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Whale Shark Snorkeling w/ Tumalog Falls & Canyoneering in Kawasan

Name: Whale Shark Snorkeling w/ Tumalog Falls & Canyoneering in Kawasan
Brand: Cebu Tours
SKU: 41718P12
Price: 187.00 USD
Rating: 5.0 (55 reviews)

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Private Whale Shark Watching and Canyoneering in Kawasan Falls Tour

16 hours
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Spend an exciting day in Cebu on a whale shark watching and canyoneering tour. With a private guide, head out on the water and keep your eyes peeled for the world’s largest fish—the whale shark. Then, head to Tumalog Falls for a refreshing dip before getting your adrenaline pumping with a fun canyoneering adventure that ends at Kawasan Falls.

Learn about the area’s ecosystem from your tour guide
A light breakfast, packed lunch, and entrance fees are included
Upgrade to snorkel or swim with the whale sharks
A private tour means a personalized experience

What's Included

Local Facilitator and Guide
Private Air-Conditioned Transportation – Pick up and drop off in any hotel, resort and residences
Native Light Breakfast (Hot Choco, Banana, Egg and Bread)
Lunch with one round of drinks (Soft drinks or bottled mineral water)
Swimming with the Whale Sharks w/ lifevest and mask
Cool down at Tumalog Falls (Entrance Fee included)
Canyoneering Entrance fees, Life jacket, Aqua Shoes, Waterproof Drybag, Bottled Water, Helmets

Camera Rental (P1000 for GoPro Hero5 and up – SD Card not included) – (micro SD Class 10)
Motorbike to Tumalog Falls (P50 per head roundtrip)

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

We will pick up guests from any hotel in Mactan or Cebu City or even from residences in Cebu City.

What To Expect

Oslob Whale Shark Watching

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Tumalog Falls

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Canyoneering Cebu Badian, Adventure

4 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Kawasan Falls

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Near public transportation
Not recommended for travelers with back problems

Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

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Featured review

YinYin_W

Thank you to Bobby, our driver who took exceptionally good care of us. We requested to be dropped off at Moalboal after the tour, and he kindly accommodated and sent us to our hotel. He also showed us baby sharks along the way to canyoneering. Thanks so much Bobby!! Also want to say thank you to our canyoneering guides, Shyra and Jamela. They made the adventure so much more fun with their enthusiasm, singing and just positive energy. They took the most amazing photos of us, knew all the angles etc. We were pretty tired after whale sharks but their energy hyped us up. Thank you so much guys! You really made the tour special. Unfortunately couldn’t do the tumalog falls because it was closed. But got refunded for that. We also thought canyoneering definitely made up for it. An amazing private tour!

Reviews

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Thank you Bobby, Shyra & Jamela!

YinYin_W, Mar 2024

Response from Host, Mar 2024

Thank you so much for your wonderful review, we appreciate it. Hope to see you again in Cebu.

Cool experience but a lot of annoyances

Ryan_C, Dec 2023

The Whale Shark swimming was great, but many of the other details left me frustrated. In full disclosure, the canyoneering was canceled due to high rain, I was reimbursed for the cost of this and feel content with that portion. We started the day with a 0330 pickup from our resort in Mactan. We asked the driver about breakfast, but he made no reference to the fact that we would get breakfast in Oslob, once we arrived. As a result we stopped at a pit stop, loaded up on packaged food, then got to the location for a surprise breakfast. This is fine, just annoying that it wasn’t communicated. After the 3-hr drive we arrived in Oslob. The first thing you have to do is stand in line to get a ticket (covered by the tour company) for a whale shark experience. Due to our stop along the way, we were actually quite late when getting a ticket number, so we had about a 4 hour wait from ticket pickup to tour. The first thing we did was get breakfast, which was covered by the company and fine (toast, egg, banana and jam). Afterwards we went to a waterfall nearby. This was fun, you could wade in the water and take pictures. We had to pay 50 pesos per person for this, which was mildly annoying, but not overly expensive. After the waterfall we went back to the whale shark area, where we had to wait for 90-min for a boat to take us out. Our tour guide told us we were number 189, but we were actually 198, which was annoying, but not the end of the world. Only about a 15 min delay. Swimming with the whale sharks was amazing. Afterwards, due to traffic, our return trip took 5-hrs. All things considered we spent 10 hours in a van or in a chair for 30-min of swimming and 45 min at a nice waterfall. Maybe it’s worth it to you, I’m personally on the fence. I would not recommend anyone stay in Mactan. There is no upside, staying in Cebu City or Lapu Lapu would make more sense. I wish my tour guide was more personable and talked more. I wish someone would have provided an overview of our itinerary so we could have planned meals or set expectations for my kids.

