Moalboal Islands Full-Day Tour: Explore Kawasan Falls and Wildlife
4.8
12 Ratings
Badian

Embark on this full-day small-group trip to the Kawasan Falls and Moalboal Islands with a tour buddy. You will experience the rushing ice cool water at Kawasan Falls and get a chance to swim with turtles and extravagant fishes at the Moalboal Islands. Hotel pickup and drop-off is included.

Duration: 12 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Kawasan Falls - Enjoy a short nature trek of 15-20 minutes, passing by rivers and trees before you hear the gushing waters of kawasan. Swim on the turquoise cool waters and delight on the beauty of nature.
  • Pescador Island - A 20 minute boat ride will take you to Pescador Island. Snorkel and witness colorful fishes and marine life at Pescado Island.
  • Moalboal Sardines Run - Cebu Sardines Run - Witness and be amazed by these huge school of sardines.
What's Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • All taxes, fees and handling charges included
  • Complimentary bottled water
  • Snacks provided
  • Lunch included
  • Professional driver/guide
  • Transport in a private vehicle
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information
  • Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
Location
Kawasan Falls
Matutinao
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
4.8
(12 Ratings)
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Makaela_s
Jan 4, 2023
Highly Recommend! Worth Every Cent! - Organized , timely pickup , beautiful views , knowledgeable tour guides. Oliver was the best! During island hopping , two sea turtles were face to face with me. Gorgeous is an understatement
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Chloe_f
Dec 16, 2022
Amazing !! - The most amazing tour :) magical. We saw turtles and the waterfall tour was great!!!! Our first time in Phillipenes
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Glenda_m
Nov 17, 2022
Amazing adventure - The whole day was amazing snorkeling with the turtle and the Kawasan Falls were amazing. From when we were picked up the tour guide driver and especially our guide to the falls. Being older he assisted us to ensure our safety and went over and above to ensure we had a great experience. Highly recommend this tour
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Travis_h
Mar 20, 2022
Our canyoneering tour... - Our canyoneering tour guide Jessel was awesome, took great photos with my phone, gave us a once in a lifetime experience. Our tour facilitator and driver were great, picked us up on time and made the while day wonferful.
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Caroline_e
Mar 13, 2020
Amazing - The wake up time is totally worth it! I was originally hesitant to book this due to the really early pick up time, but trust me the trip more than makes up for it. We were beyond thrilled with the snorkeling experience - it literally felt like we were in the finding nemo movies. I also highly recommend adding the canyoneering onto your waterfall package. Everyone that we interacted with was dedicated to making this experience the best it possibly could have been.
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Garf39
Jan 22, 2020
Great experience - I was picked up at 4am by my guide Chenerie and driver for the day Dado. It’s worth pointing out that the trip is solo for your group only. I was traveling solo so bought the minimum of two tickets and had the whole tour to myself. The experience was fantastic and ticked the bucket list delivering what it said and more, 3 turtles, sea snake etc. What really stood out for me was the first class service. Chanerie was an absolutely fantastic guide who made sure all was perfect and is very knowledgeable on the area and her country’s history filling the trip with little pieces of information on language, culture and history. Your very lucky if she is your group guide. As a driver Dado was faultless. A smooth ride except on the bumpy mountain roads and good company too. If your thinking of booking with this company I can’t recommend it highly enough. Ten out of ten.
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Coastal01129380065
Jan 6, 2020
Delightful - We booked this trip online with a very short window and everything went smoothly. Up at 4am for the pickup at our hotel so we can swim with the sardines and the turtles in the warm ocean. Then off to the waterfall to swim in the refreshing water there. Excellent day.
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Bmm28
Oct 30, 2019
Amazing!! - Booked this tour through tripadvisor and added an additional person directly through Cebu Trip Tours via email the day before we were due to go. Worked out cheaper direct so worth attempting that route if you can! The 4am start is early but worth it! We were the only 3 people on the tour so it was a luxury to have the air conditioned bus and boat to ourselves. Liezel was our guide and Clifford was our driver. The drive to Moalboal is not for the faint hearted (if Clifford is driving)...the 3 hour journey took Clifford 1.5 hours. After arriving (safely) at Moalboal we had a very short orientation and went out on the boat. To get to the boat you have to wade through shallow sea water for a few minutes. The boat itself is quite small and probably would be a bit of a squeeze for 12 people but with just the three of us it was perfect! First stop was Pescador island for coral reef snorkelling - absolutely stunning. So many colours and fish and the water was crystal clear. We had half an hour here then were onto the sardines run. This just blew us away. The guide on the boat (liezel did not come on the boat with us) found them straight away and there were thousands of them. The water here is very deep and the current is quite strong but life jackets are available. We spent roughly half an hour swimming with the sardines and then got back on the boat for 5 minutes to another part of this island and then got back in the water. We followed the guide again who found a turtle amongst the coral!! We saw three turtles in total and swam with two of them. Just incredible!! They’re so well camouflaged that we probably wouldn’t have spotted them without the guide! After having another half an hour here we went back to shore and got back in the bus. We drove to Kawasan falls and arrived about 9:40 (thanks to Clifford’s rollercoaster drive). We were also given the option to add on canyoneering for an additional charge. The walk to the falls is about 20 minutes on the flat. The falls weren’t at all busy and there were plenty of tables and life jackets available. If you want to swim under the falls (which we did) you have to rent a life jacket for 50 php. It’s so worth it as swimming behind them was incredible. We stayed here for about an hour then headed back. We then had lunch near the beach which was nice. Lunch was: fried chicken, rice, noodles, spring rolls. All tasty. As it was only the three of us we could decide when we wanted to head back. The drive back took about 2 hours due to traffic and we arrived back around 3pm. All in all a fantastic day out that we’ll never forget.
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Anne
Dec 27, 2018
Good tour to see Cebu! - We had a private tour as the larger groups were booked out but this was our highlight of the trip! It was an early start as it was a long drive to our first spot - snorkelling with fish and turtles (we were able to get up close with 1 particular turtle!) and swimming amongst the sardine run (truly one of a kind experience!). We then drove out to Kawasan Falls and water is just so blue! We were allowed to eat and swim here for a few hours before the long drive back home. Thank you to Chen and her driver for making our Cebu trip memorable :)
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Skbritt
Mar 5, 2020
Great attractions but just hire a private car & driver. - I have no complaints about the trip, I just think that having a guide and a driver was overkill and we probably therefore paid over the odds. The guide, lovely and polite as she was, added little to the experience as she actually slept more of the long journey than we did ourselves and didn't interact that much compared to other guides we have had. The driver on the other hand was an absolute star getting us there and back safely and in not too bad a time considering the distance/conditions/traffic. Unfortunately we couldn't do one of the islands due to rough water but the Sardine run was amazing to see. Wall to wall super shoals of sardines glimmering in the water, topped off with turtles too...and a few jelly fish, nothing too painful though. I do think they should start restricting numbers better as the area is full of boats coming and going with lots of none swimmers being towed around in the water with no control of their own. It felt a little like an accident waiting to happen. Kawasan falls is lovely, if a little underwhelming due to the crowds if I'm honest. Given it's massive build up I was just expecting something else, maybe we should have done the canyoning to get the full experience. The walk along the river to the falls is beautiful, the milky water beautiful too but there are many falls in Phillipines that are as if not more spectacular. Lunch was included and was plentiful and tasty fried chicken rice veg etc.
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