Gigantes Island

Visit Isla Gigantes, officially called “Islas de Gigantes” and popularly referred to as “Gigantes Island” or “Islas Gigantes.” If you’ve already been to other well-known islands in the Philippines, such as Boracay and Palawan (El Nido, Coron, Port Barton, San Vicente/Long Beach, and Puerto Princesa), you are probably a beach lover, and you will for sure enjoy Gigantes.

Isla Gigantes is an island off the coast of Iloilo with white sand beaches, beautiful rock formations, and expansive sandbars. It is said that the skeletons of huge humans were unearthed on the Isla Gigantes, a renowned tourist destination in Iloilo.

Gigantes Island Attractions

Cabugao Gamay

The island resort of Cabugao is beautiful. Its location is characterized by two rocky outcroppings connected by a thin “sandbar” that juts out into the water. The island’s small shape, with lush vegetation at one end and stunning rock formations at the other, has made it famous, and not just among locals (“Gamay” means small in the local language).

Island hoppers and day-trippers make up the vast majority of the island’s tourists.

Take a dip in the turquoise waters, or just relax on the white sandbar that runs down the middle of the island for a true island getaway.
The beach is dotted with palm trees, which offer welcome relief from the midday sun.

A photo taken from the highest point on Gigantes will forever remain the most recognizable photograph of the island. Famous views may be seen at the summit of the short but steep bamboo stairway.

Tourists flock to a particular spot on Cabugao Gamay known as “selfie island” because it provides a perfect vantage point for taking images of the island and its surroundings.