Tatus (Coconut crab) Festival of Calayan, Cagayan Launched in May 2008
| The Island town of Calayan, Cagayan is going to launch their first ever Tatus (coconut crab) Festival on May this year!The island-town is four to six hours away by boat ride from the Aparri town in mainland Cagayan. It is rich with natural attractions like excellent beaches, archeolofical sites, endemic flora, for tourism and sports activites including wind surfing and diving with other features in hopes of driving local toursim up.. and securing it as a emerging vacation destination.Anyone interested to go to the first ever Tatus Coconut Crab Festival in Calayan, Cagayan? Checked the wiki about Calayan and it is situated above CAGAYAN.. now am thinking twice.. lugging around all that gear over a 4-6 hour trip sends chills down my spine! hehehe even a pelican case isnt 100% safe… Calayan is actually one of the Babuyan Islands located north of Luzon.
if anyone decides to go.. dont forget to take photos of the calayan rail, a flightless bird that can be found in the islands.
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April 9th, 2008 at 7:29 am
who said its 2 hours? what kind of boat is that? even a speed boat at very calm weather it will take 4 hours from aparri to calayan.
i should know, i was born there!
April 10th, 2008 at 11:24 am
o yeah. you’re right.
April 10th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
4 hours? that even makes it worse.. 4 hours in a small boat is a lot of time.. maybe the smaller airlines will eventually see this route as lucrative if the festival picks up.
April 10th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
huh? two hours???? even a fast fastcraft cant traverse the babuyan channel/waters in two hours. i lived in calayan island ,i think two hours travel is indeed very fictitious and not factual..on calm days ,it usually is 6 hours through an outriggered boat locals term as LAMPITAW..blessed you be if you got it in five .on high seas it even took me 10 hours and sometimes,you have to anchor overnight to a nearby island should your boat encounter engine trouble!
although the island is indeed pristine and you would gasp for its beauty and the locals are very lovely,travel is indeed a setback…i was stranded thre for almost two months and couldnt go home because of the winds/weather and means of scarcity of transportation
April 10th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
although it is a long and tiring trip…it is definitely worth it. Calayan island is indeed pristine in nature and may probably boast of its lovely and friendly people.you would succumb to its awesome beauty,its clear azure waters,widespread marine biodiversity(i often sea humpback whales blowing while just sitting on the shore during breeding months..awesome sight to behold!!!),breath taking beaches,and would bewilder you with its majestic mountains,its where water meets the sky.it is awesome and wondrous in its offerings.freshest seafoods..from the sea to your plate,organic veggies and fruits of the season,and i think its most precious treasure are the inhabitants who would really capture your heart(the most loving,gentle,friendly and caring people i have met in my entire life),the sun,sky,sand and sea at its finest and i could not probably find a more superlative adjective to describe calayan island.its heaven and earth combined !!! PREPARE TO BE WOWED!!!
April 10th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
P.S.,should you visit Calayan island,please do take good care of it let its “immaculate and unspoiled beauty” remain…and let the next generations to come experience its bounty and beauty as well. thanks
May 4th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
just got back from camiguin norte few days ago. it took us 5 hours by rented boat from Aparri to Camiguin Norte. Our trip from Camiguin to Calayan was cancelled due to the unpredictable behavior of the ocean. the images we gathered will be put on exhibit at the world trade center from 18-20july as supplemental installation to the first philippine internation flora and fauna expo.
my group klub natur (www.klubnatur.org) will go back to camiguin norte and hopefully to calayan on 23may-1june 2008.
kahit pa magkaroon ng plane going to calayan or camiguin, nothing beats the thrill and adventure of riding the big waves. babuyan islands is synonymous to expedition … rough seas … and never a comfort. kung baga sa dinuguan, puto lang ang natatanging katapat (hindi pwede kutsinta).
p.s. from aparri to calayan, travel would take around 7 hours by two-engine-powered banca. 10 kung malalaki ang alon.
May 6th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
how i wish i wil b der during the said festival. even f traveling takes mor dan 6 hrs,. my frends & my teachers frm st.paul also want to join da festival but unfortunately dey do not enaf tym. but i am hopng that sumday, not only my frends & my teachrs wil b der, but mor people frm differnt places.hehe,. ambisyosa! anyway that’s true. i am proud dat i live in calayan.i can describe Calayan as “the hidden paradise of cagayan north” o db astig!
hehehe