Part of our travel destination plans, me and my
girlfriend decided to take a blissful escape of an undemanding day trip to the
U-shaped long stretched white sand bar of Cagwait White Beach more than 3
(three) hours of uneasy ride from her hometown at Puyat, Carmen, Surigao del
Sur.
FINER POINTS:
CAGWAIT WHITE BEACH is situated in the Municipality
of Cagwait, the 4th class municipality of Surigao del Sur which is
about 32 kilometers Southeast of Tandag, the capital town of the province of
Surigao del Sur. It faces the coast of the Pacific Ocean in the east and Mount
Diwata on the west.
According to history, a young sailor from the Leyte
province who escaped from the Spaniards noticed while passing the bay, a
resemblance of a human mouth and/or the esophagus which in he uttered “mao rag
wait” in native dialect thus the establishment of its name, Cagwait.
Referred by the famous American Aviator Charles
Augustus Lindbergh as the Waikiki of the South, Cagwait White Beach is a
U-shaped and/or a C-shaped white sand beach woven by the harmonious composition
of nature of tropical settings stretching the aquamarine water. It is said to
believe that the discovery of the spot was mishap when the primary intention of
coming to the CARAGA was for the wildlife campaign under concessions of the
logging industry turned to be the sanctuary of the Philippine Eagle.
Oblivious about our destination being a genesis, we
relied on pure data gathering through asking the locals from the area and with
the help of a tourist map just to embrace the life of a tourist at the beach. I
even looked for possible routes through online search engines; however, the
results were not satisfying and guaranteed. Nevertheless, we reached our
destination out of harm's way.
So excited to have a glimpse of this “Little
Boracay of the CARAGA”, I was flabbergasted by its own distinct attributes
which poles apart from that of the famous 4 km white beach of Boracay Island. I
proved the travelers and travel bloggers wrong tagging Cagwait White Beach as
the “Little Boracay of the CARAGA” where in factual statement, the grains of
its own white sand is exactly not the same with that of the sugar-liked fine
sand of Boracay. As a result, it made me a little cheerless.
Even so, the clamshell-like white beach of Cagwait most
likely resembles of the famous Waikiki beach in Hawaii where a wide stretch of
the long stretched white sand beach shoreline fronting the great Pacific with
all the pristine elements of a tropical palms and lush vegetations, blended by
a shallow and clear tortoise water.
In minutes of accepting the factuality of the spot,
my girlfriend cheerfully greeted me with anticipation as she showed me the
quaint piece of beauty of this newly explored destination of ours.
Since it is our first time to step foot on this
sand bar, we let ourselves experienced the life of a traveler at the beach of
Cagwait- finding solace and blissful getaway. So far, the best thing about this
place is the isolation from commercialized areas which gave us the chance to
enjoy tranquility that we can never get in the city directly. I could imagine
how great this spot is during night time as I can visualize the night sky with
multitude numbers of stars all over its bed space. It must be startling and
peaceful, I thought! Sooner than not, I exclaimed, this will be a next tourist
destination for beach lovers.
After a series of becoming conversant with the
area, we ordered our afternoon meals which is said to be the “must try foods”
in Sand Bar Resort, Cagwait, the Kinilaw and Squid. The foods are scrumptiously better enhanced than
I expect like one thing that gets me so excited. After which, we then enjoyed
our own moments together at the sand bar, laughing out loud, cheerfully
gesturing each others company as we made it more romantic and appealing. The
experience is truly magnificent!
It’s two in the afternoon and I could feel the
scorching heat of the sun so we decided to pack our things to bid farewell for
now. Not to mention that we have to travel 2 hours from Cagwait Municipality to
Tandag City and another 1 hour of travel time going to our area at Carmen.
As Ms Monica Copuyoc once stated, “Perhaps, I have
come to the point of grasping because in this moment, I feel small yet
infinite.”
TOUCHDOWN:
The white beach is also the location of the
Kaliguan Festival; an annual festivity celebrated every 3rd week of
June in honor of St. John the Baptist where unique beach dancing competitions
are being gathered.
Spend the day with a sun-kissed experience, and
walking barefooted while indulging your senses of pure bliss- A perfect
destination for beach lovers.
CAGWAIT WHITE BEACH is part of our Surigao Travel
Destination Plans as we celebrate our month-long of being together.
TOUCHDOWN:
I luv the colors and emo of the 4th (from the last) photo- Ganda bro! been to SdS pero hindi ko to napuntahan - Sayang!
ReplyDeletehow much ang entrance?
ReplyDeletewala pong entrance fee, cottage lang po babayaran tapos kung gusto nyong mag over night may mga rooms po sila. Been there last Holy week, the best.. :)
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ReplyDeletewait for us!
ReplyDeleteI love the way how you Elaborately Explained what is really Cagwait.
ReplyDeleteI am a Lumad Cagwaitnon.
Thank You having such a Great Experience in Our hometown Cagwait Beach .
Godbless.