Announcing a new activity on Boracay, Zorbing! This sport originally from New Zealand, where you ride down a hill inside a giant inflatable bouncing ball is now in Boracay! Try the Hydro ride, splish and splash your way down the hill inside the giant ball or try the Harness ride, strap yourself in, roll head over heels down the hill! It’s really a lot of fun! Located near Ilig-Iligan, Yapak, Boracay, on the way to the bat cave. The Park opens 9am everyday and prices average around P350/pax.

The Sky Bar signage at Two Seasons Boracay. For your small group’s intimate and private function booking and reservation, contact Boracay.com at +63 2 367 1712 and +63 920 WOW BORA or via e-mail to travel@boracay.com

Yahoo! Travel just announced The World’s Most Popular Beaches of 2007, Topping the list is our very own Boracay Island in Aklan and on the number three (3) spot is Cebu also in the island of Visayas. Heres the complete list of Yahoo! Travel Most Popular Beaches of 2007:

1. Boracay Island, Philippines
2. Nassau, The Bahamas
3. Cebu, Philippines ( check it out on www.cebuprovince.com )
4. Phan Thiet, Vietnam
5. Montego Bay, Jamaica
6. Phuket, Thailand
7. Cozumel, Mexico
8. San Diego, California
9. Honolulu, Hawaii
10. San Juan, Puerto Rico

The world-famous island of Boracay is located in Aklan province 345 kms. South of Manila. The island is accessible by air from Manila or Cebu through two principal gateways: Caticlan airport or Kalibo airport.

Boracay has also been voted as one of the best beaches in the world by the BMW Tropical Beach Handbook. The British Publication TV Quick in its issue of December 21, 1996 gave the latest accolade for Boracay as the number one tropical beach in the world.

Gio of Boracay.com

Another evidence that Boracay has indeed crossed the threshold into becoming a regional, if not a global, tourist destination is in its drawing power to reel in local and foreign investments worth billions of pesos, in addition to its natural attraction to tourists both in the country and overseas. Those who stand to benefit from these are, needless to say, the Tirol clan who owned and continues to own much of the original properties on the island and the local populace in and around the island who can look forward to increased employment and livelihood opportunities.

One such major investm

This is The Beach to which HungryForWords.com CEO, Dominic Penaloza returned to for his dream beach wedding on May 5,2007. Photo courtesy of Dominic Penaloza.

BORACAY makes it again to the TOP 10 World's Best Beaches List !!!
according to Yahoo! Travel dated June 5,2007 ( source: http://travel.yahoo.com/beaches )
YAHOO! Travel's 2007 World's Best Beaches

1. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
2. Miami, Florida
3. Cancun, Mexico
4. Kaanapali, Hawaii
5. Honolulu, Hawaii
6. San Diego, California
7. Boracay Island, Philippines
8. Key West, Florida
9. Sydney, Australia
10. Santa Barbara, California

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