Camigiun Island Golden Sunset Beach Club

A peaceful dreamland awaits you on Camiguin, a fabulous getaway Island of steep volcanoes, lush jungle and white beaches like White Island. In this pristine setting, you'll find not only springs to soothe your body but also the clear pool and cold spring of Sto. Nio.
The stunning Katibawasan Falls and hiking trails to thrill your senses. The spectacular 250-foot falls (76 m.) cascades down to a pool surrounded by orchids and ferns. Located 4 kms. from Mambajao.This is also the favorite jump-off point for trekkers and mountaineers in search of adventure in the slopes of Mt. Hibok-Hibok.


The harvest of sweet lanzones fruit is celebrated every year during the third week of October with a long weekend of street dancing, parades and pageants in the main town of Mambajao. People from around the Philippines flock to the Lanzones Festival,which features costumes displays, sports and dances, as well as the highly popular Miss Camiguin Tourism beauty pageant. The festival is centered around the lanzones, a fruit with pale brown skin and a sweet translucent flesh, which is the main income source of Mambajao. The town is draped with fruits during the Lanzones Festival which highlights locally grown produce.

In the heart of the island bubbles the flowing mineral pools of Ardent Hot Springs. Mists rise from the heated waters running down from the vents of Hibok-Hibok Volcano, the only active one among the seven on the island. Revel in the therapeutic waters and picnic beneath the sheltering trees.
By day, take an island tour to some of Camiguin Island's other attractions: the clear pools of Sto. Nino Cold Spring, Bura Soda Springs the slender beauty of Katibawasan Falls.
Boat trips can be arranged to the Old Volcano & Sunken Cemetery and the isolated white-sand bar called simply White Island which is only a 10 minute ride from the Beach Club or for the more adventurous Mantigue Island a marine & nature reserve which has stunning diving and snorkeling and pristine white beaches.

Vjandep Pastel of Camiguin Island

Pastel is the pasalubong for camiguin's visitors, much like every destination in the Philippines has one. (To Filipinos, bringing home something bought from a travel or vacation to family and friends is part of Filipino culture called pasalubong and is the reason why it's so easy to spot Filipinos in airports-- too much baggage mostly pasalubong stuff!)

From simple prayers, sometime in December of 1989, God answered Ella to bake her great grandmother's bread for a hobby, and that is PASTEL.

PASTEL is a Spanish term for CAKE. By our ingenuity in grammar, PASTEL has long been called in English, as a soft dough coffee bun whom the Spaniards has generously taught our ancestors and made PASTEL as part of a Camiguingnon's delicacy. This made PASTEL a common treat in the tables of the affluent Camiguingnon's of the time, especially during special gatherings and occasions, such as birthdays, weddings, fiestas, Christmas and the likes.

Eleanor Popera Jose, a true blooded Camiguingnon, was the first to commercialize PASTEL on January 8, 1990 from what was left of her husband's Christmas bonus, thus dated the beginnings of VjANDEP PASTEL (pronounced with silent "j", which stands for Virgilio Jose AND Eleanor Popera). The initial capital of P120.00 has yielded three dozens of the said buns which doubled the following day and onwards. It was just simply a hobby at first, until Ella saw a great potential in the product, thus, she continued producing PASTEL up to this date.

PASTEL originally has "yema" (custard) for its filling. But during the summers of 1990 to 1993, Ella learned from culinary and baking workshops the rudiments and techniques of baking. She then reformulated the PASTEL to what is now the pillar of coffee bun taste. Today, the VjANDEP PASTEL OF CAMIGUIN has 12 varieties of fillings to satisfy the fancy of your taste buds.

Pastel is available in cheese, langka, macapuno, mango, Pineapple and made-to-order durian, guava, strawberry, chocolate, and special yema