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Saturday, July 12, 2014

Gota Beach Resort - Caramoan Best Beach Resort

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Unlike before Caramoan has now become a favorite destination among local and foreign tourists rivaling famous vacation hotspot in the Philippines such as  Boracay, Palawan, Cebu and Davao. In fact in recent years Caramoan has the biggest share in terms of tourists arrival in the Philippines. One place who made Caramoan famous is Gota Beach Resort, developed and promoted by the local government of Camarines Sur and known internationally for hosting the famous TV program - "The Survivor Series".


Eversince I wanted to go to Caramoan especially at Gota, the place is really amazing as I have seen it on TV. Even on internet when i saw photos taken from Gota all i can wish for myself is that hopefully i can visit it one day. I never got an idea before that such a beautiful place exist in Camarines Sur in which I came from. I thought the dream of visiting Gota will remain just a dream, until one day a good news arrived, our relatives from Canada are spending their vacation at Gota and ask us if we are willing to come. All travel expenses will be paid by them. It was like a dream come true! Imagine visiting a place that you're dreaming about without spending a single penny from your pocket.



Getting There


The moment has come we're ready to hit the road everybody in the van are having fun and excited. We preferred to leave early about 6 o'clock in the morning to catch the first trip of RORO at Nato Port (8AM). It took us two hours of road travel before we reached Nato Port. It is the transit point if you are traveling via RORO vessel, it's a big ship that can accommodate probably more than a hundred passengers. We all agreed to just ride this ship although it will take as a long time (2 and 1/2 hours) to reach Caramoan because of its slow speed. Some of my companion cannot afford to travel at sea via small motorized banca because of fear and some of them easily feels dizzy when riding it. Finally after long hours of sea travel we arrived at Guijalo port in Caramoan past 10 AM  and was fetch by Gota shuttle service.







Fom Guijalo port to Gota it took us again an hour of road travel, it was past 11AM when we arrived at Gota. As we enter Gota beach resort we saw a group of local tourists prepairing to leaved the place, as the look in their face you can tell that they enjoyed their stay at Gota. We immediately proceed to the reception area of the resort and booked some rooms. From there we went to their native restaurant just near the beach front as everybody is complaining that they are starving. We noticed that they are offering a bit expensive menus the cheapest is about 350 pesos for a bowl of rice and a vegetable toppings. After eating our lunch everybody proceed to their respective cabana to take rest. We were all exhausted and tired after almost 6 hours of traveling.




The Cabanas

As we approach our designated cabanas I mesmerizes to the beauty of the place - clean sorroundings, greens everywhere, beautiful mountains and cliffs, an awesome place indeed. No wonder this place was chosen by several International Survivor Series to house their cast and crews. The cabanas are fantastic some are nestled hillside, I believe it's the expensive one. For cabanas rate you can go here. For my family we rented the small cabana, the floor area is pretty small 5m x 6m approximately; with one bed, a study table, personal refrigerator a TV with limited channel and a small bathroom with hot and cold shower. It's decent and clean ideal for small family and couples and worth its price.




Gota Beach Front


It's already 3 oclock in the afternoon when I woke up and decided to check what the beach front really looks like, its the reason why we are here afterall. The time is perfect for swimming, even it's sunny during that day the water in the beachfront are completely in shade, its because cliffs blocks the sunlight making it comfortable for us to swim. The water is calm and you can see from afar group of islands and a few motorized boat doing island hopping. What a beautiful view, I remember the movie " The Beach "  Gota Beach is comparable to that. Some of the props used in the filming of the Survivor Series remains intact and being display at the beach front.

During night time the beach front eminates a romantic atmosphere, you can see couples dining by the beach some sitting in the sand. I don't recommend night swimming here because they don't have lifeguard on duty and they don't have lights in the shoreline. A bottle of cold beer, barbeques with soothing music in the beach, the laughter with love ones is an unforgettable memory Gota experience I will never forget.




Adventure


If you're into outdoor activities you'll love it here, Gota Beach Resort offers various activities such as island hopping, mountain climbing, diving, spelunking, mountain biking, kayaking and many more. For Gota outdoor activities rates go here. They have professional staff to guide you in your chosen activity. You can talk to them at the Marine Office located at the beachfront.

If you want to experienced Caramoan and decided to stay at Gota you can directly contact the Camarines Sur Tourism Office or go here - Affordable Caramoan Tour Package.






     
 
       
       
      
       



   

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