Response from Host, Jan 2024

Hi, thank you for your honest feedback, and we appreciate it, we will talk to our drivers and will tell them to brief you in the future of whats gonna happen. Yes its true, that Oslob is very far, when you travel dawn time, it wont reach 3 hours however in going back to the city, it will be 4 to 5 hrs cuz of the heavy traffic. Again, we apologize and we thank you for your review. Hope to see you again

Just do it!

Michael_D, Oct 2023

Perfect private driver, perfect tour guides. Amazing experience overall. Will be using viator next time.

Response from Host, Oct 2023

Just do it! :) Thank you for this wonderful feedback about our Whale Shark Snorkeling w/ Tumalog Falls & Canyoneering in Kawasan tour package, we appreciate it. We hope to see you again in Cebu in our other tours .

Amazing

Anthony_G, Aug 2023

The locals were phenomenal and helpful and made sure I was happy and taken care of. I would definitely recommend

Response from Host, Aug 2023

Hi, Thank you so much for your wonderful review we appreciate it and we hope to see you again in the future.

Really good time

Samuel_T, May 2023

Trip was well organised and you get to spend a solid 30 minutes swimming with the whale sharks. Unfortunately I couldn’t do the canyoneering because of weather conditions but I did get a refund for that activity and I was informed before starting the trip.

Response from Host, May 2023

Thank you so much for your review, we appreciate it. Hope to see you again in Cebu.

Absolutely must do in Cebu

David_J, May 2023

Awesome tour! Very professional and well organized. The whale shark experience was phenomenal. The canyoneering is NOT for those out of shape or uncoordinated. I’m a 53 year old former United States Marine and was exhausted at the end of it. My only complaint is the tipping culture. Would rather have Cebu Tours raise prices than have an ambiguous but expected - and in some cases “hassling” - tipping environment.

Response from Host, May 2023

Hi, thank you so much for your wonderful review, we appreciate it. Hope to see you again in Cebu with our other tour packages.

Must do tour when visiting Cebu!!!!

tvc8g7p2mq, Apr 2023

Wow what an experience! The whale shark experience seems very chaotic at first but Marlita was very informative and explained the whole process very well. She is very friendly and helpful. Josef picked me up from Shangri-La Mactan at 3:30 am and dropped me off by 7:00pm. It was a lot of driving and fun talking with him. Ramel was my guide during the canyoneering and zip line experience. My friend canceled last minute and he made the trip fun and took a bunch of pictures of me during hike. I definitely recommend this trip.

Response from Host, Apr 2023

Thank you so much for your wonderful review, we appreciate it. Hope to see you again in Cebu.

Awesome Experience

Thomas_K, Mar 2023

Everything went very well. Both tour guides and our driver were top notch. The tour guides were very friendly and went above and beyond to ensure we had a safe and exciting experience.

Response from Host, Mar 2023

Thank you so much for your wonderful review, appreciate it . Hope to see you again in Cebu.

Whale shark watching and Moalboal for Turtles and the Sardine run.

