Dampalitan Island, a go to place in Padre Burgos, Quezon

Dampalitan Island is one of the islands that you can visit when you went to Padre Burgos in Quezon. Less popularly known compared to Borawan, Dampalitan is slowly becoming a go to tourist place in Padre Burgos, Quezon. With the white sand, clear blue water and dampalitan trees along the shores, Dampalitan Island provides you all the necessity you will need as a traveler.

We start our trip to Dampalitan before nine in the morning and we arrived at the island in less than twenty minutes. The entrance fee at the island is Php 75.00. We tried to get a discount but our guide told us that Php 75.00 is already reasonable and it also a source of income of the caretaker of the island with the few foods that they are selling to the tourists.

The island is a good place for camping. Just like Anawangin and Nagsasa Cove, the place already has tables, hammocks and comfort rooms that can accommodate the needs of tourists. Aside from these amenities, tent rental is also available and you can even ask the caretaker to have some food cooked for you on a certain fee. Since it was summer, the all-time favorite halo-halo is also available at the island.

After placing our bags at a table we started to walk along the white shores of the beach until we reached left-most part of the island where we see some mangroves and fishermen. We went to the mangroves and it offers such a cool breeze after having a walk underneath the heat of the sun. We also saw some crabs at the rocks at this part of the island.

We took a dip into the water after finding a nice spot near the dampalitan trees that offered a comfortable shade against the scorch of the sun. The water is so inviting that is hard to resist taking a swim even though the sun is at its peak and you can get sunburn. Once you are into the water, it’s so hard to get out of it, because it’s so refreshing and relaxing.

Another thing we did at the beach is to walk along the sand bar or most likely a rock bar. The water is not too deep that even if you are already way too far at the beach, the water is just at your waist level. The water at this area is so clear that you can see fishes and jellyfish swimming around the area. The jelly fish is also small and not the big ones with long tentacles that can easily sting any persons. Just be warned that some of the rocks are slippery barefoot or with slippers on.

We had lunch at noon time and stayed at the shore after taking our lunch. There was a cool breeze at the shore and we just watched as boats with guests arrived at the shore. At one in the afternoon we decided to leave Dampalitan and head to Borawan.