Beaches in the Philippines are a bit harder to figure out without learning the system. What I discovered through online research and talking to some people was that many beautiful beaches are privately owned. Therefore, you can’t access them unless you have a permit that comes with the property.

How do you get a permit/pass? One way is to stay at a hotel or accommodation including airbnb (some of the gated communities don’t allow airbnb) that will give you a permit to get into the gated community and the access to the beaches inside the premises. If you know anyone who lives or owns a property there, they can invite you and get you a pass. Most foreigners, however, are not likely to have that connection.

We stayed at a lovely Amara Residences which is part of the Club Punta Fuego. The reason why I picked Amara Residences was so that we could access the beaches and facility at the Club Punta Fuego. Please click the link below or the photograph to access the blog post on Amara Residences to learn more details.

Club Punta Fuego & Sunset Beach

When I was doing research about Nasugbu and the Club Punta Fuego, I noticed that there was a beach right in front of the hotel. It is called “Sunset Beach”. However, I could not figure out why I can’t find the photos of people hanging out and playing at that particular “Sunset Beach” in front of the club. Until I got there. The receptionist at the Club told us that they don’t recommend us swimming at Sunset Beach. (She might have said it was not swimable.) Instead, they recommended us to go to the Long Beach. If you see the photos of Sunset Beach below on this post, you will instantly see why.

Long Beach at Club Punta Fuego

Long Beach at the Club itself was worth going to Punta Fuego. There is a shuttle bus from the Cub Punta Fuego hotel to the beach. It was beautiful and all of my kids were so excited to be able to play and snorkel. Since the beach was calm, it was easy to keep an eye on my younger kids.

At this beach you can snorkel. There was a rope and pretty much the whole time we were at the beach, the blue boat in the background of some of the photos was there. I don’t know if they are there everyday, though. I felt safe to see it there in case we needed some help.

If you stay at Amara Residences like we did, don’t forget to bring beach towels provided by the Amara Residences! Since we forgot our towels at the hotel, we borrowed two towels from the Club for 50 Pisos each.

SNORKELING

We brought my adult-size life jacket. My son, who is 6, wore it and went snorkeling with his dad. My two girls went snorkeling several times without a life jacket and they had a blast. It was fantastic!

CLEANLINESS

I found the beach clean. However, I would like to fully disclose so that you won’t think I was not honest. We did find some plastic trash and even diapers in the water. I picked up the trash that I saw. It was very sad to see them and felt satisfying to clean. My borderline OCD side came out at the beach.

If you visit the Long Beach at Club Punta Fuego (or at any beach for this matter), please pick up any trash you see. Every little bit helps. If many of us help pick up litter, it will make a difference. Let’s help keep beaches in the Philippines clean.

Il Jardineto at Club Punta Fuego

After we hang out at the beach for several hours, we all were starving, so we filled our empty stomachs with the Italian food at Il Jardineto located right next to Long Beach. It was conveniently located for the visitors to the beach. You can just hop over. When you are with kids, I feel like nothing beats convenience. It even has a lovely swimming pool where you can dip yourself or simply lounge to relax. How lovely is this?

Speaking of Italian food, there is a good Italian restaurant, La Locanda, in Nasugbu! I will write about it soon.