Experience to be remembered, Swimming with the whale shark in Oslob

In Cebu, Oslob has gained popularity in tourism since 2011 and continuously growing yearly. Thanks to these World's Largest fish known as Whale Sharks, also named Tuki or Butanding by the locals. These juvenile gentle giants size starting from 20 feet in length!

For the first time, seeing these big whales with mouth opened as big as 5 meters did not fail to give chills to the bones!

Yet Butandings are harmless sea creatures feeding on plankton and small fishes. Swimming, snorkeling and observing them under water is fascinating and exciting!

We had a short briefing on precaution and safety before "the encounter" with these gentle giants.

Small boat paddled by boatman brough us to the crystal clear blue water where glimpse of these friendly mammals are remarklable visible.

Whale watching is only 20 to 30 meters away from the shoreline.

Life jackets and snorkeling gear is provided for our sake.

For the fearful swimmer, just hang on to your boat's bamboo floater. A safe position will allow u to see and get close to the whalesharks with no worries

It's now more than news or imagination for me. I was there! I experienced it first hand! And proud to have seen and swam with one of the most fascinating ocean creatures in my homeland, The Butanding or The Whale Sharks.

Contributed by Grace Vergara 2016.

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Swim with Cebu's Gentle Giants

After Manila, Cebu is my next city of choice. It has all the convenience a city girl like me prefers – shopping – and they have quality local products, good dining choices - and quite cheap too, accessibility and convenience in going around, abundance of tropical fruits, and this is the only place whose lechon I could eat, huge modern malls, beaches and the blue green sea surrounds the entire province, and perfect summer weather all year round. What more can one ask for?

Just recently when I went to the local tourism office in Manila, and was asking “what’s new”, they said we have whale sharks in Cebu.

Having been to Cebu countless times and had even lived there for almost a year, I realized that the sunny weather is conducive to have whale sharks all year round, unlike Donsol, where whale shark watching is quite seasonal. The question is where exactly and if the encounter is worth going there for.

I asked if they had photos and they showed me the video they took. I couldn’t believe my eyes that the juvenile whale shark was that “maamo” following their boat. I’d want to have that too!

So immediately, I called friends, checked out tickets to Cebu, and a couple of weeks later, we were off to Cebu.

We left early and had breakfast on the road. Oslob was some 3-4 hours ride from the city, and having a private transportation, it was really a lot convenient getting off at the right place where the short orientation/briefing is commenced.

Then off we go in our local paddle boat. There were already some visitor boats in the area watching the whale sharks.  When we joined them, it was only minutes when we saw one passing by. We could hardly contain our excitement, and we plunged into the water!

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