OH MY! HERMANA MENOR

September 28,2018

By: Jedha Lein Castro

 

                  Are you one of that beach fanatic during summer vacations? Have you ever heard about Hermana Menor of Zambales? If not, let me introduce you this one of the fantastic hidden gem of Zambales! 

Travelling is such a fun experience, but riding a bus for more than five hours, non-stop is such a pain in the ass! Well that’s just one of the struggles of travelling, but once you get to your  destination I’m sure its gonna be worth it!

Hermana Menor is located at Santa Cruz Zambales, You’ll never get away with the crystal clear water, crushed corals mixed with the sea sand and salt water omg! perfection is what it is. This place is really awesome because it is not that polluted like the other beaches you’ve been. It’s a new discovered island for the public because the residence in that area don’t want the travelers to ruin the place so that they just keep it in private, sad thing is one week after we went to that island, I heard some rumors that they decided to close the island again in public for renovations and building cottages for  better tourism.          There is also this Island next to Hermana Menor called Hermana Mayor that is like 10 times larger that Menor, I saw it from afar riding the boat going to Menor Island, and I can really tell that its bigger, I heard that some investors are planning on making that virgin island a big one for tourism and for my own opinion I would prefer it to be clean and simple island, better to keep it fresh, no one wouldn’t want to happen that the same situation like Boracay.  Zambales is known for its majestic beaches and historic places. If you are  a traveler I recommend you to visit Zambales.

They also have this amazing sandbar! Oh man you wouldn’t want to take out your feel onit. Its just perfect

 

 

HOW TO GET TO ZAMBALES!

If you’re from Manila:

• Take a bus from Cubao going to Olongapo, they have trips every hour or so. I recommend you to take a bus going to SCTEX, Express way its going to be 2 hours less bus ride.
• when you get to Olongapo take a bus going to Santa Cruz, tell to the conductor to drop you at Petron Station
• From there you will see a tricycle queue, that is only 50 pesos tell to the driver to take you to the boat station going to Hermana Menor
• Boat ride is 250/ 8 pax back and forth

If you’re from Olongapo:

• when you get to Olongapo take a bus going to Santa Cruz, tell to the conductor to stop you at Petron Station
• From there you will see a tricycle queue, that is only 50 pesos tell to the driver to take you to the boat station going to Hermana Menor
• Boat ride is 250/ 8 pax back and forth

 

RECOMMENDATIONS

• Bring your own food to the island, there’s a small canteen in there but there’s not much stuffs in there.
• You can also bring your own tent
• There’s a 100 peso environmental fee
• Bring some bags for your trash, the island is so clean that you will be embarrassed throwing your trashes.
• Take a lot of pictures, bring your power banks because there will be no electricity there.
• Lastly, Enjoy the island and make your the best memories while you’re there.

NOW ITS YOUR TURN TO WITNESS WHAT ZAMBALES CAN OFFER!