Tuka Marine Park and Beach Resort ☀️🏊‍♂️💦

The place was nice though it isn't fully developed yet it is still commendable. The marine park is 20-30 minutes boat away from the community so you better stack up yourselves with baon and all the basic things that you need. There is no restaurant and the store you will find there only offers the basic amongst all the basic things you can buy (soap, shampoo, cup noodles etc...). They have rooms for overnight stay which I prefer over tent or hammock if you want to keep yourselves away from falling objects like coconuts. Apparently they (management) won't be held responsible if accident like this happens. So security and comfort is important and our utmost priority. Lastly, always check the weather condition before going. Unfortunately, the weather wasn't too cooperative when we visited the place. It was windy and low tide. There is no port on the island so when it is low tide, the passengers need to walk the coral reefs around waistline high water (so you gonna go soaking wet just after you arrived). It's corals so the surface or edges are too sharp! Plus the wind was too strong, too wavy making it very hard to walk to the shore. Almost all of the passengers have cut themselves just before they landed to the shore due to the sharpness of the corals. They do have first aid available on the island so I guess this is a normal happenings already. Just learn from our mistakes. Check the weather!

Regardless of the bad experiences we had just before we reached the island, the overall experience was good. You just have to appreciate the untouched beauty of nature, the solitude away from the busy streets of the metro, the serenity of the place and the courtesy of the staff who stays there. I mean, the bad experience happens when you don't plan ahead. We still got the opportunity to witness the beauty of the island or Marine Park Sanctuary when it started to go high tide. When the water reached the white sand so you don't have to go far and encounter the reefs and cut yourselves (again). When the wind wasn't too strong you get to enjoy yourself snorkeling and watch the beauty of the sea and what it offers down below. Regrettably we don't have a Go pro to show you the fishes and corals underwater so I guess we'll do that another time.

So that's it! Pack up and enjoy yourselves! Take a vacation and unwind.

PS: more info on Shone-Lee Avila's post. 😘