Moalboal Sardine Run, Sea Turtle and Mantayupan Falls
Description
This full-day trip starts from Cebu. You will arrive Moalboal, a premier snorkeling spot after a few hours drive. Enjoy swimming around beautiful coral reefs, adorable sea turtles, and large schools of powerful sardines in Moalboal. Experience the mysterious scene of adorable sea turtles swimming gracefully and small sardines migrating as one huge life form in a school. After snorkeling, visit the Mantayupan Falls, one of the largest waterfalls in Cebu, boasts a 98-meter drop and is surrounded by cliffs and trees, making it relatively cool even during the daytime, and is famous as a summer resort. Heal in this hidden and unexplored part of Cebu Island that is not well known by tourists and loved by local people.
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Itinerary
Mantayupan Falls, one of the largest waterfalls in Cebu with a drop of 98 meters, is surrounded by cliffs and trees, making it relatively cool even during the daytime, and is famous as a summer retreat.
In Moalboal, you can enter the ocean from the beach as soon as you arrive and enjoy snorkeling!
Looking into the ocean, you will see a large school of sardines that sparkle and create a whirlpool. You can also enjoy various cute scenes of sea turtles swimming gracefully, eating seaweed, and resting peacefully.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Pick-up time will be between 4:00 and 5:00 a.m. Pick-up is offered only from hotels in Cebu City and Mactan Island. The exact pick-up time will be notified the day before the tour. Please let us know the name of your hotel at the time of booking. Pick-up from Moalboal can only be cater as a private tour, so please contact us.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- For safety reasons, children under 7 years old are not allowed on the tour.
- Sea turtles and sardines are wild animals and may not be seen during the tour.
- For insurance purposes, we will require the names and dates of birth of all participants in order to verify the age. Failure to provide this information will result in your ineligibility for insurance.
- Insurance cannot be provided for those who are 76 years and older; however, you may participate if you purchase own insurance.
- The schedule for the day may be subject to change due to weather conditions. In the event of inclement weather, changes will be at the discretion of the guide on the day of the tour.
Reviews(10)
Great fun and safe too. ! Elvi. Our guide, is really friendly, helpful, and fun! Guides at the beach are attentive and will keep track of you when water gets crowded which can happen when sea turtles come on the scene. Early start to the day ensures seeing the sardines before they move to deeper water. I recommend this tour.
Thank you so much for your kind words! It is great to hear that you enjoyed your day with our guide, Elvira. She is truly an amazing company, and we will make sure to pass along your message to her. Thanks again for choosing Fun Group. We look forward to seeing you again in Cebu!
Tour booked online night before. Included nice driver & guide, entrance fees. 430am departure! Waterfall lovely and no one else there. Snorkeling to see the sardines was cool but a lot of tourists in life jackets who couldn’t swim. S
Thank you so much for joining our tour! We truly hope you had a memorable day with us. Thank you again for your kind words towards our guide and driver. They are really what make our tour special. We look forward to seeing you again in Cebu!
Our driver and guide were punctual, they picked us up at 4:30am. From Cebu city, its around a 2 hour drive to the falls. Then another hour drive to Moalboal. The snorkelling experience was incredible! Saw thousands of sardines and several turtles. Overall, I felt well taken care of.
Thank you so much for choosing our tour and for leaving us a review! We’re delighted to hear about your lovely encounters while snorkeling. We hope to welcome you again for another fun tour in the near future!
Amazing snorkeling with a giant tortoise and about a million sardines moving as one body. Friendly guide and driver.
Thank you for your review! We are so happy to hear that you had a memorable day snorkelling with turtles and sardines. We look forward to welcoming you again for another adventure in beautiful Cebu!
One of the reasons to visit Moalboal was to experience the famous sardines fish school. We loved it but maybe our expectations were too high. We definitely liked more the snorkeling areas in Coron than in Moalboal. Anyway, the visit to Moalboal was a great idea, there is a great vibe in the town and we recommend to stay at least for two or three days.
Thank you so much for leaving your feedback! We’re happy to hear that you enjoyed the overall snorkelling experience. As conditions can vary each time, every trip is a little different. We hope to welcome you again in the near future for another great adventure!
thank you tour guide, everything is good. She helped me, gave me good advice, managed me very well, even though I came alone, I don't feel lonely.
Thank you so much for your kind words! We're thrilled to hear that you had a great experience with us. Your satisfaction is our top priority, and we look forward to welcoming you back again!
We got Picked up on the dot. Farrah, our guide, was super nice!! Even bought us snacks since we didn’t have time to eat for an early start. The tour was well organized and the guides that helped us with the gears were so patient with us. Great job!!
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We're delighted that we could meet your expectations and provide you with excellent service. We hope to see you again in near future.
The Sardine Tornado drops off right in front of the beach! When you are staring, the sea turtles cross under your eyes. The guide dived through the sardine tornado and was thrilled to take a photo with me surrounded by sardines and the cute sea turtle.
この度はFun Groupのツアーにご参加いただき、ありがとうございました！イワシの大群やウミガメ、楽しんでいただけたようでとても嬉しく思います。 またお会いできることを楽しみにしております。
We were picked up at the hotel on time, and the 3-hour drive with Ninyo was very pleasant – plenty of space and a relaxed atmosphere. Ninyo (driver) and Mae (tour guide) were extremely friendly and gave us lots of interesting insights about the Philippines. Snorkeling with sardines and turtles was an impressive experience that we can absolutely recommend. Ninyo and Mae took care of everything so we could just relax and enjoy the trip. Especially beautiful: They took underwater pictures of us at no extra cost. Thank you, Ninyo and Mae, next time we bring Lindt & Sprüngli chocolate ;) – it was an unforgettable day!
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We're delighted that we could meet your expectations and provide you with excellent service. We will make sure to pass along your kind words to our guide and driver. Looking forward to welcoming you back again soon!
The trip is split into two parts. The first part was the sardine run and the turtle viewing. The waters are crystal clear and there are SO MANY sardines present. I thought we would have to go far from the shore but it’s more like a drop off close to the shore which is very nice. We also saw some barracuda, jelly fish, lots of other colourful fish and a turtle!! He was so cute. There is a good amount of time to swim and the guide was fantastic. You can hire flippers also for 150p so you can swim further down which was helpful. The second part was the falls. They are BEAUTIFUL! You can swim under them and they provide life jackets for such. The photos we took here are really nice. Definitely recommend bringing your own snacks and lunch for the day however the tour guide did stop at the 7/11 for us which was awesome! They also have a GoPro that you can borrow and they will upload all the photos and videos for you to your phone before you leave. Definitely recommend. :)
Thank you for taking our tour and sharing your review. We are glad to hear you enjoyed the tour and had a great time. We hope to see you again!
