El Nido - Apulit Island 2

The one thing I was amazed to see swimming underneath our cabin, was baby black tip sharks. They would swim right up to the beach too. They were more scared of us, than we were of them! A few times we saw them when snorkelling.

Baby black tip shark

 The snorkelling was amazing and the pictures just can't do it justice, but hopefully they can give an idea.

View of the snorkelling.

Another baby black tip.

 Breakfast was at the main area of the resort. It really was beautifully laid out and it was utterly relaxing to be there. The staff were phenomenal and nothing was too much trouble.

Dining area

 Every way we looked on the island, the view was incredible. It was almost too much to take in.

View from the main bay

 The swimming pool was newly completed and it was sooooo warm. Literally like a bath. We sat in the pool for hours on one of the days.

View of the massage hut 

 The beach area was lovely. The sand is white, but not as fine as it is at Boracay. We fell asleep on some of the deck chairs under the beach umbrella. Truly a relaxing time :-)

The first day we were there, we got ourselves a canoe and explored the island. We pulled it up on West Beach and did a lot of snorkelling there.

View from the canoe of cabins 45 - 50 odd.

 Lets just be honest! Brad did most of the paddling, and I did most of the photography :-) My hero because it was really tiring! Especially considering how much of the island we went around.

The main man himself :-) 

Another view of some of the cabins from the canoe

A view back to the main beach from the canoe

 The water was so clear! It was incredible to swim in such clear water. Honestly, none of these pics have been photoshopped!

Funky rock at the end of the bay

Another view back to the main beach

Absolutely clear water!

One of my favourite shots of the main bay

I already mentioned that we didn't stay in the main bay. We had one of the cabins with steps going down into the water. It was quieter on the side our cabin was on. It was amazing to be able to head into the water straight off the balcony. A real treat!!

A row of cabins like our one

I couldn't get enough of seeing such stunning views everywhere I looked! It was almost too much to take in!

Another view of the water

At one point we tied our canoe up to our steps to take a break from the heavy work of paddling :-)

Our cabin :-)

West beach was further along the island on the side where our cabin was. It was so peaceful and quiet and the snorkelling in that area was superb. Well all the snorkelling was amazing, but this section of the island had a drop off where a lot of fish were chilling. It was one of the areas where I saw a baby black tip shark while snorkelling.

West beach area

More West Beach

Below is a picture of the snorkelling at West Beach. In the distance you can see where the coral starts and beyond that was the drop off.

Snorkelling at West Beach

The drop off at West Beach

That's it for this update. Again, more to follow for Apulit Island. Too much to include in just one post.