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Nug-as Forest Reserve Birdwatching

Name: Nug-as Forest Reserve Birdwatching
Address: Barangay Nug-as, Alcoy, Cebu, Alcoy, Cebu, PH
Price range: $

Tour Operators · Alcoy, Cebu

Community-guided birdwatching in Cebu's largest remaining forest, home to the endemic Black Shama and Cebu Flowerpecker.

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Nug-as Forest Reserve Birdwatching

Nug-as Forest Reserve is the largest remaining forest patch in Cebu, sheltering endemic birds such as the Siloy (Black Shama), Cebu Flowerpecker and Cebu Hawk-Owl. Local forest wardens from the KMLYB farmer community greet and guide visitors through the reserve, about four kilometers from Alcoy town center.

What's on offer

Amenities & services

Guided birdwatchingForest trekkingCommunity forest wardensNature interpretation

Wayfinder route

Getting to Alcoy

Take a bus heading for Oslob, Bato or Santander and ask to be dropped at Alcoy town proper or Tingko Beach, which is visible from the highway.

Leaves from Cebu South Bus Terminal

Journey time 2.5-3 hours

Getting around Habal-habal cover the 30-45 minute climb to the Nug-as uplands.

Arriving at Mactan-Cebu International Airport, take a taxi, Grab or airport bus across to Cebu South Bus Terminal and pick up the route above. Allow extra time for bridge traffic at peak hours.

Fares and journey times are indicative and change with traffic, season and operator. Confirm locally before you travel.

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Tingko Beach

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Nug-as Forest

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One of Cebu's last remaining old-growth forests, home to centuries-old trees, rare wildlife, and endemic species in a protected highland sanctuary.

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A cold freshwater spring in the hills of Sitio Saksak, Alcoy, reached by a rural trail often paired with a trek to Tingko Beach.

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