Pamalican

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Pamalican island with surrounding reef, from the air.
Pamalican island with surrounding reef, from the air.
The main beach on the southern shore of Pamalican.
The main beach on the southern shore of Pamalican.

Pamalican is a small island of the Cuyo island group in the Sulu Sea, between Palawan and Panay, in the north part of the Palawan province of the Philippines. The island is set in the middle of a 7 square-kilometer coral reef. It has a length of 2.5 kilometers, and measures only 500 meters at its widest point.

The island was originally exploited as a struggling family-owned plantation. It was then purchased by Andres Soriano Jr., a successful buisnessman. His children then decided to build a resort on the island and leased the management responsibility to establish an exclusive resort. The island is private property and belongs in totality to 7 Seas Resort (owned by the Sorianos). It is part of the high-end Aman group of resorts, under the name Amanpulo.

The island is serviced by a Dornier 228-202K plane flying from Manila, which is used to ferry customers and to bring supplies to the resort. Each bungalow (called casitas) comes with a personal buggy for free circulation throughout the island. The atmosphere around the island is extremely tranquil and secluded.

Diving activities are available, allowing for nice coral viewing and encounters with large turtles and rays. Several windsurf boards and sails are provided at the "Windsurf hut" on the north shore. The shallow protected lagoon there allows for easy windsurfing on a flat surface, and is especially favourable during the northern monsoon season (November to May), when the wind blows onshore.

About 40% of the employees are from the neighbouring island of Manamoc.

The resort has been nominated as one of the best island resorts in the world.

[edit] Weather

Weather (1951-1985)
Month Rainfall
(mm)		 Rainy
days		 Cloudiness
(Octas)

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Annual

13.2
2.5
8.2
44.1
187.3
376.2
437.7
409.7
375.0
272.1
148.2
51.1
2329.3

2
1
1
3
13
20
22
21
20
17
9
4
133

5
5
4
4
6
7
7
8
7
6
6
6

The weather is tropical, and broadly regulated by the dry and windy Northeast monsoon from January to May, and the rainy Southwest monsoon from June to November, with a high probability for cyclones between August and November.


Arrival at Pamalican.

View of Pamalican from the air, with airstrip.

The pool.

A room ("Treetop Casita No30").

A private buggy.

The north shore of Pamalican, near the "Windsurf Hut".

A weaver ant in combat attitude.