Kayakasia Philippines

27/12/2024

Rain or shine in the Tunnels Trails

25/12/2024

Day 4 - Christmas Eve
Paddling in the Christmas season always adds magic! A reminder that the best gifts often come without wrapping, sometimes in the form of newfound bonds coming from a shared adventure. Or that quiet wisdom that only nature can impart. When the shoreline got busier, it was a sign that the end of this 4-day Bohol Kayak Discovery is drawing near. But witnessing local families enjoying their holiday swims showed us that these shores belong first to those who call them home. The joy they feel when they're swimming in these waters is as much a part of the seascape as the waves themselves.

For 4 days, we became a part of the island's story. Our wake joins countless others in these waters where nature and humanity continue their ancient conversation.

Merry Christmas from the Philippine waters!

20/12/2024

Lessons deep into the evening. Explorations to far away during the day.

20/12/2024

Watching you... watching me.

float. rise.

- Coron Sunrise Trail

📸 Julius

13/12/2024

We launched from our most loved beach in El Nido today, Johnny's beach. But he wasn't there. He wasn't there the last time too. We hope he's alright. After a long breakfast, our second day began with a surf launch. White sandy beach, blue skies... And wind! Wind everywhere! We beached to our home in El Nido, the sun setting, the water calm, skin burnt, arms weary, spirits distilled, refreshed!

08/12/2024

Exploring different layers of clarity from sunrise to sunset.

06/12/2024

WE'RE ONE OF THE HUNDRED!

We're thrilled to announce that National Geographic's prestigious '100 Nights of a Lifetime - 100 Top Adventures After Dark' is now launched! and kayakasia Philippines' Firefly Kayaking Trail is chosen as 1 of the 100!

This National Geographic () feature is more than an honor. It's a powerful reminder that sustainable travel can inspire wonder, respect, and meaningful conservation.

As the only Philippine adventure featured in this one of a kind book, we reaffirm our stronger commitment to further protect delicate coastal ecosystems while creating immersive, responsible travel experiences showing how travel can be a force for environmental conservation.

Our night kayaking experience isn't just a tour—it's a journey of connection. Gliding silently through mangrove waterways, witnessing the magical dance of bioluminescent fireflies, we invite travelers to become guardians of nature, not just observers. Equally important, our trips are a bridge to local communities—the true stewards of these fragile environments.

Working hand-in-hand with the communities where we paddle ensures that our kayak trips supports not just ecological preservation, but the economic and cultural sustainability of the communities who call these ecosystems home.

Thank you for supporting our passion to explore, respect, and protect our beautiful natural world.

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Much love Aplaya Prod for the 📸 Chester & Ej

04/12/2024

Perfect resting area before a 4km cross. A cavern, roughly 3 storeys, with sea access which might have been easier if the tide was a bit higher. A patch of green begonias thriving on top of a boulder fallen years ago serves as a reception desk upon entry. On it as well was a colony of wasps set about to build a nest with a dripping stalactite causing precious delay. Kayaking into caves and witnessing the life inside that thrives is always fascinating!

04/12/2024

Some mornings of infinite blues and towering emerald draped karst cliffs. Jagged, weathered and razor sharp. From beneath you feel simultaneously insignificant yet deeply connected to something vast and timeless.

To be with the sea, to be with these islands—that is enough. Always enough.

03/12/2024

Afternoons under the canopy of this flooded forest never disappoint. This living ecosystem, a green leafy canopy, and an intricately dangled root network which sometimes look more like gnarled fingers reaching down pointing to our paddles. More often we find these channels to ourselves or with the occasional fisher, mangrove harvester. The forest's stillness broken only by our kayaks' wakes, our paddle strokes and stories of its magnificence.

19/11/2024

See you in Cebu!!!

18/11/2024

Well Summer got her first guest review!

16/11/2024

15/11/2024

15/11/2024

Always fascinates me to find sturdy native trees thriving on rocky cliffs. They're having the best view of the sea on the hardest of foundations. Greatly appreciate the shade and your presence in that short rest we did today.

03/11/2024

There's a moment when the kayak becomes an extension of yourself. When the paddle's rhythm syncs with the waves, and the boundary between vessel and paddler dissolves into something more fluid, more natural. This past week, we watched beginner paddlers discover this harmony along Bohol's ancient coastline. It reminded me why we choose to learn in wild places. To be in wild places.

This is 5-days of sea kayaking in the Philippines' first UNESCO GeoPark. And in between, master the forward stroke with a traditional Greenland paddle, learn rescues on moving water, attempting to read the sea, navigate through her moods, and understand that every skill gained is a key to unlocking new worlds.

We toured them to our best classroom in Bohol, and it had no walls. Lessons came with grains of sand, salt spray and adventure. They came to learn sea kayaking, we're hoping they left with something more - an intimate understanding of this remarkable island and its coastline, and the confidence to explore it under our own power.

23/10/2024

Mornings like this, when we paddle away from a quiet little beach miles off Coron town, always paints an excited little smile on our faces. Only a few kilometers away, bangkas are loading with tourists, all heading to the same island. But for us however, we're getting there on our own power. Our kayaks sliced through sun-kissed waters as the morning dew drips off the frangipani leaves. Fog lifts off the silky aquamarine sea, making it always feel like we're charting a new course each time through this limestone maze.

The bustle of morning rush on the Coron Passage fades as we shoulder the coast opposite our launch point. Beneath the embrace of limestone walls, we marvelled at their grey faces painted with stories of ancient corals pushed skyward. While others queue for photos at the famous lakes, we find hidden coves where sometimes juvenile reef sharks dart beneath our hulls and sea eagles nest on the towering karst temples.

That's the magic of exploring by kayak – you don't just see Coron, you feel its pulse. The rhythm of its currents becomes your rhythm, and your shoulders? Well, they'll definitely remember the shape of these shores (for a few days at least).

We pull up on a pocket beach. Lunch! The tide left grids on the sand like footprints. It took us a while to get settled here. To find one for our own.

These moments remind us why we chose this path. Why are we here. And how in our adventures still find ourselves in places loved by thousands, yet in it carve a corner for our solitude. Every trip writes a different story, but all flows back to familiar memories of Coron while we try to follow nature's current.

07/10/2024