White Island and Grace Island

White Island

White Island and Grace Island are between a 1/2 mile and 5 miles respectively. You can spend the night at cottages on either- White Island is primitive (you can get a cottage for 1500 pesos a night- about $38 and Grace Island is fancy- and pricey- starting at 4500 pesos- about $125!

Altho they both have gorgeous white sand beaches and crystal clear waters, there are not many fish to see. Grace Island has a unique "fish tank"- an area about 30 feet wide and 50 feet long- it has netted sides and you can swim in there if you want. There are hundreds of different colorful fish and turtles. I was thinking these were samples of fish in the lagoon; not so- when I swam over to the bay, I only saw a few fish. Several cool kinds of coral, starfish and a few 4 foot long sea slugs that looked like snakes!!!!

Starfish off Grace Island