Pamalican Island
Why
Pamalican Island
is specialPamalican is an alluring small island. It has tropical foliage and is studded with coconut trees. It's fringed with powdery white-sand beaches, and is rimmed with crystal-clear seawaters flanked by coral reefs.
Pamalican Island tips and insights
Amanpulo Resort
Pamalican Island is the home of the Amanpulo Resort, one of the world's most secluded luxury resorts for unwinding and rejuvenating. Amanpulo means "peaceful island" and that it is.
Accommodations
The entire island is privately owned and is for the exclusive use of the fewer than 100 Amanpulo Resort guests. Amanpulo has several dozen posh casitas (cottages) plus some equally stylish hillside, treetop and villa accommodations.
Small island
I walked leisurely around Pamalican Island on the beach in under 2 hours.
Getting there
This luxury retreat lies southwest of Manila. It is slightly over one hour away by scheduled 19-passenger charter air service. This is the only means of transportation in and out for guests, which adds to the isolation appeal.
Recreational activities
The Amanpulo offers a surprising wide variety of quality sea and beach recreation for the island's small size.
- You can enjoy diving, snorkeling, fishing, sailing, windsurfing, beachcombing and sunset cruising.
- Or, you can simply bask on the Pamalican's uncrowded, pristine beach.
- You can even arrange a romantic beachside barbecue for two (see photo on page one).
They include swimming the 30-meter (100-foot) pool, walking the island's nature trails, and exploring the labyrinth of foliage-flanked narrow dirt roads in your personal golf cart (each casita has one).
