Samal Island Tourism Office

Samal Island Tourism Office City Investment and Tourism Office (CITO) of Local Government Unit of Island Garden City of Samal (LGU-IGACOS)

๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ญ 2026: ๐€ ๐’๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐!The 37๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™‹๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™๐™ง๐™–๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ has officially come t...
06/09/2026

๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ญ 2026: ๐€ ๐’๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐!

The 37๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™‹๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™๐™ง๐™–๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ has officially come to a close, and Samal Island was proud to be part of this exciting celebration of Philippine tourism!

Thank you to everyone who visited the Samal Island booth, connected with us, and discovered the beauty, adventures, and unforgettable experiences waiting for you in our island paradise.

Until we meet againโ€”๐™Ž๐™–๐™ข๐™–๐™ก ๐™„๐™จ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™จ ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™™๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ก๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช!

๐‘บ๐’‚๐’Ž๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ฐ๐’”๐’๐’‚๐’๐’…: ๐‘ซ๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’ ๐‘ฉ๐’†๐’‚๐’–๐’•๐’š.





๐Ÿ“ข ๐‘ท๐‘ผ๐‘ฉ๐‘ณ๐‘ฐ๐‘ช ๐‘จ๐‘ซ๐‘ฝ๐‘ฐ๐‘บ๐‘ถ๐‘น๐’€๐™๐™€๐™ˆ๐™‹๐™Š๐™๐˜ผ๐™๐™” ๐˜พ๐™‡๐™Š๐™Ž๐™๐™๐™€ ๐™Š๐™ ๐™๐˜ผ๐™†๐™‡๐™Š๐˜ฝ๐™Š ๐™๐™Š๐™๐™๐™ŽPlease be advised that ๐™๐™–๐™ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™—๐™ค ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™จ, Barangay Adecor, Kaputian Distr...
05/09/2026

๐Ÿ“ข ๐‘ท๐‘ผ๐‘ฉ๐‘ณ๐‘ฐ๐‘ช ๐‘จ๐‘ซ๐‘ฝ๐‘ฐ๐‘บ๐‘ถ๐‘น๐’€

๐™๐™€๐™ˆ๐™‹๐™Š๐™๐˜ผ๐™๐™” ๐˜พ๐™‡๐™Š๐™Ž๐™๐™๐™€ ๐™Š๐™ ๐™๐˜ผ๐™†๐™‡๐™Š๐˜ฝ๐™Š ๐™๐™Š๐™๐™๐™Ž

Please be advised that ๐™๐™–๐™ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™—๐™ค ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™จ, Barangay Adecor, Kaputian District, Island Garden City of Samal, will be temporarily closed to the public on ๐™Ž๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ข๐™—๐™š๐™ง 8, 2026 to accommodate a Benchmarking Visit and Knowledge Exchange on Giant Clam Conservation.

The temporary closure is necessary to facilitate the activity and ensure the smooth conduct of the learning and knowledge-sharing session with visiting participants.

The resumption of regular operations will be announced through an official post.

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your kind understanding and continued support for responsible tourism and marine conservation in Samal Island.

-Taklobo Tours Management-

๐’๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž 2๐ง๐ ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž 37๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ญ! Discover the beauty, adventures, and ...
05/09/2026

๐’๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž 2๐ง๐ ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž 37๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ญ!

Discover the beauty, adventures, and unique experiences of Samal Island as our team showcases the best of the Island Garden City of Samal at SMX Convention Center, Pasay City.

Visit the Samal Island booth โ€” ๐๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ. 15, ๐“๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐จ. 2! The event runs until ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ 6, 2026

๐‘ช๐’๐’Ž๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ซ๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’ ๐‘ฉ๐’†๐’‚๐’–๐’•๐’š ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘บ๐’‚๐’Ž๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ฐ๐’”๐’๐’‚๐’๐’…!





๐‘บ๐’‚๐’Ž๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ฐ๐’”๐’๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‚๐’• ๐‘ท๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’‘๐’‘๐’Š๐’๐’† ๐‘ป๐’“๐’‚๐’—๐’†๐’ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’“๐’• 2026The 37๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ is officially underway at the ๐—ฆ๐— ๐—ซ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ...
04/09/2026

๐‘บ๐’‚๐’Ž๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ฐ๐’”๐’๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‚๐’• ๐‘ท๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’‘๐’‘๐’Š๐’๐’† ๐‘ป๐’“๐’‚๐’—๐’†๐’ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’“๐’• 2026

The 37๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ is officially underway at the ๐—ฆ๐— ๐—ซ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, with LGU-IGACOS proudly showcasing the beauty and tourism offerings of Samal Island.

The opening program marked the beginning of the three-day event, graced by ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ง. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐˜€, who joined the Samal Island delegation in representing the city. The event will run until ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ 6, 2026

๐Ÿ“ Visit us at ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ก๐—ผ. 15, ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ผ. 2!

