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Whale Shark Encounter and Sumilon Sandbar with Kawasan Falls
4.5

Whale Shark Encounter and Sumilon Sandbar with Kawasan Falls

By Cebu Tours
Recommended by 93% of travelers
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Ages 3-70
Duration: 14h
Start time: Check availability
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English


  • Light breakfast will be served upon arrival in Oslob
  • Full meal Lunch will be served after you visit Sumilon island sandbar
  • Private transportation
  • All Fees and Taxes
  • Local Tour Guide in all the spots mentioned above
  • Towels
  • Snorkeling or Swimming Fee with the whale sharks
  • Entry/Admission - Cebu Island
  • Entry/Admission - Tumalog Falls
  • Entry/Admission - Sumilon Island
  • Entry/Admission - Kawasan Falls
What's not included
  • Camera Rental, you can rent one from us and can be paid on the day of the tour


Departure details
  • Traveler pickup is offered.
  • We can pick up from any hotels in Cebu City, Mactan, or even in the South of Cebu. We also offer pickup from the airport, sea port or any residences within Cebu or Mactan area.
  • Hotel pickup is offered. View the hotel list on our checkout page to see if yours is included among the pickup points.

  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Stroller accessible
  • Near public transportation
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 41718P9

  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Most travelers can participate
  • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

  • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

How much is Whale Shark Encounter and Sumilon Sandbar with Kawasan Falls?
Whale Shark Encounter and Sumilon Sandbar with Kawasan Falls price starts from ₱8,813.33. Discover and book Whale Shark Encounter and Sumilon Sandbar with Kawasan Falls on Tripadvisor
What is the Whale Shark Encounter and Sumilon Sandbar with Kawasan Falls cancellation policy?
Whale Shark Encounter and Sumilon Sandbar with Kawasan Falls cancellation policy: For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience. Discover and book Whale Shark Encounter and Sumilon Sandbar with Kawasan Falls on Tripadvisor
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Whale Shark Encounter and Sumilon Sandbar with Kawasan Falls is hosted by Cebu Tours. Read reviews, discover additonal experiences or contact Cebu Tours on Tripadvisor. Discover and book Whale Shark Encounter and Sumilon Sandbar with Kawasan Falls on Tripadvisor

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Itinerary
  • You'll get picked up
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  • 1
    Oslob Whale Shark Watching
    Stop: 30 minutes - Admission included
    See details
  • 2
    Tumalog Falls
    Stop: 30 minutes - Admission included
    See details
  • 3
    Sumilon Island
    Stop: 2 hours - Admission included
    See details
  • 4
    Kawasan Falls
    Stop: 3 hours - Admission included
    See details
  • You'll return to the starting point
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About the operator
Cebu Tours
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Cebu City, Philippines

