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Cebu City: Whale Shark Swimming & Kawasan Falls Canyoneering

4.7  / 5237 reviews
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Cebu City: Whale Shark Swimming & Kawasan Falls Canyoneering
4.7  / 5237 reviews

Experience an incredibly unique once in a lifetime experience to swim with whale sharks and go canyoneering in the cliffs of Badian with your professional guide.

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Duration 12 - 13 hours
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Live tour guide
English, Tagalog
Pickup included
Any area or hotel within Cebu City and Mactan Area
Private group available

Experience

Itinerary

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    9 pickup location options:

    Lapu-Lapu City, Talisay, Mactan, Apas, Cordova, Cebu City, Mandaue City, Oslob, Cebu City

  • Car

    (3 hours)

  • Oslob

    Breakfast (30 minutes)

    Extra fee

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    Oslob

    Snorkeling, Whale watching (30 minutes)

  • Badian

    Lunch (30 minutes)

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    Kawasan Falls

    Guided tour (3 hours)

  • Car

    (3 hours)

  • 9 drop-off locations:

    Talisay, Apas, Cordova, Mactan, Cebu City, Mandaue City, Oslob, Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu City

Main stop
Other stop

For reference only. Itineraries are subject to change.

Highlights

  • Swim and snorkel with whale sharks in the Philippines
  • Scramble, climb, jump and swim through the rugged and scenic cliffs of Badian
  • Make a splash as you jump off towering cliffs as high as 30 feet

Full description

Embark on a once-in-a-lifetime swimming experience with whale sharks. Your guide will take you on a scenic journey from Cebu's East Coast to the town of Oslob to capture a sight of this magnificent fish. Snorkel and swim alongside these gentle giants in their natural habitat. After swimming alongside your new fish friends, you'll arrive at Badian for lunch before your canyoneering adventure. You'll travel to the jump-off point and swim, climb, rappel, and more all over Badian's picturesque cliffs—don't miss an opportunity to jump off cliffs as high as thirty feet.  Come down from your heart-pounding jumps with a relaxing swim in the beautiful waters of the beautiful and serene Kawasan Falls. You'll be brought back to your hotel carrying priceless memories and the thrill of adventure in your heart.

Includes

  • Hotel pickup and drop-off in any hotel in Cebu City, Mactan, Lapu-lapu area
  • Entrance fees to Oslob's whale shark watching and Kawasan canyoneering
  • Oslob swimming fee
  • Snorkeling mask
  • Life jacket
  • Local guide
  • Lunch
  • Canyoneering gear (life jacket, trekking shoes, and helmet)
  • Insurance
  • Tips
  • Fins

Not suitable for

  • Children under 7 years
  • Pregnant women
  • People with back problems
  • People with mobility impairments

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Participants

Date

Important information

What to bring

  • Comfortable shoes
  • Change of clothes
  • Towel

Know before you go

  • Estimated return back to your hotel is around 5:00 - 7:00 PM depending on the traffic situations.
  • For shared tour option, hotel pick-up and drop-off is only available within Cebu city, Mactan and Lapu-lapu area.
  • For private tour option, hotel pickup and drop-off is available within Cebu City, Mactan Island, Lapu-lapu, Moalboal and Oslob area.
  • Please bring your luggages in the car if you have a different drop-off hotel.
  • Canyoneering is a very extreme sport that includes jumping off cliffs and trekking downstream: all participants of this activity are expected to be in good health before joining the activity.
  • The minimum age to join the canyoneering activity is 7 years old for safety reasons.
  • Please note that for the Private Tour option during the whale shark swimming tour, you will have other guests on the boat due to Oslob’s Policy.
  • Please be informed that due to this peak season, there is an average waiting time for the whale shark swimming for 2-3 hours.

Customer reviews

Overall rating

4.7 /5

based on 237 reviews

Review summary

  • Guide
    4.9/5
  • Transportation
    4.7/5
  • Service
    4.5/5
  • Organization
    4.7/5

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Schatze – Philippines6 October 2024  – Verified booking
There are a lot of options to do whale shark and Kawasan falls but look no further! I recommend doing this excursion on a weekday to decrease the wait time. This was such a seamless experience—all we had to do was enjoy ourselves! We were picked up at 2 am by Celestino and brought promptly to Oslob (it’s a rocky trip—consider Dramamine). Someone else waited for our number to be called while we enjoyed breakfast. Celestino managed the GoPro rental and briefed the other guides to take shots of us. They knew the best angles to take. Then we went to Kawasan falls with the best guides Jerald, Jong, and J-team! They made sure my mom and I were okay and safe the entire time. It is quite intense though so be prepared physically and mentally! The J team were positive, took AMAZING shots, and made the trip memorable. Lunch was great as well. 15/10 highly recommend!
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Zara – United Kingdom13 October 2024  – Verified booking
It was such an amazing day but it is very very long. We got picked up from our hotel at 2:50am and didn’t get home until 3:30/4pm. Whale shark diving was amazing but a little crowded it definitely didn’t feel as authentic as I would have liked but you are guaranteed to see them and they were beautiful. Kawasan falls was out of this world but a lot of work I’m still aching 3 days on 😂 Our guides Victor & Romel made our day, they explained everything to us in detail and was always there for a helping hand, 10/10 for Romel’s photography skills I have a full album!
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James – Philippines3 October 2024  – Verified booking
Both activities were great! Swimming with the whale sharks was amazing!
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Product ID: 218004

Activity provider:Mcrich Travel

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