๐‘ซ๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’ ๐‘ฉ๐’†๐’‚๐’–๐’•๐’š. ๐‘ซ๐’Š๐’”๐’„๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“ ๐‘บ๐’‚๐’Ž๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ฐ๐’”๐’๐’‚๐’๐’….





๐’๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐„๐ฑ๐ก๐ข๐›๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง  ๐“๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐š ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž In celebration of History Month and the Pang...
11/08/2026

๐’๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐„๐ฑ๐ก๐ข๐›๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐“๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐š ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž

In celebration of History Month and the Pangapog Festival, the Island Garden City of Samal through the City Investment and Tourism Office (CITO) -Culture and Arts Unit facilitated an ๐˜ผ๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™›๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™€๐™ญ๐™๐™ž๐™—๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ showcasing the rich history, culture, and identity of the island.

Running from ๐˜ผ๐™ช๐™œ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ 7โ€“15, 2026, ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐˜ผ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ช๐™ข, ๐˜พ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™ƒ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ž๐™ก๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ, ๐™Ž๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™–๐™œ, ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ข๐™–๐™ก ๐˜ฟ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ, ๐™„๐™‚๐˜ผ๐˜พ๐™Š๐™Ž, the exhibition features a curated collection of ๐™œ๐™š๐™ค๐™ก๐™ค๐™œ๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™˜๐™ž๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™จ, ๐™–๐™ง๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™š๐™ค๐™ก๐™ค๐™œ๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™›๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™จ, ๐™ฅ๐™๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฅ๐™๐™จ, ๐™™๐™ค๐™˜๐™ช๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™จ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ ๐™จ that tell the story of Samal Islandโ€”from its geological beginnings and early settlements to the traditions, experiences, and contributions of its people.

Designed to connect nature, history, and culture, the exhibition aims to preserve and showcase Islandโ€™s local heritage while providing citizens, particularly the youth, with meaningful opportunities to learn and appreciate the islandโ€™s past.

Beyond education and preservation, the exhibition highlights the importance of heritage in sustainable tourism and community development. Each artifact represents a piece of Islandโ€™s collective memory and reflects the identity of its people.

The public is invited to visit the exhibition, rediscover the stories of the island, and appreciate the cultural treasures that continue to shape the Samalenyo identity.

๐‹๐†๐” ๐ˆ๐†๐€๐‚๐Ž๐’ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐๐š๐ง๐š๐จ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐๐ž ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ 2026The Local Government Unit of the Island Garden...
07/08/2026

๐‹๐†๐” ๐ˆ๐†๐€๐‚๐Ž๐’ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐๐š๐ง๐š๐จ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐๐ž ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ 2026

The Local Government Unit of the Island Garden City of Samal (LGU IGACOS), through the City Investment and Tourism Office (CITO) in partnership with Hugpong Manggagama sa Isla (HUGMAI), proudly participates in the ๐‘ด๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ป๐’“๐’‚๐’…๐’† ๐‘ฌ๐’™๐’‘๐’ 2026 in celebration of the Kadayawan Festival.

The expo runs from ๐‘จ๐’–๐’ˆ๐’–๐’”๐’• 7 ๐’•๐’ 11, 2026, at ๐‘จ๐’š๐’‚๐’๐’‚ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’๐’๐’” ๐‘จ๐’ƒ๐’“๐’†๐’†๐’›๐’‚, ๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’—๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ช๐’Š๐’•๐’š, bringing together exhibitors from across Mindanao to showcase the regionโ€™s finest products, craftsmanship, and local industries.

At the IGACOS booth, visitors can explore and purchase a variety of authentic Samal Island products, including ๐’๐’๐’„๐’‚๐’๐’๐’š ๐’„๐’“๐’‚๐’‡๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’”๐’๐’–๐’—๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’“๐’”, ๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’…๐’„๐’“๐’‚๐’‡๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’Ž๐’”, ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’š-๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’…๐’–๐’„๐’•๐’”, and ๐’…๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’Š๐’๐’–๐’” ๐’‘๐’‚๐’”๐’‚๐’๐’–๐’ƒ๐’๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‡๐’๐’๐’… ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’…๐’–๐’„๐’•๐’”. Each product reflects the creativity, craftsmanship, and rich heritage of Samaleรฑo artisans and entrepreneurs, highlighting the islandโ€™s thriving local industries.

This participation shows support for local entrepreneurs by expanding market opportunities for their products, fostering the growth of community-based businesses, and promoting greater appreciation of locally made goods that reflect the identity and craftsmanship of Samal Island.

