Cagwait White Beach Resorts – The Unseen Paradise

Cagwait White Beach Resort is also known as “Waikiki Beach” of the Philippines as called by famous pilot Charles Lindberg, I don’t really know who this person is, except that he was the famous (daw?) American aviator who saw the beach line from his plane to somewhat resembles that of waikiki beach in hawaii.

In modern times, this beach, was credited as “Boracay of Caraga” where the annual “Kaliguan Festival” was held in every 24th of June.

When you take a visit there, your first impression was the scenic horseshoe shape coastline with powdery white sand and crystal clear bright water facing the pacific ocean.  And you, will really appreciate its beach pristine beauty.

I post a few photos of Cagwait Beach below:

Kaliguan Festival

If you are lucky enough, especially after the annual kaliguan festival, you can enjoy the sea with the bamboo raft which cagwait white beach resort always had. Kaliguan Festival is celebrated every 24th day of June in time with the Feast of John the Baptist. It is 4-day celebration with live bands, native sports competitions, skim boarding competition, float contest, native dances, etc.

The Kaliguan Festival, started in 1996, is highlighted every year by the Perlas ng Kaliguan, a beauty pageant showcasing the beautiful women of Surigao Del Sur. The annual festival, plus the sumptuous seafoods like the pasayan (shrimps), lukon (prawns) and alimango (crabs), is a good reason for local and international tourists to come to Cagwait every June.

How To Go To Cagwait White Beach Resorts

Cagwait White Beach Resorts is located 32-kilometers from Tandag City, the capital of Surigao Del Sur. It is a six to seven hours of land travel from davao or from butuan will take 2 to 3 hours to Cagwait. However, if you make a shortcut to Cagwait through los arcos in prosperidad highway, i guess it will be 2 hours only.

This place is very nice, and I think this could be, in the future, another hot spot destination in Caraga for local and international tourists.

The local government unit of cagwait proudly calls it ”The Unseen Paradise.”