Virgin Islands Tour (Wiesl Tours)

Overview

This entry covers the “Virgin Island” boat excursion from Panglao, usually bundled into Balicasag Island and dolphin-watching day tours. “Virgin Island” is a tourist name for a single sandbar, not a cluster of islets — its older local name is Puntod Island, also transliterated Pungtud Island. It sits in shallow water between Balicasag and Panglao and is typically the second stop on a Balicasag/dolphin-watching itinerary, roughly 15–20 minutes by boat from Panglao’s shore. No operator named “Wiesl Tours” turned up in research; island-hopping and dolphin-watching packages that include Virgin Island are sold generically by Alona Beach travel agencies, resorts, and independent boatmen rather than one named company. The legacy source behind this entry was visitor comments with no verifiable tour facts, enriched substantially below.

Location

Departure: Panglao Island, Bohol — most commonly Alona Beach, the main tour-boat hub. Destination: Virgin Island / Puntod (Pungtud) Island, a single sandbar situated between Balicasag Island and Panglao Island. [FACT NEEDED: exact GPS pin for the sandbar itself — not resolved by research; frontmatter coordinates below have been corrected to the general area but remain approximate.]

Getting There

From Tagbilaran City, take a tricycle or motorcycle taxi to Panglao (30 minutes via causeway). Alona Beach is the main hub for boat tour operators in Panglao. Tour bookings are typically arranged directly with operators at the beachfront, through resorts/guesthouses, or via travel agencies — not through a single named “Wiesl Tours” outfit, which could not be independently verified as currently operating. Boat transfer from Panglao to the sandbar takes approximately 15–20 minutes.

Practical Info

• Tour type: island/sandbar hopping by banca (outrigger boat), usually combined with Balicasag Island and dolphin watching
• Duration: [FACT NEEDED — half day vs. full day not confirmed]
• Inclusions: a “submerged market” of vendor stalls selling food and souvenirs operates directly on the sandbar in shallow water; snorkelling gear and lunch inclusions vary by operator and were not confirmed
• Price: [FACT NEEDED — current rate in PHP not resolved by research]
• Operator: no widely recognised tour operator named “Wiesl” was found for Virgin Island in Bohol; this may be a mis-transcribed name, a since-closed operator, or a private guide. Standard practice today is to book through any Alona Beach travel agency or hotel tour desk.

What to Expect

The sandbar is small and shallow, typically visited for 30–60 minutes as a stop rather than a destination on its own. A cluster of vendor stalls set up directly in the shallow water sells grilled food, drinks, and souvenirs to arriving boats — the “submerged market” locals and tour operators both call it. The surrounding water suits wading and photos more than serious snorkelling; the better reef access is at Balicasag, the usual first stop on the same itinerary. [FACT NEEDED: current facilities, whether any shade structures exist, vendor pricing.]

Notes

• No evidence found that “Wiesl Tours” operates under this name; operator names in Panglao change frequently, and the source document’s low quality (visitor-comment spam) means the original attribution cannot be verified.
• Virgin Island should not be confused with Balicasag Island, which is a separate, larger dive/snorkel destination further offshore — the two are commonly combined on the same tour.
• Naming cross-reference: this is the same feature referenced as “Puntod Island (southwest)” in the panglao-island-diving overview entity, and likely the same reef/sandbar system as the puntod-reef and pungtud-wall-dive entities in this dataset — see those entries for dive-specific depth and coral data.

Coordinate correction 2026-07-17: frontmatter previously read 9.849908, 124.143663 — a position far northeast of Bohol, identical to four decimal places to the (also erroneous) pre-correction coordinates on bbc-reef and puntod-reef, indicating a shared copy-paste data fault. Replaced with an approximate position (9.558277, 123.72251, matching the pungtud-wall-dive entity) consistent with the sandbar’s documented location between Panglao and Balicasag.

• Virgin Island, Bohol: Sand-Bending, No Trespassing, accessed 2026-07-17.
• Balicasag Island & Virgin Island Bohol: Complete Guide, accessed 2026-07-17.
• Virgin Island — Around Bohol, accessed 2026-07-17 — confirms real name Puntod Island, ~20 minutes by boat from Panglao, typically the second stop after Balicasag on dolphin-watching/island-hopping tours.
• Virgin Island Tour near Panglao — DiveScotty, accessed 2026-07-17 — 15–20 minutes by boat, dolphin-watching en route, “submerged market” of food/souvenir vendors on the sandbar.