Sohoton Cove

24/01/2018

In Socorro, the lone town in Bucas Grande Island in Surigao del Norte, Philippines, the feast of Saint John the Baptist, though not their annual fiesta, is one of the important days marked in the calendar by the inhabitants.

While it is not declared as a public non-working holiday, but the Socorronhons considered it as such as the entire family has to take time spending on the beach holidays and take a dip to commemorate the Jordan River baptism of Jesus Christ.

And, though there are several patches of white sand beaches surrounding the island, the inhabitants chose to converge in the most popular beach in town- the Puyangi White Sand Beach.

If you have the luxury of time, please click the link on my bio http://www.islandvacations.me/blogs/island-view/on-the-beach-holidays-white-sand-beach-bucas-grande-island/ so you would learn how the Filipinos in this part of the country celebrate beach holiday.

23/01/2018

A dainty and demure Filipina is all smiles pointing to the giant mangroves, some of which are towering as tall as matured coconut trees, at the Primary Growth Mangrove Forest situated at Sitio Sabang, Barangay San Roque in the western part of Bucas Grande Island near the in Socorro, Surigao del Norte considered as one of the popular destinations in the Philippines.

27/12/2017

10/08/2017

Captured moments during the visit of the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operations Officer and IT Staff of the Cebu People's Cooperative to the Sohoton Cove in Bucas Grande Island, Socorro, Surigao del Norte on August 8, 2017.

01/05/2017

21/02/2017

Photos taken during the visit of Five (5) Taiwanese together with their Filipino friends to the Sohoton Cove and adjacent attractions in Bucas Grande Island, Socorro, Surigao del Norte, Philippines on February 19, 2017 facilitated by the Island Vacation Travel and Tours utilizing the facilities of the Sohoton Bay Resort

20/02/2017

17/02/2017

Captured moments showing guests from the Province of Maguindano in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), Philippines who were having their Team Building Activity and stayed at the Sohoton Bay Resort on February 11, 2017 or a day after the Magnitude 6.7 earthquake that struck Surigao City and nearby areas. The photos are the best evidence that life is going on smoothly in Bucas Grande as, thanks God, the island was spared from the damages brought by the February 10 destructive earthquake to the capital city and its adjoining municipalities.

11/02/2017

Sohoton Bay Resort accommodation within the Sohoton Bay Area in Bucas Grande Island, Socorro, Surigao del Norte, Philippines

01/01/2017

Dawongdong Rock Wall, one of the sights to behold inside the 60-hectare Sohoton Cove, carved through weathering and erosion that sculpted the limestones into a scenic and magnificent rock formation. The earlier settlers of Bucas Grande Island were telling us younger generations that once upon a time, a mysterious plant dubbed as "Dawongdong" used to thrive at the middle portion of the rock wall. The leaves of the plant cast a spell on all forms of animals after it detached from the branches or twigs such that, birds of all sizes were scrambling for position while it is still in the air; large and small marine creatures scuffling for it as it drop to the water and land-based animals tussling one another to catch it as it reach the ground.

23/09/2016