DESTINATION: CUATRO ISLAS, INOPACAN AND HINDANG, LEYTE
Location Map: Cuatro Islas, Inopacan and Hindang, Leyte
Cuatro Islas Arrivals, as of Year-End 2018
Nationality Male Female Number
Americans 45 40 85 Germans 18 14 32 Canadians 12 10 22 Japanese 10 6 16 Korean 16 14 30 Chinses 15 14 29 French 13 10 23 Norwegians 2 4 6 Other Europeans 8 8 16 Australians 15 12 27 Indonesians 6 6 12 Vietnamese 3 4 7 Thais 1 1 2 Sub-Total, Foreigners 164 143 307 Filipinos 55,946 Total Visitors 56,253 CUATRO ISLAS: DIGYO ISLAND, INOPACAN, LEYTE
Region Region 8/Eastern Visayas
Province Leyte Municipality Inopacan Tourist Destination Cuatro Islas Other Tourist Destina- “House of Snake” tions in the Municipali- Wildlife such as tarsiers and deer ty Digyo Island Location/Coordinates Brgy Apid, Inopacan Camotes Sea 10°32'36.20"N 124°39'41.05"E Land Area 4.5 hectares Access By hired boats from Inopacan Landing Facilities Shoreline Island Population 10 families, roughly 500 individuals Water Supply Fetched water from Inopacan. Buying price of Php 20.00 per 20-li container. Maybe sold to tourists for washing at Php 40.00 per 20-li container Sanitation 9 out of 10 households have no toilets but use the 2 units LGU-constructed common facilities one of which is shared with the tourists Power Supply Solar panels for lighting Individual families have small generators Road Network in the Is- Narrow footpaths. No roads as there are no land vehicles Road Network in the Mu- Good conditions. Concrete roads from vari- nicipality ous points of the Province Current Basic Tourist Facil- Huts, Cooking, Small stores, Changing area, ities in the Island Common toilets Planned Facilities by LGU Clarification of overlapping monitoring and for the Island evaluation mechanisms by LGU, PENRO DENR etc Other Notes Island was visited twice by a cruise ship car- rying international tourists in 2018 Contact/Resource Person Alfredo Galo, Jr Inopacan MENRO Alice Diaz PASU DENR CUATRO ISLAS: MAHABA ISLAND, INOPACAN, LEYTE
Region Region 8/Eastern Visayas
Province Leyte Municipality Inopacan Tourist Destination Cuatro Islas Other Tourist Destina- “House of Snake” tions in the Municipality Wildlife such as tarsiers and deer Mahaba Island Location/Coordinates Brgy Apid, Inopacan Camotes Sea 10°31'2.26"N 124°40'24.23"E Land Area 20.8 hectares Access By hired boats from Inopacan Landing Facilities Shoreline Island Population No data Water Supply Fetched water from Inopacan. Buying price of Php 20.00 per 20-li container. Maybe sold to tourists for washing at Php 40.00 per 20-li container Sanitation No data Power Supply Solar panels for lighting Road Network in the Island No data Road Network in the Mu- Good conditions. Concrete roads from vari- nicipality ous points of the Province Current Basic Tourist Facili- No data ties in the Island Planned Facilities by LGU Clarification of overlapping monitoring and for the Island evaluation mechanisms by LGU, PENRO DENR etc Other Notes Island was visited twice by a cruise ship carry- ing international tourists in 2018 Contact/Resource Person Alfredo Galo, Jr Inopacan MENRO Alice Diaz PASU DENR CUATRO ISLAS: APID ISLAND, INOPACAN, LEYTE
Region Region 8/Eastern Visayas
Province Leyte Municipality Inopacan Tourist Destination Cuatro Islas Other Tourist Destina- “House of Snake” tions in the Municipali- Wildlife such as tarsiers and deer ty Apid Island Location/Coordinates Brgy Apid, Inopacan Camotes Sea 10°32'6.85"N 124°38'30.49"E Land Area 36.6 hectares Access By hired boats from Inopacan Landing Facilities Shoreline Island Population 500 families Water Supply Similar to Mahaba Island Sanitation Similar to Mahaba Island Power Supply Similar to Mahaba Island Road Network in the Is- Similar to Mahaba Island land Road Network in the Mu- Good conditions. Concrete roads from vari- nicipality ous points of the Province
Current Basic Tourist Facil- Similar to Mahaba Island
ities in the Island Planned Facilities by LGU Clarification of overlapping monitoring and for the Island evaluation mechanisms by LGU, PENRO DENR etc Other Notes Island was visited twice by a cruise ship car- rying international tourists in 2018 Contact/Resource Person Alfredo Galo, Jr Inopacan MENRO Alice Diaz PASU DENR CUATRO ISLAS: HIMOKILAN ISLAND, HINDANG, LEYTE
Region Region 8/Eastern Visayas
Province Leyte Municipality Hindang Tourist Destination Cuatro Islas Other Tourist Destina- Caving, Zipline, Nature Park tions in the Municipali- ty Himokilan Island Location/Coordinates Brgy. Himokilan, Hindang 10°29'26.65"N 124°40'42.38"E Land Area 48 hectares Access By hired boats from Inopacan Landing Facilities Shoreline
Island Population 850 families, 135 Households
Water Supply Fetched water from Inopacan. Buying price
of Php 20.00 per 20-li container. Maybe sold to tourists for washing at Php 40.00 per 20-li container
Sanitation 9 out of 10 households have no toilets but
use the 2 units LGU-constructed common facilities one of which is shared with the tourists Power Supply Solar panels for lighting Individual families have small generators Road Network in the Is- Narrow footpaths. No roads as there are no land vehicles Road Network in the Mu- Good conditions. Concrete roads from vari- nicipality ous points of the Province Current Basic Tourist Facil- Huts, Cooking, Small stores, Changing area, ities in the Island Common toilets Planned Facilities by LGU Floating (pontoon) pier, 26 meters long for the Island Floating huts Buoys for demarcating low tide level for snorkelers Clarification of overlapping monitoring and evaluation mechanisms by LGU, PENRO DENR etc Other Notes Island was visited twice by a cruise ship car- rying international tourists in 2018 Contact/Resource Person Marius G. Miraflor Jr. OIC Tourism Officer Alice Diaz PASU DENR