November 19-20
Itinerary:
Day 1
4:30am – ETD Nasugbu 🏖
8:30am – ETA Nasugbu 🏖
8:30-9am – Breakfast 🍴
9am – proceed to Fortune Island Resort
9:30-11am – Boat ride to Fortune Island ⛴🏝
11-11:30 – Fix things and set up tents11:30am-3pm – cliff jumping + swimming
3pm – late lunch 😂
4pm – free time
8pm – star gazing
10pm – 😴😴😴
Day 2
5:30am – sunrise watching
6:30am – breakfast 🍴
7:30am – pack up things
8am – swimming 🏊🏼
10:30am – boat ride back to resort ⛴
*prices and contact number at the end
Last Saturday, me and my cousins (plus my boyfriend) went to Nasugbu’s Fortune Island in Batangas. We left home in Manila at 4:30am and arrived in Nasugbu at around 8:30. We had breakfast first at Jollibee then headed to Fortune Island Resort.
At Fortune Island Resort
We brought our own private cars with us and parked them at the resort. Car keys should be left at the reception just in case it needs to be moved. At first we were hesitant, but hell, what choice do we have? Haha! So we left the keys and rode a boat going to Fortune Island.
The boat ride going to the island took about 1.5 hours. They charged us 750/pax RT. We were unlucky because the boat we rode didn’t have a shade/roof. We were not yet swimming and enjoying the island and yet we were already toasted 😂
Upon arrival at the island, the boatmen did not want to dock at the shore because the waves were too strong and wild 😂 we had no choice but to go to the back of the island and dock there. Problem is, we brought a lot of things with us and we didn’t expect that we’d have to bring our stuff (bags, boxes and coolers) with us and climb high steps just to get to the island’s camp site. We just got there and yet we were faced with a tiring/agonizing task. Hahaha! The back of the island didn’t have a shore FYI.
We got off our boat and needed to ride this “balsa” just to get to the island’s ladder 😂
See that boat there, that’s the area were we alighted. And now this is the height where we needed to bring our things. Insanely high right? 😂
After the tiring situation with the things we brought, photo ops of course!
After photo ops, caretakers of the island set up our tents. They charged us 400/per person for rental regardless of how many tents we needed.
After getting settled, we went cliff jumping!!! It would be exciting they said. It would be fun they said. I thought I could do it on my first attempt but I got scared. The cliff we picked was too high! The highest I’ve jumped so far!!! It was terrifying but I jumped anyway! I had to 😂
Thought I couldn’t do it! But I had to take the leap 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
After cliff jumping was swim time! We had no life vests so swimming was very tiring 😂
Next was photo ops at the acropolis 🙂
Beach bumming for the rest of the afternoon. There were light drizzles throughout the day but thank God it never rained! (Hooray!)
We drank a vodka mix by the shore. Told stories to catch up. It’s been a while since me and my cousins had a getaway (last one was 2 years ago). We had a good time swimming until the sun has set already.
Before anything else, I forgot to mention that the island has no fresh water. HAHAHA! Like OMG right? How are you supposed to take a bath? Do your usual night rituals? It was a nightmare we had to live with 😂😂😂
Going back… We were by the shore till 8:45, just chilling, drinking and stargazing. My boyfriend downloaded this app on his phone where we can look at the sky and see what constellations were present. He was a huge fan of the sky and the universe.
He said the sky makes him realize that a person is only a dot to what the universe is as a whole. How little are we in this planet to matter? There’s a whole lot more that the universe holds. Are aliens real? Are there other life forms out there? Can Mars accomodate living things? Haha! These are the questions that haunt me 😂
While stargazing, me and my boyfriend had a deep conversation. I got to know him more too during that time. I felt happy I can talk to him wih deep sense and meaning. I love how I learn from him also, he’s something… ❤️
After stargazing, we went back to the camp site to eat dinner 🙂 and drink some more! Only a bit. Haha.
Then, me and ate Ly were very enthusiastic to take pictures of the stars with our gopro. Ate even called her friend for the settings that we can use. It was a night to remember 😍🌟
Here are some of my shots:
The next day, we were very eager to get back early to the resort so that we could take a bath already!!! I felt so sticky and gross 😂
I won’t really recommend that you stay overnight on this island… But if you want stargazing, spend the night there. It made the stay worthwhile ❤️
Our contact at the resort:
0915-504-7166
Boat ride: 750/pax RT
Tent rental: 400/pax