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  • BackPacker424835
    BackPacker424835
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    Great fun
    Great and fun experience. Staff with the tour were both professional and nice. It was worth the time.
  • 754vivienn
    754vivienn
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    Full on but THE BEST DAY
    It was an incredible experience all round!!! The early wake up was well worth it for the snorkelling experience with the whale sharks. Tumalog Fall was nice and picturesque but was heavily populated with other tourists. For canyoneering, we couldn't do Kawasan Falls as it was closed but alternatively did Kabutongan Falls which was EPICCCCC!!!!
  • Wayne I
    Wayne I
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    Bohol day tour from Cebu
    We stayed in Cebu for 4 nights to relax after a hectic tour of Okinawa with the intention of just relaxing at our resort but decided to do this trip to Bohol on our last full day. It was an early start (Collected from our resort at 4.30am) for the drive to the port where we caught the 6am ferry to Bohol (2 hr). We were collected in a private car by our driver/guide, Eric who took us to all of the listed attractions plus an additional stop at a place with butterflies and snakes. Eric was very knowledgeable and shared a lot of information on Philippines history, especially Bohol. We were returned to the Port in time to catch the 4.20pm ferry back to Cebu where we were again met by the driver for our return to our resort. The Chocolate Hills, optional ATV tour, Tarsiers, lunch on the floating restaurant with local tribal dancing and butterfly/snake attraction were all well worth seeing and although it was a long day, it was thoroughly enjoyable and I’d highly recommended.
  • 627minhquand
    627minhquand
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    No english
    The driver/guide did not speak English at all despite what was advertised. Very disappointed because the city tour is only as good as the stories that come with them
  • TaniaC2125
    TaniaC2125
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    fantastic day trip
    We had an amazing day. The whale sharks were spectacular, as we expected, but the catamaran trip to see the sardines and turtles was also incredible. I would like to thank Joseph (our driver for the day) for his patience as the traffic was insane in places (our day trip was almost 18 hours!). Also, the two guys (sorry, didn't catch their names) in charge of the catamaran really knew what they were doing and got beautiful photos / videos of our time with them.
  • Tiffany C
    Tiffany C
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    Do this, if you’ve got the time to spare.
    If you have time to kill on vacation and don’t mind sitting in traffic, this is a good option. The experience of swimming with the whale sharks was definitely a fun time, but that part of this trip itinerary only lasted 30 minutes. Overall, I would say TripAdvisor did a great job estimating the amount of travel time to and from the hotel to each excursion point but sitting in a car stuck in traffic felt like most of the trip. Our guides were friendly and knowledgeable, however waking up 3:30AM on vacation and driving for 3 hours to get to the Oslob location for the Whale Sharks was not ideal. It was overcast the day we visited the tumalog falls, and the island sandbar was mostly covered in water because of the high tides. It was cool to see the coral reef, however the area where we got to snorkel with sea turtles and the sardines was very crowded and close to the shore where trash was floating. Overall, I think this was a very well planned excursion — exactly what TripAdvisor lists, just not for us.
  • joeCworld
    joeCworld
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    Best Decision For Oslob
    The execution and coordination went smoothly without a hitch. Highly recommend booking this if you plan on doing Oslob excursions. It removes the burden to organize it yourself especially if you do not speak the local language. I am Filipino by decent and can somewhat speak to the locals. But even I thought booking this was a great decision. The company took care of everything. Their guide and driver who took us from and to did a fantastic job. We had an awesome time in Oslob.
  • picachua
    picachua
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    Super fun!
    Booking this Whale Watching and Alegria Canyoneering was the best activity of our Cebu mini-adventure! The tour operator was very professional and the arrangements and payments were so hassle-free. We started on time and all the drivers and guides made us feel safe and well-taken cared of. Shout out to our guides with the canyoneering, Rudy Lubino and RJ Apacio! The Tumalog Falls is must-see. The waters were icy blue and not your usual waterfall color, reminiscent of glacier lakes. Swimming with the butandings was awesome! Canyoneering was super fun and endorphin-filled! Yep, we’d recommend this to families who love outdoor activities! Thank you Cebutours!
  • 867jakeg
    867jakeg
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    Din Din was incredible! Thank u for the Day!!
    Our driver Din Din was incredible. Whale sharks amazing, turtles and sardines amazing! Thank you for the incredible day!
  • Ashujo
    Ashujo