Sigve_R, Feb 2023

We booked a round trip with whaleshark watching, tumalog falls and Canyoneering in Kawasan Falls. Unfortunelately both Kawasan Falls and Tumalog Falls where closed due to heavy rains the day before and flooding. We got offered a refund for that part of the trip or a substitute to go to moalboal for snorkling in the sardine run. We wen’t for the substitute and had a great day snorkling with the sardines and a turtle. Ofcourse we would like to do the canyoneering, but can’t do anything about the weather and the company can’t be blamed here. We had the option to reschedule the entire day but that didn’t match our travel plans. The day ended up great anyways. Now for the trip. The pick up is dead early, 03:00 am. Don’t plan to sleep in the car if you’re not a easy sleeper. The Road is bumpy and there is actually a bit Traffic.. go to sleep early. We had a flat tire in the middle of the night in pitch dark, luckily the driver was prepared and we we’re back on the Road after 15 minutes. We arrived in Oslob around 0700 am. There was alot of people, first you stand in the line to register for swimming. Then you get your number. We had a bit waiting so we wen’t for breakfast in the time before it was our turn. The guide took care of all this. When it was our turn we joined a boat that had Seats for two extra. All boat are about 8-10 pax. I highly recommend renting a go-pro camera before this. (P500) The boat man will handle the camera and assist you in getting alot of cool pictures/videos with the whale shark. he captured quite some cool ones! I think we had about 20-30 minutes in the water with the whalesharks. It’s mandatory to wear a life jacket on the boat, but if you’re a good swimmer you are allowed to take it off before swimming. When in water we got really really close up to the whale sharks, it was quite an experience. And we also got some really cool pictures. You also had the option to stay close and holding on to the boat if you just wan’t to watch them on a little bit of a safe distance. The boat has wooden «Rails» that are nice holding on to. After the swim we had a fresh water shower before going to the go-pro place where they transfer the pictures directly to your phone. We then wen’t to lunch, a bit early because Tumalog Falls was cancelled. Then we wen’t to moalboal and had a great day. Here we also rented a go-pro and the guide handled it for us capturing some cool pictures of us, the sardines and the turtles. All in all a good day, highly recommend 🤩

Response from Host, Feb 2023

Thank you so much for your detailed feedback and review about our Whale Shark Watching and Canyoneering in Kawasan Falls Tour package, we are sorry that you were not able to visit Tumalog falls and canyoneering at that day. Hope to see you again on these tours.

Everyone must do this!!

Sarah_B, Apr 2022

Definitely recommend this tour. Everything was perfectly organised. All staff involved were fantastic- from the driver, tour guide, canyoneering guide. We paid a bit extra to take the zip line into the canyoneering which was worthwhile. The close up experience with the whale sharks was something we will remember forever. Our kids (8 and 10 years) joined us for this tour- long day, but they loved it also.

Response from Host, Apr 2022

Hi, thank you so much for your review. We appreciate it.

Canyoning war super, Walhaitauchen Massenabfertigung

Marcus_K, Feb 2023

Ein langer Tag mit vielen Erlebnissen, unser Fahrer Dindin hat uns um 3:30 am Hotel abgeholt und den ganzen Tag sicher und angenehm von einem Ort zum anderen gebracht. Wir haben mit den Tumalog Wasserfällen gestartet. Dort wird man gegen eine Gebühr von 50p mit einem Mottorrad den Berg hinab und später wieder hinauf gebracht. Ganz netter Wasserfall aber ordentlich überlaufen. Das Walhai Watching gleicht leider einer absoluten Massenabfertigung. Man wartet gefühlt Ewigkeiten, bis Mann dann ins Boot kommt und raus fährt. Dort darf Mann dann ins Wasser und die Walhaie werden an einem sprichwörtlich vorbei geführt. Die Haie sind beeindruckend, alles andere eher nicht. Vorher und hinterher gibt es einfaches Frühstück und Mittagessen. Highlite war die Canyoning Tour. Unser Guide Toni war super und hat sich echt viel Mühe gegeben und schon fast zu viele Fotos von uns gemacht. Fürs Zipplining am Anfang fallen nochmal 600p pro Person an, macht aber Spaß und erspart 45min Fußweg. Wie gesagt Canyoning war super. Die ganze Tour: kann man machen, muss man aber nicht.

Response from Host, Feb 2023

Hi thank you so much for your review about our Private Whale Shark Watching and Canyoneering in Kawasan Falls Tour package, we hope to see you again in Cebu in our other tours.