falde af. Hvis du prøver længe, vil du ikke være i tvivl for dine hænder og arme bliver ømme i dagevis.