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    Good experience
    The driver for the private tour was very good. He had knowledge of all places and was very clear on the itinerary. Very nice experience, highly recommended.
  • Alex D
    Alex D
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    Best day!
    This was the most incredible experience I will remember for the rest of my life. Teddy picked me up right on time and was a great driver. First part of the day was with Leo, the best tour guide!! He was kind, knowledgeable, fun to talk to, and a great photographer. He kept me informed about what was next throughout the day. I highly recommend renting the GoPro.
  • R4558FImarkt
    R4558FImarkt
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    Highly recommend
    Incredible tour. Our driver was excellent. Took tons of beautiful photos and the lunch was delicious
  • Jacob L
    Jacob L
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    Great organizers, very organized
    We were assigned a specific driver (Randy) and a coordinator (Melinda). This tour is complex with multiple transitions and arranged services, yet our fantastic team made everything easy. They helped us get tickets to see the whales in advance and adjusted things on the fly to make sure our day was perfect. We've done a lot of tours and this one was exceptional in it's organization and ease. The locations themselves are simply stunning. The whale sharks on their own would be totally worth it.
  • Gigi C
    Gigi C
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    Excellent service, Value for money
    We had such an amazing time, couldn’t recommend this package more! All the guides and our driver went above and beyond in ensuring we were safe, enthusiastically took photos and videos for us, and made sure we were on schedule to complete our very packed itinerary. Driver picked us up at 3.30am from our Mactan Island resort and we reached Oslob at 6.30am. There was already a very very long queue, but cebu tours had staff members in the queue acting as placeholders so we were brought all the way to the front of the queue and boarded our boat at 7.15am! Swimming with the whale sharks was such an incredible experience. Right after whale sharks, we were whisked off for breakfast (8.20am), then immediately got on the boat to sumilon island (8.40am), where we spent some time swimming in the clearest waters I’ve seen. By 9.30am, we were on the boat back from sumilon island, hopped straight onto the car and reached Tumalog falls at 10.05am. Spent a quick 25 minutes there snapping photos and going under the falls, then headed back to the car and to lunch (10.45am). After lunch, we made the 2 hour journey from Oslob to Moalboal, reached at 1pm and boarded our private boat. Moalboal island hopping ended at 4pm, then we made the 3.5h drive back to Mactan Island. Overall, what impressed me most was the smoothness/efficiency of the tour and the quality of service all our guides provided. Huge thanks to JayR (our Oslob guide) for being such an energetic guide and our driver Abam for working tirelessly to get us from place to place. Not forgetting our island hopping boat crew (didn’t get their names), whom made the greatest impression on me thanks to their amazing service and for making us feel so safe and at ease despite the strong currents and choppy waters. Would definitely recommend this tour, excellent value for money 👍🏻 Note: I booked direct with Cebu Tours via their website, it’s considerably cheaper 👀
  • Daydream45033238637
    Daydream45033238637
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    Amazing experience
    Great company, we only booked the evening before and they answered very quickly about the pickup time. Our driver (I think his name was Arnold) was very nice and brought us safely from A to B. Tour guide Noel was amazing, he always carried my bags to make sure I could enjoy the falls and whale shark adventure as much as possible. After that, we did the Alegria canyoneering (Kawasan falls was closed) and I can assure you this was the most amazing experience of my life. Our tour guide (unfortunately I forgot his name) made me feel safe but also helped me gain confidence to jump the high rocks. Nature was beautiful. The whole day was very well arranged. I can safely recommend this company.
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Nat Q
Luton5 contributions
Oct 2022 • Solo
All of it was amazing. Thank you to Angelo and Pearl. The guide at Imbanakaan was amazing. She dived into the falls and shows you/helps you how to climb onto the rock. It is a long day but 100% worth it. What an experience. Very good value considering door to door drop off round trip is 7 hours driving, plus 4 activities included.
Written 17 October 2022
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CebuToursAdmin
Thank you so much for your feedback about the this tour, we appreciate it. we hope to see you again in the other tours. Thank you
Written 18 October 2022
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Patricia H
London, UK110 contributions
Apr 2023 • Couples
Went on this tour yesterday and it was something that will literally make your trip. The experience with the whale sharks is out of this world and kawasan falls is beautiful, I visited 4 years ago and it is sad to see how it has change since the super thyphoon but still lovely.

