I’ve been exploring the beaches of Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia for how many years now but at the end of the day is the humbling realization that right in our own province in the Philippines you will find one of the best beaches in Southeast Asia! I’m a local of Zambales and I am proud to be a part of a place with such beauty!
Pundaquit (or Pundakit) is located in San Antonio, province of Zambales. Around an hour drive from my hometown (Olongapo City) and few hours from Manila, which is very accessible for city folks who wants a temporary escape without going too far.
Famous coves of San Antonio like
Anawangin and
Nagsasa Cove are not accessible by land. Pundaquit is the gateway to both along with other islands and coves of San Antonio.
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| Pundaquit beach is facing the South China Sea, from the beach you will see on the opposite side both Camara and Capones Island |
Every year during my birthday I always make it special, it is my way of thanking God for giving me this chance to live this beautiful life and enjoy the things that I love. So this year along with some friends who are also celebrating their birthdays the same month, I encouraged them to celebrate it with me and our families at
Anawangin Cove. When we arrived in Pundaquit the place exceeded our expectation, our planned beach trip to Anawangin became an island hopping adventure!
Enjoy the pictures I took of Pundaquit:
The view you are going to enjoy on the way to Pundaquit.
Pundaquit is a fishing village, most of the time the beach is quite crowded, but we went there at the end of October 2011, right after the terrible storms that hit Luzon so we only found locals there and handful of tourist when we arrived. Which I am thankful of! It is best to explore places with less crowd.
We paid P3,500 for our rented boat (for all 20 of us!), the boat trip includes
Pundaquit to
Camara Island to
Capones Island to
Anawangin Cove and pickup from
Anawangin at the end of the day back to
Pundaquit. It was well worth it!!
I will be blogging about the 2 islands and
Anawangin Cove on a separate post so you can enjoy the photos better, for now let me share these photos to tease your mind..
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| on the way back to Pundaquit from Anawangin |
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| Punadaquit from afar |
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| sunset at Pundaquit after our send-off |
It was too difficult for us to leave Anawangin, but we will come back again soon!!! We are planning to leave the kids behind so we can do mountain trekking at Anawangin and will visit Nagsasa Cove too! And I can't wait!!!
Wow, nice pictures! The view of Capones and Camara Island in Pundaquit are just amazing. Been there 2 years ago will be coming back this summer :)
ReplyDeletehi thanks for dropping by!! yeah you should come back, I haven't tried Nagsasa Cove hope to explore it soon so I can post it here too. Check also my blog of Anawangin Cove.. ;)
ReplyDeleteI love your pictures, they're relaxing.
ReplyDeleteZambales is indeed a beautiful place.
How I wish I could also go there. ;-)
wow! i love the breathtaking view especially the photo of Capones Island! :) Beautiful!! :)
ReplyDeleteNice view!Philippines is really rich in natural resources. The government owes a lot to bloggers who are advertising these kind of places for free.
ReplyDeleteFor fun in the Philippines talaga! I am planning to go to Anawangin with a friend, I gues syour post can help. And 3500 renting a boat for 20 persons is cheap! Damn! Saya! This makes me more excited.
ReplyDeletegreat shot again, I wish I can learn how to took great pics like that
ReplyDeleteBeautiful captures as always. Actually, every entry you have in here is always breathtaking and always an envy.
ReplyDeleteI've read about this place several times na ... it does look nice!
ReplyDeleteagain, nganga na naman aq sa ganda ng mga photos u! luv the colors and dynamics... i am planning to explore zambales up to north luzon this year;;
ReplyDeletebeautiful! I wonder why I never had the chance to wander around the Philippines when I was still there. Just beautiful. You really have an eye for perfect angle and light. Awesome.
ReplyDeletethis place is really breathtaking.. I have been here two years ago.. and went there by hike.. it really was an experience
ReplyDeleteThis particular post made me miss our trip in pundaquit . That's a paradise to me. Will soon be back
ReplyDeleteSarap naman dito. I havent been to Zambales. Will include this in my list of to go places. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeletebeen reading a lot about Zambales coz I am intrigue by the beauty of Nagsasa and Anawangin. Your post provide the added incentive with those lovely photos!!tempting and timely this summer.
ReplyDelete... breathtaking!!!! your photos just makes me want to go!!! explore!!! now na!!!
ReplyDeleteO hyeah. Anawangin is really becoming popular now, maybe because of it's accesibility from Manila like Tagytay..
ReplyDeleteThe name Pundaquit is almost similar to my last name, Poliquit. :)) I've heard so much about these wonderful beaches and islands in Zambales, but it's a shame I've not been to any. I hope that ignorance ends this summer. Your photos look very inviting. And good that you've explored beaches in other SEA countries. At least that made you realize how our beaches are at par with or even exceed theirs.
ReplyDeletewe do have a lot of great beaches here in the philippines, just waiting for to be explored... mukhang nag-enjoy ka talaga, since you just can't wait to return... na-curious tuloy ako... hehe. Yahweh bless.
ReplyDeletePhilippines still has the best beaches in the world! :-)
ReplyDeleteang daming mapuntahan sa zambales grabe. after ng pinatubo expect ko may nadamage pero ganda pa rin
ReplyDeleteKagaganda ng mga places na are! Lalo na yun sumulat!
ReplyDeleteGanda ng Zambales! Haven't been there since 5 years ago. Maybe I'll go there this summer for a vacation.
ReplyDeleteHi Miss Vivi....great pics....
ReplyDeleteWhen you went there how was the wave? October pa naman yun db...monsoon season pa i think... Kasi lots of people who've been there gave this impressison na nakakatakot ang alon...
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Hi thanks for dropping by! Actually I went there 2 weeks ago, this time destination is Nagsasa cove and they are right Kahit ako natakot the waves are crazy! This april I think calm na ang water anyway do you have a contact there so you can check before you go Kung ok ang alon. No problem when you go to the coves kasi calm waters dun, the problem is on the way there. If Andun na kayo and maalon just go to anawangin that's the nearest one to Pundaquit, Nagsasa masyadong malayo which means matagal kang magdadasal for God to calm the water! Hehe ;) and Hindi din kayo makaka island hopping pag maalon.
Deletewow! as in wow talaga!..
ReplyDeleteyeah marami talagang magaganda dito sa pinas we just have to explore it..
Nice place! Maraming places na talaga na maganda dito sa pinas! I super love the last photo! SUNSET <3
ReplyDeleteindeed great photos dear! i agree one of the best still in philippines! xx
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