Oslob
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Oslob is a small village south of Cebu City, near the southern tip of Cebu Island. It has started blossoming into a tourist stop due to whale sharks that swim close to the coast. This tourist attraction is controversial because fisherman lure them into the coast by feeding them. It is left to the reader to decide if they want to support this.Get in
By bus from Cebu City (3 hr), Bato (20 min), Moalboal (first 1½-hr bus ride to Bato, from there another 20-min ride to Oslob).
It's a bit trickier to get from Dumaguete: first take a short jeepney () or tricycle () ride to Sibulan port (3 km north of Dumaguete center), get on a jetty to Cebu island (it runs every hour, journey time 30 min, ), from there it's a 20-minute tricycle () or jeepney () ride to Oslob. In general, jetties and buses are synchronised so that bus waits and leaves right after jetty arrives. It is also possible to get a bus all the way to Oslob from Ceres bus station in Dumaguete, though you pay separately for the ferry.
See
Tumalog fallsA cascading waterfall. Ask someone in the village to take you there, cost for a ride about .
Sumilon IslandCan be visited on organised boat trip which starts regularly at the whale shark-watching point.
Do
- Packages are also available like the Whale Shark Canyoneering Day Tour Package which includes activities such as whale shark watching and canyoneering in Badian.
Buy
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DPB Bank atm
address: Tourism Office
Eat
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7-Eleven
address: N Bacalso Avenue -
Julie's Bakeshop
address: N Bacalso Avenue
Drink
- Aaron's Resort have food and drinks. Their tuna steak is good and the beer is cold.
Sleep
About a dozen hotels exist in Oslob.
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Friendly's Resort
address: Barangay Tan-awanFan room overlooking the sea. -
Casa Bonita Inn Backpackers Hostel
phone: +63 933-200-0000address: Tan-awanHot showers and free Wi-Fi. -
Sharky Hostel
phone: +63 915-411-6424address: Brgy Tan-awanHas 8 or 10 bed dorms. Free Wi-Fi. -
Island View Pension house
phone: +63 9751563939address: Lagunde OslobA bed is a 12-bed fan dorm. Free Wi-Fi. Breakfast .
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Guilly's Place
address: N Bacalso Avenuefan single room, free wifi.
Sumilon Island
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Bluewater Sumilon Beach Resort
phone: +63 32 3183129address: Sumilon Island