Richmond was our driver yesterday and credit to him, it was Easter Sunday and with Philippines being very religious the traffic was like nothing I had ever experienced and I live in London where traffic is the norm. Despite the long journey and early start it was worth while, during the drive Richmond kept us engaged, entertained and educated us on the Philippines which was insightful as well as crack a few jokes !

We didn’t book a private tour but it was and was perfect cause we could manage the time at each stop

100% recommended

The island sand bar wasn’t worth a stop due to high tide and it not being visible, but overall don’t hesitate to book with this company and if you are lucky you will get Richmond !
Written 10 April 2023
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CebuToursAdmin
Thank you so much for your wonderful review, we appreciate that. Hope to see you again.
Written 10 April 2023
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Morpheus
New York City, NY1 contribution
Everything is not organized at the end the tour guide will just sent you somewhere with another tour guide. For the price of renting tools is not honest they get percentage for the things you pay and you need another tour guide to guide you in snorkeling and another charges again. They mention it’s 16hrs tour but it only lasted for 13.5 hours and out of the 13.5 hours - maybe 9 hours were dedicated for transportation. Only the way back to the hotel took us 4.5 hours. So in summary the tour only lasted for 4hrs the breakfast and lunch included too
Written 29 June 2022
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CebuToursAdmin
Hi, thank you for your feedback. May I ask if under what name is the booking? Cuz the package you booked includes everything including the snorkeling that you mentioned, Oslob is very far from the city and that is specified in the itinerary as well that it will take time going there and getting back to the city. Please also note that we have our own tour guide, driver and transportation who will hands on our operation of tours. We do not get percentage on the rental of tools. Let us know the booking reference so I can trace the people who are with you on that day. You can send us a message here, please, thank you for your time, I appreciate it.
Written 5 July 2022
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Sofia F
Belvaux, Luxembourg38 contributions
We had only one day to visit the highlights around Cebu so we decided to book an organized tour to make the most of our day. We booked this tour and currently Kawasan falls aren’t accessible by foot, so CebuTours proposed us to upgrade to Canyoneering in Kawasan falls since it was the only way to access the falls.
The daytrip was perfectly organized. The driver was on time and brought us around the whole day. We had early breakfast close to Oslob and our guide there brought us to the whale sharks. It was very fun swimming with the whalesharks and we were early enough to have very little tourists.
Aftwr we went to the island and the beach was very nice. We then visited the Tumalog fall and our guide was making sure we were on time. After lunch we headed for the kawasan falls and we had a private guide for the canyoneering. He was super nice, took a lot of pictures of us and we had so much fun doing it. I would really recommend to do Canyoneering to visit the kawasan falls, it’s much more fun and more interesting. The canyoneering was really the highlight of our trip in Philippines, so we are very happy to have decided to do it! It wasn’t dangerous, but you need to be careful to not slip in the wet rocks and not be scared of jumping.
Written 28 November 2022
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CebuToursAdmin
Hi Sofia, thank you so much for your wonderful review for our Whale Shark Encounter and Sumilon Sandbar with Kawasan Falls tour package with Canyoneering upgrade. We hope to see you again in Cebu.
Written 29 November 2022
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Amanda
Orebro, Sweden4 contributions
May 2023 • Friends
We had an amazing day! Both the whalesharks and waterfalls was out of this world! Everything felt very organised and we felt very good taken care of throughout the day. The hike to the waterfalls was so much fun, we weren’t aware of that it would be that long to get there. However, doing the high jumps and swings and see all the other waterfalls on the way was so much fun. We could borrow watershoes, helmet and lifevest there and the bike ride to get to the start of the hike was so beautiful with stunning views. Big shoutout to our guide at the waterfalls: J.B! He took the role of photographer and made our group have much fun. Also having a private guide and driver throughout the day made the whole day feel so luxury. Best regards, Amanda & Danni
Written 10 May 2023
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CebuToursAdmin
Thank you so much for your wonderful review about our Whale Shark Encounter and Sumilon Sandbar with Kawasan Falls tour package, we appreciate it.
Written 11 May 2023
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Annie L
2 contributions
Feb 2023 • Couples
Favorite part was whale shark swimming. Could do without Sumilon Island portion. Kawasan falls is apparently very different than years ago due to typhoon damage. Tumalog falls were amazing. Make sure to start your day early because it takes 2-3 hours from Cebu just to get to Oslob then have to wait in line for whale shark tickets - it’s first come first serve. Bring water shoes because you will be walking on rocks in the water to and from boats.
Written 27 February 2023
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CebuToursAdmin
Thank you so much for your review about our Whale Shark Encounter and Sumilon Sandbar with Kawasan Falls tour package. We hope to see you again.
Written 28 February 2023
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Brmatt2871
2 contributions
We had a FANTASTIC time during the tour. We were picked up at the hotel and taken to the whale shark swim first. Our 1st tour guide, Paula, was lovely. She always had a smile and was very helpful and informative. The whale shark tour area is fairly chaotic and confusing, but fortunately we had Paula to guide us through it (there were some tourists there not in a tour group and they appeared lost, so definutely go in a tour group). Paula took us through the whole process seemlessly and watched over our bags while were were in the water swimming with these wonderful animals! After the swim we went to a beautiful island with fantastic views and crystal clear water. The tour included meals and Paula insured that we were well fed and taken care of. If you are thinking about taking the tour make sure you request her! After the whale sharks and island we departed the are for Kawasan falls where we met our next guide, his name was Guiller. He took us to the motorbikes and we were off going up the mountain with wonderful sights. After the ride we had a little hike to the furst of several falls in the canyon, the water had an amazing turquoise color and was refreshing after the hike. We made our way down the canyon with wonderful views of waterfalls, cliff jumping, and Guillar taking photos of us. It was such a packed day of adventure and lifelong memories. I cant recommend this tour enough! You must give this a try when you visit Cebu!
Written 10 March 2023
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CebuToursAdmin
Hi thank you so much for your wonderful review, we appreciate it. We will let Paula know about this. Thank you again and we hope to see you again in Cebu in our other tours.
Written 11 March 2023
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Jennifer Lee
7 contributions
Oct 2022 • Couples
Such a great experience and tour! Our tour operators Dianne, Rohel, and Sammy went above and beyond to ensure my husband and I had an amazing time.

