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Tancaan
Point/Buenavista
Fish Sanctuary
Location:
Padre Burgos, Southern
Leyte ; about forty
five minutes from
Maasin by land.
Description:
A real stand-out
when it comes to
diving, snorkeling
or just plain beachcombing
or swimming; offers
total exhilarating
underwater tour
- excelent corals,
drop-offs, holes
and cavelets, canyons,
mini-trenches; rich
variety of fishes
like napoleon wrasses,
groupers, sweetlips,
snappers, parrotfishes,
butterflyfishes
eagle rays, sea
trurtle, barracudas,
sea turtle and pelagic
fishes.
Travel
Tips: Best
time to dive: October
to May, private
boat can be hired
from Maasin
or
Padre Burgos. Divers
should bring their
diving equipment
and food.
Guinsohotan
and Busay Falls
Location:
Maasin, Southern
Leyte.
Attractions:
Clear waters good
for swimming and
picnicking.
Sulphur
Spring
Location:
Anahawan, Southern
Leyte.
Attractions:
Sulphur spring water
with curative power.
Maamo Beach
Location:
Barangay San Roque,
Liloan, Southern
Leyte; can be reached
only by banca with
outriggers.
Attractions:
White sandy
beach; good for
swimming and fishing.
San
Pedro and San Pablo
Beaches
Location:
Hinunangan, Southern
Leyte.
Attractions:
White coral beaches
ideal for swimming,
surfing and skiing;
can very well accommodate
a variety of activities
related to diving
and other water
sports/recreation.
Panaon
Island
Location:
Liloan, Southern
Leyte.
Attractions:
A part of Mindanao
Deep, the second
deepest body of
water in the world;
one of the most
mystifying dive
destinations in
Southern Leyte.
It is where one
may encounter a
school whales or
dolphins.
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