Biri Island: Philippines' Grand Canyon Version

Right when you arrive at Bel-at Rock Formation you will be greeted with this picturesque view...

We have long-planned of going to Biri... Years gone by... scheduled and re-scheduled... to go or to postpone or to cancel. Me and my best buddies have been researching, checking weather forecasts and all just to make sure that we get a hassle-free trip to this beautiful Rock Formations.

This year, we went for a go... Even if the forecast was gloomy and rainy... We booked our hotel at Villa Amor Resort (thank God, Facebook came in handy... We were able to get their contact numbers.) for a 3Days/2Nights stay last week. Now since the weather was going wild, I opted to call the Hotel and asked for the weather in Biri. Well, the forecast was all wrong... So we took the risk and pursued the planned adventure...

Tuesday morning, July 16, 2013 to be exact... we left Sorsogon City and drove to Matnog.

High hopes to catch the sun, we moved on optimistic... When we arrived to Matnog Port, we were able to get a paid parking inside the Port. We paid Php 162.00 only for a 3-days worry-free parking. Then we waited for like a few minutes for the RORO to sail to Allen... and still waiting with no guarantee of it's departure time, I started to get anxious and was wasting too much time waiting. So, considering the calm seas, we took a shot and go for one-way-straight to Biri boat and rented it for Php 2,300.00 after haggling. :) It was a 2-engine boat that gave way to a faster travel time of 1.5hours to 2.

That's Phill--thumbs up for the great ride. From afar that's Biri Island.

When we arrived to Biri, the boatmen decided that they will wait for us instead and asked for a Php 5,000.00 boat rental from and back to Matnog. With our boat in-place, we worry no more of our way back. So, we took a habal-habal ride to our Hotel (which wasn't that far from the port) and those habal-habal riders became our official tourguides as well.

Our Habal-Habal riders/tourguides with Phill

Day 1. We took the chance of going to Magasang Rock Formation first. And what caught our eyes was a true beauty of nature... 

Magasang (on the left) and Magsapad (on the right) Rock Formations from afar

We did long walks from the drop-off point to these two rock formations. It's amazing to take each step and you are given totally different perspective of it's beauty.