Because the first level of Kawasan falls was still closed, we were given the option to do another waterfall tour free of charge or pay for canyoneering (1200 pesos each). We went with the canyoneering and we did not regret our choice. We even got to go to the second level of Kawasan falls so it was well worth the extra cost.

Keep in mind the distance to reach these activities are several hours away and require some endurance to participate in the canyoneering, but it is totally doable.

Thank you to the staff for kindness and hospitality!
Written 24 October 2022
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CebuToursAdmin
Thank you so much for your wonderful and detailed review, we appreciate it. We hope to see you again in our other tours :)
Written 25 October 2022
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Dan D
1 contribution
Mar 2023 • Solo
This was my first time purchasing a tour, and I was pleasantly surprised. My driver, Judea arrived exactly on time and explained the itinerary. My tour guide, Joy was professional from start to finish. Her English skills were excellent, she told me every thing we were doing, kept my belongings secure while I enjoyed the activities, and she was always within earshot if I had questions. She really made the tour enjoyable! My canyoneering tour, J.B. was knowledgeable, energetic and friendly. This trio really sold me on using paid tours again in the future.
Written 25 March 2023
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CebuToursAdmin
Thank you so much for your wonderful review, we appreciate it. Hope to see you again in Cebu.
Written 26 March 2023
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Evelyn F
1 contribution
10/10, Great experience! Our tour guides were nice and sweet !! They had everything planned out perfectly and stucked to schedule. I recommend to bring your own waterproof camera so you can get more pictures, they also have camera rentals. Have cash in hand, they sell waterproof pouch bag for phones.
Written 9 May 2023
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CebuToursAdmin
Thank you so much for your wonderful review, we appreciate it. Hope to see you again in Cebu.
Written 10 May 2023
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