Religious 
Festivals 
Special Interest 
Establishments 
How to get there
Aklan - Lasting Paradise
 
 
 


Fabled Boracay Island
 
 
Boracay White Sand Beach 
 
  
Ignito Cave, Buruanga
 RELIGIOUS  

FATIMA HILL, Kalibo. Stations of the cross on the hillside culminate in a chapel made of marble atop of the hill. 

PINK SISTERS CONVENT, New Washington. Everything here is pink, from the convent's facade to corridors and to the nun's attires. 
 

FESTIVALS 

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KALIBO ATI-ATIHAN - Scene of yearly celebration in honor of Sto. Nino held every third week of January, popularly known worldwide as Ati-Atihan. So called because Aklanons, domestic and foreign tourists wipe soot on their faces and don ethnic paraphernalia and masquerade around town as Negritos and make merry and dance in the streets to the beat of ambulant ethnic troubadors. 
 
 

SPECIAL INTEREST 

POTTERY MAKING/POP RICE (AMPAW) MAKING, Lezo. The industries that have augmented the people's livelihood in this municipality. Residents near the river bank make clay pots and jars the old-fashioned way, as others engage in poprice making. Popularly known as "ampaw" in the local dialect is being processed from cooked rice, dried, 
deep fried with oil and sugar and then molded into the same sizes and dried slowly. 
 

LIST OF ACCREDITED ESTABLISHMENTS IN AKLAN 

Name of Establishment
Location
Tel. No.
No. of Rooms
Dean's Restaurant & Function Hall Poblacion, Altavas, Aklan Tel. No.: (036) 269-1290
Contact: Ms.Medialin Barcelona 		*
Beachcomber Inn N. Roldan St., Kalibo, Aklan Tel. No.: (036) 262-4846 / Fax: 262-4765
Email: bcombinn@kalibo.i-next.net
Contact: Mr. Andre Abriam		 19 rooms
Southwest Tours Boracay, Inc. Kalibo Airport Terminal Bldg., Kalibo, Aklan Tel. No.: (036) 268-5100 / 288-7502
Contact: Cedric Sazon 		*


Tourist Land Transport

Island Star Express, Inc.
Pook Airport, Kalibo, Aklan
Tel. No.: (036) 845-2222 to 26 / Fax: 845-2229
Contact Person: Ms. Tessie M. Lachica

Caticlan-Boracay Transport Multi-Purpose Cooperative
J. Magno St., Kalibo Aklan
Tel. No.: (036) 268-1048
Contact Person: Mr. Jojo jingco, Jr.



Tour Guide

Nester Anne Templonuevo
Andagao, Kalibo, Aklan
Tel. No.: (036) 262-1020




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HOW TO GET THERE 

Kalibo is 45 minutes from Manila and 30 minutes from Cebu by air. Philippine Airlines has 3 daily flights from Manila on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and Saturdays with special flights from Cebu to accommodate the overflow of guests, while Air Philippines YS-11 service aircraft fly twice daily from Manila. Alternative flights by Aerolift or Pacific Air through Caticlan in the town of Malay are also available. Kalibo is about 15 hours from Manila and about 18 hours from Cebu by sea.. 

 
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