Road Trip to Tambobong, Dasol, Pangasinan (Colibra Island)


What happens when you landed unexpectedly to a strange place?
On June 23, 2016, 2PM, we had an unplanned road trip to the Hundred Islands from San Fernando, La Union thinking that it was near and just 2 hours’ drive however, we reached the boating area at 6:40pm for a reason that we got lost along the way and it was raining heavily. It was then getting dark and there were no boats already going to the Islands for an overnight camping; since we did not want to get our trip wasted, we searched for a nearby destination, which was in Tambobong, Dasol, Pangasinan.

It was raining heavily and we thought we were heading to a dead end location as there were no cars passing by and no houses, you can only see cows, goats, carabaos along the road so you really need to be careful when driving. We just continued until we reached the town around 10PM. There were no people outside their houses to ask so we just parked along the road and slept inside the car. Before resting we tried catching fishes first at the shoreline since it was high tide and had so much fun even if we did not get any.😂😂

Our first stop while on our way to Alaminos; where we realized we got lost.😁

Boating Area to the Hundred, Islands
In the morning, we asked around if there were restaurants but there was none thus, we had coffee and bread at one of the stores.

We looked for swimming areas around the shoreline however; the sand was not enticing as it was grayish and had lots of seaweeds. The locals suggested that we should visit Colibra Island with a boat rental of Php800.00 (4pax).

We thought of purchasing foods to cook in the island but then the store owner said they render "paluto service" for Php150.00, we just had to buy the ingredients to be cooked. We opt for the service since we had no cooking utensils. By the way, they also have accommodation services.
Tambobong, Dasol, Pangasinan-Boating area to Colibra, Island 
Colibra, Island- This little island has a fine cream color sand with crystal clear water. It will take 30 minutes boat from the mainland. The size is very small which you can walk around the whole island for 15 to 30 minutes.
Cabacungan Cave- A side trip after Colibra Island, you have to hike 10-15 minutes to reach this small cave where you can dip and watch fishes if you have your snorkel masks with you. Although, be careful with the splash of waves it's a bit powerful.