Inviting everyone to visit ๐‘ณ๐‘ฎ๐‘ผ ๐‘ฐ๐‘ฎ๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ถ๐‘บ ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’๐’•๐’‰ ๐‘ต๐’. 42 and discover the finest products proudly made in Samal Island.





36 ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐’๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆA total of 36 ๐’๐’Š๐’‡๐’†๐’ˆ๐’–๐’‚๐’“๐’… ๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’†๐’” successfully com...
06/08/2026

36 ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐’๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ

A total of 36 ๐’๐’Š๐’‡๐’†๐’ˆ๐’–๐’‚๐’“๐’… ๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’†๐’” successfully completed the ๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’‡๐’†๐’ˆ๐’–๐’‚๐’“๐’… ๐‘ป๐’“๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘ท๐’“๐’๐’ˆ๐’“๐’‚๐’Ž and were formally recognized during the ๐™‡๐™ž๐™›๐™š๐™œ๐™ช๐™–๐™ง๐™™ ๐™๐™ง๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™‚๐™ง๐™–๐™™๐™ช๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐˜พ๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฎ held ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐˜ผ๐™ช๐™œ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ 5, 2026, at ๐™”๐™ž๐™–๐™ก๐™ค๐™จ ๐™๐™š๐™จ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ, ๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™๐™–๐™œ๐™—๐™–๐™ค๐™—๐™ค, ๐™†๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™–๐™ฃ ๐˜ฟ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ, ๐™„๐™จ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™‚๐™–๐™ง๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐˜พ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ข๐™–๐™ก.

The training program, organized through the collaborative efforts of the ๐‘บ๐’‚๐’Ž๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ฐ๐’”๐’๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ฉ๐’†๐’‚๐’„๐’‰ ๐‘น๐’†๐’”๐’๐’“๐’• ๐‘จ๐’”๐’”๐’๐’„๐’Š๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ (๐‘บ๐‘ฐ๐‘ฉ๐‘น๐‘จ), the ๐‹๐†๐”-๐ˆ๐†๐€๐‚๐Ž๐’ through the ๐‘ช๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’—๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ป๐’๐’–๐’“๐’Š๐’”๐’Ž ๐‘ถ๐’‡๐’‡๐’Š๐’„๐’† (๐‘ช๐‘ฐ๐‘ป๐‘ถ), the ๐‘ช๐’๐’‚๐’”๐’• ๐‘ฎ๐’–๐’‚๐’“๐’… ๐‘ซ๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’Š๐’„๐’• ๐‘บ๐’๐’–๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’‚๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’ ๐‘ด๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’ and the ๐‘ช๐’๐’‚๐’”๐’• ๐‘ฎ๐’–๐’‚๐’“๐’… ๐‘บ๐’•๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐‘ฐ๐‘ฎ๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ถ๐‘บ, equipped participants with the essential knowledge and practical skills in water rescue, emergency response, first aid, basic life support, and beach safety.

The graduation ceremony was attended by ๐˜พ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™‡๐™š๐™ข๐™ช๐™š๐™ก ๐™. ๐™๐™š๐™ฎ๐™š๐™จ represented by ๐™ˆ๐™ง. ๐™…๐™ค๐™จ๐™š ๐™€๐™ฃ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™š ๐™‡๐™–๐™ช๐™ง๐™š๐™ก ๐™„๐™„๐™„, ๐˜พ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™‘๐™ž๐™˜๐™š ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™๐™ž๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ง๐™™ ๐™‚๐™ช๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ค๐™ก๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ represented by ๐™ˆ๐™ง. ๐™•๐™ค๐™จ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ž ๐˜ฝ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ, SP Committee on Tourism Chairperson, ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ฃ. ๐˜พ๐™ก๐™–๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™ฃ ๐˜ฟ๐™–๐™ซ๐™ž๐™™ represented by ๐™ˆ๐™ง. ๐™…๐™ช๐™ฃ ๐™€๐™ง๐™ก ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฏ๐™–๐™™๐™ค, Barangay Tagbaobo ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ฃ. ๐™•๐™š๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ž๐™™๐™– ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ, SIBRA President, ๐™ˆ๐™จ. ๐™๐™ช๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™๐™ฎ, City Investment and Tourism Officer, ๐˜ผ๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ฎ. ๐™„๐™ง๐™ฎ๐™จ๐™๐™š๐™ก๐™ก ๐™‹. ๐™‘๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™œ๐™–๐™จ, ๐™๐™€๐˜ฝ, ๐™ˆ๐™Ž๐™€๐™๐™ˆ, ๐™‡๐™๐™…๐™‚ ๐™๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก๐™™ ๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™–, ๐™‹๐˜พ๐™‚ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™‹๐™Š1 ๐˜ผ๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ค ๐™ˆ. ๐™๐™ž๐™—๐™ก๐™š๐™ฏ๐™–.

