Pristine crystal clear water, sugary white sand, clean
surroundings, the scent of a newly cut grass early in the
morning and the spectacular view of the sunset. Getting close
to nature at its best is one of the few things you can experience
when you visit Camotes Island.  

Where Are We

Enchanting... The Lost Horizon or a poet's heaven. These are
few of the words that describe Camotes Group of Islands. It lies
about 562 km. [350 mi.] southeast of Manila, 62 km. [38 mi.]
northeast of Cebu and 25 km. [15 mi.] west of Ormoc.. It has
four islands which are composed of three sub-islands which are
divided into four municipalities.  The fourth small island is called
Tulang Diyot which is under the jurisdiction of Barangay
Esperanza in the municipality of San Francisco.

Weather

The climate is typified by its distinct dry season like the rest of
the country.  Monsoon seasons starts usually from between
early weeks of June to mid-August and between early weeks of
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November to last weeks of January. Strong waves from the sea are expected during these seasons.
The term “walo-walo” used by the locals refers to straight eight days of rains and high seas and
straight eight days of sunny days and calm sea during southwest monsoon season.
 

How to get there

Camotes Group of islands is both accessible from Cebu and Leyte. Daily trips from these provinces
are available.
From Cebu, the best way to get to the island is via Danao City which is 27 kilometres due north of
Cebu. There you can take a roll-on roll-off boat or if you’re quite an adventurer, you can take an
outrigger canoe (locally called as “pumpboat”).
There is also an air strip at San Francisco, although as of this moment, there are no chartered
flights available.


How the Camotes Islands got their name

One popular story says that centuries ago when the Spaniards first arrived, they encountered some
native islanders farming whom they asked about the island's name. The natives thought they were
asking them what they were putting in their baskets. They replied,
“Camote.” Thereafter the islands
were called the
"Camotes Islands."

Camotes is composed of four municipalities
Municipality of Poro
Municipality of Tudela
Municipality of San Francisco
(also known as Pacijan)
Municipality of Pilar
(also known as Ponson)

Poro and San Francisco are connected by a causeway approximately 1.5 km [.93 mi.] long. Pilar is
separated by the Camotes Sea, lying about four kms northeast of Poro. The main livelihoods of the
people are farming and fishing. The dialect of Visayan spoken is Cebuano, except in Poro, where
Camotes Visayan, also called Porohanon, is spoken. Porohanon is distinguished by the way the
locals substitute the /y/ sound with /z/. Example: "Maayong buntag" ("good morning") is pronounced
"Maazong buntag" in Porohanon.

According to the 2007 census, the Camotes Islands have a total population of 89, 324 people.
Camotes Island don't have facility to process credit card, although there is an atm machine itourist
are still encourage to bring cash.
Camotes is composed of four municipalities
Municipality of Poro
Municipality of Tudela
Municipality of San Francisco
(also known as Pacijan)
Municipality of Pilar
(also known as Ponson)

Poro and San Francisco are connected by a causeway approximately
1.5 km [.93 mi.] long. Pilar is separated by the Camotes Sea, lying
about four kms northeast of Poro. The main livelihoods of the people
are farming and fishing. The dialect of Visayan spoken is Cebuano,
except in Poro, where Camotes Visayan, also called Porohanon, is
spoken. Porohanon is distinguished by the way the locals substitute
the /y/ sound with /z/. Example: "Maayong buntag" ("good morning") is
pronounced "Maazong buntag" in Porohanon.

According to the 2007 census, the Camotes Islands have a total
population of 89, 324 people.
Camotes Island don't have facility to process credit card, although
there is an atm machine itourist are still encourage to bring cash.