Top Things to do in Santa Fe
Top 10 Things to do in Santa Fe, Philippines
Discover the best top things to do in Santa Fe, Philippines including Paradise Beach, Skydive Greater Cebu, Santa Fe Butterfly Garden, St. Peter and Paul Church, Marikaban Beach, Virgin Island, Ato Ni Bai, Karaoke Bar, Omagieca Mangrove Garden, Seabreeze Kite Club, Dalton Pass Shrine.
Restaurants in Santa Fe
1. Paradise Beach
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 157 reviews
Reviewed By Bigozzi
Arrived by banka as part of our island hopping trip
Being a weekday was only 10 people here
50 Piso entrance fee
Clearwater and white sand beach
Not much shade apart from under the rocks
Great picture opportunity and shouldn't be missed if visiting bantayan. Is
2. Skydive Greater Cebu
Overall Ratings
5 based on 54 reviews
Reviewed By Chee Ming L
Beautiful Beaches, beautiful weather, affordable lifestyle, and more importantly beautiful team in Skydive Greater Cebu made this the perfect place for 1st time AFF learner like me. Laid back, no stress, "part-of-the-family" environment, too bad I need to get back to work, but will be back soon definitely.
3. Santa Fe Butterfly Garden
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 13 reviews
Soft sounds, tranquility, bright colors and light meet beauty, nature, harmony and magical flight…showcasing 22 species of live butterflies in our beautiful garden.
Reviewed By jamie s - London, United Kingdom
Stunningly manicured and landscaped garden, filled with many different varieties of beautiful butterfly's. As you enter the knowledgeable staff take you and your kids on a magical tour through the evolution of a butterfly from caterpillar, through to the chrysalis, to the hatching butterfly's. They even let our 5 year old release the batch that was ready. It was almost impossible to get the kids out of there even on Christmas Day. Great place. A must see in Santa Fe.
4. St. Peter and Paul Church
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 101 reviews
Reviewed By Chrysantlily - Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Went here to pray and also to admire its architecture. Walls are from corals. Majestic church, built from hundreds of years ago. Read somewhere that locals usually use this building as a safe haven during calamities including wars and typhoons. When I went here there was a wedding that is about to start so couldn't really explore much.
5. Marikaban Beach
Overall Ratings
4 based on 15 reviews
6. Virgin Island
Overall Ratings
4 based on 228 reviews
Reviewed By Aleksander M
Virgin Island it’s fantastic. It has beautiful cottage, bar, places where you can hide from the sun and excellent cliff jumping area. Everything is well designed and staff care about plants and cleanliness. And prices for entry are reasonable. Definitely worth a visit.
7. Ato Ni Bai, Karaoke Bar
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 10 reviews
Ato Ni Bai Karaoke Bar is a friendly bar. Ato Ni Bai means "this is our my friends" (english) "sa atin to Pre"(tagalog). This is the native bar more in Filipinos style, same as the prices of our beverages, we don't offer heavy meal but only pika-pika/polutan,and lastly we have karaoke for which Filipinos loves to sing and dance, even Foreigners like to sing too. We have new good choice of songs. Just take a break and drop by and have fun in ATO NI BAI KARAOK BAR. See you guys.
Reviewed By AndyTen - Germany
If you are looking for a place to have some 'after dinner drinks' in Santa Fe in a friendly and familiar atmosphere 'Ato Ni Bai' bar is the place to be - especially when traveling alone.
The bar is located close to the MJ Food Square, next to the Bavarian Beergarden and opposite of Blue Ice bar.
It opens rather late (I think 8pm) but it was always so much fun.
Their staff were all very accommodating and so was also their owner Jen who always makes an effort that everybody gets involved to have fun like singing Karaoke or starting conversation and so on. It feels like a big family soon.
I went inside by chance strolling home from MJ square and thanks to Jen it was developing quickly to a fun night, so I decided to come back also on the next night and it already felt like home.
What I also liked about the place was the healthy mix of tourists and locals. In some of the other bars around you might only find tourists.
Price of drinks was very affordable (1 litre Red Horse was 100PHP ).
When I ever will have the chance to get back to Bantayan Island, I will definitely go there again.
8. Omagieca Mangrove Garden
Overall Ratings
4 based on 44 reviews
Reviewed By Januspaggers
We went to the mangroves because it was interesting then found out later on it was featured in a Filipino movie.
There's a walkway made of bamboo and we visited during low tide so we saw some crabs with one large claw (my boyfriend said it looks like him when I'm not around).
We had mango homemade ice cream (best ever, don't skip it please) and just walked around looking at the mangroves. That's it.
9. Seabreeze Kite Club
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 5 reviews
Kitesurfing lessons in a coconut, windy Island not far from Cebu, Philippines! This is the ultimate beginner spot for riding and learning in a safe environment with World class IKO teachers. Seabreeze Kite Club with all their centers in Asia is a 'must do' and a great recipe to tick it off the " bucket list." Come over for an awesome kite holiday or long weekend and see the action for yourself.
Reviewed By Kay P
The location is great for kite Surfing, nice great breeze and the beach is crystal clear water with a very white sand. Very professional team with a great vibe. I would recommend this activity on the Island. No need for searching as they have the ultimate sport to do so.
10. Dalton Pass Shrine
Overall Ratings
4 based on 4 reviews
Reviewed By batgurls - metro manila
We often do stopovers at this site everytime we travel to Cagayan. After 6 hours long drive from Manila, its time to stretch, relax & have coffee. Our latest trip was 28 March 2015. Dalton Pass / Balete Pass is a historical & scenic attraction that shouldn't be overlooked by any traveler.
Historically, it lay witness to the mop-up operations made by the Chinese's Overseas Wartime Hsuekan Militia (COWHM) who fought alongside with Allied liberating armies - American troops & Filipino guerillas, against retreating Japanese forces at Santa Fe, Nueva Vizcaya. This later led to the surrender of Japanese General Yamashita in September 1945 ending World War II. In memoriam & as remembrance for the 112 comrades-in-arms who died in action, a Chinese and Japanese shrine was erected 7th of May 2001 between the 2 view decks.
Dalton Pass/ Balete pass is the highest point where a traveler can have access / pass through the Sierra Mountain Range- considered as the largest mountain range in Luzon & in the Philippines. Geographically, it is the boundary of Nueva Ecija & Nueva Vizcaya. It is also the gateway to the Region 2 provinces. The 2 view decks are located under the Region 2 marker and at the upper cliff. There is an uphill paved road leading to the 3 sites and very accessible to tourists & light vehicles. Once there, you get a good vista of the Sierra Madre mountain range, Good for photo ops specially before sunrise & foggy days. Climate is very cool. There are restrooms but don't expect too much. Recently, a community tax of P15.00 per person was collected for maintenance purposes (before it was free). This is good development because the place needs to be totally preserved & maintained, considering the location is very remote. When we were there, slight improvements can be seen. At the small roadside clearing, there is a fruit & vegetable stand (harvests from the mountains), a souvenir stall, and a countryside restaurant that serves hot coffee & meals.
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