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History, culture, and religion, you will not find a shortage on Mactan Island. Mactan Island's legendary battle involving the renowned Portuguese conquering explorer Ferdinand Magellan and the Philippine's proclaimed hero Lapu-Lapu is but a small part of what this island truly offers. Written history started during Magellan's exploration of the Philippines.

Lapu-Lapu aka Pugapo, is one delicious meat. It's best choice for any easy to prepare recipes whether its baked, broiled, buying, fish, fried, grilled, recipe, recipes, stew, stuffed, or cooked the way you like it. It's a fish so that's meaty and tastier than any fish out there. Try to Google Lapu-Lapu, and you'll be given sites that tackle or deal about the Mactan hero, Lapu-Lapu.

Region 7 in the Philippines is characterized as central Visayas with places such as Dumaguete, Bohol, Siquijor and most importantly Cebu. Cebu is one of the biggest cities in the Visayas and it is the ultimate trade city of the south. Cebu is the oldest city in the Philippines and has the only International Airport in the Visayas which makes Cebu an important metropolis in the Visayas.

Cebu is known to be the Philippines main domestic shipping port and also known to have the second most international flights in the Philippines. Cebu City has a population of about a little over 2 million people. Also in Cebu are historical and recognizable landmarks, which people from around the world come to see and visit.

The glorious beaches

Surely the top attraction for most visitors to the Province of Cebu in the Philippines is the host of sunny beaches, many of them scattered on surrounding islands. Mactan Island is the main resort, connected to Cebu by bridge, and has all the usual watersports facilities. Kansatik Island is particularly good for scuba diving, along with the remaining 165 island locations that offer fascinating sights like black coral and sea snakes.

If you are staying in Cebu City, there are many different tours and activities available. First of all, if you love the sea, then you must go Island Hopping. It involves renting a motorized pump boat that would take you to the different islands near Mactan. A couple of these islands offer marine sanctuaries for snorkelling or diving and also picnic areas for lunch.

Have a local contact arrange your reservations, port transfers, rentals in Bantayan island so you will only hand gratuities to one person. Let him know your planned itinerary as he can make suggestions as well. It would be easy to find a local contact after you have visited Bantayan Island once.

Getting There

After browsing some pictures of my friends on Facebook, I have discovered a nice picture that features a zipline in Liloan. The zipline looks good and exciting so I planned to try it on weekend. I invited a friend to try the zipline, it would be a first time for both of us to try the zipline.