A New Travel Destination
Handa ka na ba mabusog, umindak at mamangha sa angking ganda ng isla?
Huwag ka na magpatumpik-tumpik pa, halika na sa Santa Cruz Island, Zamboanga!
The Zamboanga City, is a highly urbanized city in peninsula region. It takes pride in being the center of the commercial and industrial industry in the south.
Zamboanga City have the most visible Spanish influence which shows in their language, food and architecture. The most interesting and exciting is their tourist spot destinations.
The Pink Sand Beach
Pink Sand Beach 
Santa Cruz Island, Zamboanga
Santa Cruz Island is located near Zamboanga City. A small inhabited island in southern region of the Philippine. The island used to visit because of its Pink Sand that accentuates the beauty of the beach. The color pink of the sand gets from the pulverized red organ pipe from eons of surf erosion. Corals turns into tiny red particles and mixed in the existing white sand giving the beach an amazing rosy hue. However, the pink sand is not visible all the time. It only appears pinker during early morning when the sun is rising or late in the afternoon.
Colorful marine life and excellent water visibility, makes the place ideal for snorkeling and scuba diving.
Fun fact: Did you know when the Island was started to become popular?
German, Italian and Japanese tourists visited Santa Cruz Island. The island starting to gain more popularity because of it’s unique feature and due to the fact that it is only one in Asia
As a result, Santa Cruz Island was recognized by National Geographic as one of the 21 Best Beaches in the World.
Enjoy and indulge yourself with the most pristine pink sand beach!
The Pink Sand Beach experience is just half of the fun and awe. They have much more to offer. Aside from the pink sand beach, Santa Cruz Island offers fun adventure activities.
Yellow Boat Adventure Program
The adventure will proceed after the quick orientation together with trained boatmen. Over all tour will takes 30 minutes using the ‘Yellow Boat’ where you can rent. The lagoon are surrounded with natural grown mangroves scattered in the vastness of mostly shallow waters.
Upon touring the lagoon, there are different activities like fishing, harvesting blue crabs and shellfish by hand picking. You can also eat fresh picked ‘Lato‘ (seaweed). The lagoon becomes the breeding ground for many and different endemic species.
This tour activiy is perfect for tourists who are looking for a relaxing nature adventure and a unique cultural experience in Zamboanga City.
Aside from their tourist attraction you could also experience dancing at the pink sand beach!
Vinta Dance
“Vinta” is also the name of a Moro dance that celebrates the migration of Filipinos into the archipelago. The performer imitating the movements of the vinta (vessel) by balancing perilously on top of poles. Vinta is characterized by their colorful rectangular lug sails (bukay) and bifurca ted prows and sterns. In the present day, the Vinta boat is still significant because it symbolizes the people living in Zamboanga City. Furthermore, the island serve as transportation of people and goods between the local island.
Fun fact:
Upon arriving at Santa Cruz Island, a sub-group of people called Sama bangingi welcomes you with their amazing dance performance called Pangalay. The traditional dance used to performed at the Pink to greets the visitors. This type of dance is commands skillful and flexibility of wrists, elbow and shoulder as part of it’s movements.
A song played through a set of brass kettle gongs producing a lively beat perfectly for the movements of the pangalay
For Tour Booking/Reservation
Text/Call : 09177226410 or 09173929474
Email: info@itraveltouristlane.com
Website: www.itraveltouristlane.com
For inquiries, you can contact the tourism office at +63 927 283 5684.