The graduation of 36 newly trained lifeguards marks another significant milestone in strengthening Samal Islandโ€™s commitment to providing a safe, secure, bridge-ready and world-class tourism experience.

28๐ญ๐ก ๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฉ๐จ๐  ๐…๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ 2026: ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐๐š๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌExperience the rich culture, traditions, and vibrant heritage of the ...
05/08/2026

28๐ญ๐ก ๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฉ๐จ๐  ๐…๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ 2026: ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐๐š๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ

Experience the rich culture, traditions, and vibrant heritage of the Indigenous Peoples of the Island Garden City of Samal (IGACOS) as we celebrate the 28๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ด ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ 7โ€“9, 2026.

Join us for three days of meaningful cultural activities, including the ๐™Š๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™–๐™ก, ๐™๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ ๐™จ๐™œ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™จ๐™จ, ๐˜พ๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™–๐™ก ๐™‹๐™–๐™ง๐™–๐™™๐™š, ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ž๐™œ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ ๐˜พ๐™ช๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™Ž๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™˜๐™–๐™จ๐™š, ๐™„๐™‹ ๐™‹๐™ง๐™ค๐™™๐™ช๐™˜๐™ฉ ๐˜ฟ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฎ, ๐™๐™ง๐™–๐™™๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™‚๐™–๐™ข๐™š๐™จ, ๐˜ผ๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ข๐™– ๐˜ฟ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™‹๐™š๐™ง๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š๐™จ, ๐™ˆ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™‹๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ, and many more.

Celebrate the spirit of unity, gratitude, and cultural pride through this yearโ€™s theme:

โ€œ๐‘ท๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’‘๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’‘๐’๐’ˆ ๐’”๐’‚ ๐‘ฒ๐’Š๐’‚-๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’…๐’‚๐’, ๐‘ท๐’Š๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’”๐’‚๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’๐’Œ๐’‚๐’ ๐’๐’‚ ๐‘ฒ๐’‚-๐’–๐’•๐’‚๐’˜๐’‚๐’ ๐’๐’‚ ๐‘ป๐’“๐’Š๐’ƒ๐’–โ€
(Thanksgiving of Nature, Unity of the Tribes)

Lead Office: ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž (๐ˆ๐๐Œ๐‘) ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž

In support of: ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ๐จ๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž (๐‚๐Œ๐Ž) ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐“๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž (๐‚๐ˆ๐“๐Ž)





๐๐”๐๐‹๐ˆ๐‚ ๐€๐ƒ๐•๐ˆ๐’๐Ž๐‘๐˜Taklobo Tours is back in operation!Good news! We are pleased to announce that ๐‘ป๐’‚๐’Œ๐’๐’๐’ƒ๐’ ๐‘ป๐’๐’–๐’“๐’” has ๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’–๐’Ž๐’†๐’… i...
04/08/2026

๐๐”๐๐‹๐ˆ๐‚ ๐€๐ƒ๐•๐ˆ๐’๐Ž๐‘๐˜

Taklobo Tours is back in operation!

Good news! We are pleased to announce that ๐‘ป๐’‚๐’Œ๐’๐’๐’ƒ๐’ ๐‘ป๐’๐’–๐’“๐’” has ๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’–๐’Ž๐’†๐’… its regular operations today, ๐‘จ๐’–๐’ˆ๐’–๐’”๐’• 4, 2026, following the improvement of water clarity and overall tour conditions.

Guests are once again welcome to experience the islandโ€™s remarkable giant clam sanctuary and learn about the importance of marine conservation while enjoying the natural beauty of Samal Island.

We sincerely thank everyone for your patience, understanding, and continued support during the temporary closure. We look forward to seeing you at Taklobo Tours!

-Taklobo Tours Management-

๐™‹๐™๐˜ฝ๐™‡๐™„๐˜พ ๐˜ผ๐˜ฟ๐™‘๐™„๐™Ž๐™Š๐™๐™”Please be informed that ๐™๐™–๐™ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™—๐™ค ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™จ will be ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™˜๐™ก๐™ค๐™จ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ, ๐˜ผ๐™ช๐™œ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ 3, 2026, due to poor under...
03/08/2026

๐™‹๐™๐˜ฝ๐™‡๐™„๐˜พ ๐˜ผ๐˜ฟ๐™‘๐™„๐™Ž๐™Š๐™๐™”

Please be informed that ๐™๐™–๐™ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™—๐™ค ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™จ will be ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™˜๐™ก๐™ค๐™จ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ, ๐˜ผ๐™ช๐™œ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ 3, 2026, due to poor underwater visibility caused by unclear water conditions.

This temporary closure is being implemented to ensure the safety of visitors and to provide the best possible experience for all guests.

We appreciate your understanding and cooperation. Please stay tuned for further updates regarding the resumption of operations.

Thank you.

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Sitio Maag
Samal
8119

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Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
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