HomeIloiloIloilo ProvinceNorthern IloiloCarlesGigantesAntonia BeachAmong the hidden gems of Iloilo is Antonia Beach located in Isla de Gigantes Sur, Carles. Most tourists, even some locals, are unaware that Iloilo Province is blessed with white sand beaches sprinkled across its northern coasts. Jutting out from the eastern side of Gigantes Sur, the stunning white sandbar of Antonia seemingly forms a small cape. At the tip is an interesting elongated rock formation, which serves as a natural wave breaker. Visitors to Antonia are rewarded by the paradise-like white sand beach and inviting emerald green waters, perfect for swimming.There are no established resorts in Antonia, even the whole Gigantes Islands for that matter. Travelers wishing to visit Gigantes have to stay with the locals or rent a pumpboat from Estancia for a day trip.How to Get to Antonia Beach, Isla de Gigantes SurEstancia port is the main jump-off point to Isla de Gigantes Sur. There is a ferry (pumpboat) service plying the route (from Estancia Port to Brgy. Lantangan, Isla de Gigantes Sur) once daily departing at 2pm. From Estancia Port it is approximately 2 hours sea travel to Brgy. Lantangan and another 30 minutes to Antonia Beach.A glimpse of the white sand beach of AntoniaThe southern tip of the rock formation at Antonia BeachView from the top of the rock formation at Antonia. One side faces the open sea.The other side of Antonia offers calm waters perfect for swimmingDon’t leave yet. There’s more!Leave a Reply Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment *Name * Email * Website ΔThis site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.Comments Friday Barriga saysFebruary 22, 2016 at 6:20 pmHello Admin! Me and my friends are planning to visit Gigantes Island on October. Ive read in one of your blogs that if tourists wished to stay overnight in Antonia Beach we should stay with the locals. Can you recommend a local who can accommodate us for a night? we will just arrange fees and meals, if any way that is possible.Thank you.Reply Catherine saysJune 23, 2013 at 5:33 pmI’ve been there and stayed there yesterday… It was such a beautiful, marvelous, peaceful, relaxing paradise to stay with… Having Sir Danilo assisted us on our needs… The tent built outside the shore was approved for me coz’ it completed your outdoor vacation…Antonia is a natures’ preserved. I hope to be back here next time and looking forward to what sir Danilo had talked about improvements of the resort while staying it private.Reply Den C Ti saysMay 31, 2013 at 4:51 pmHey, can I ask a few questions? Are there any inns or hotels in the island? how much does it cost per night during months like June – November? any sites you can refer to check the hotel/inn/lodge rates?you have my e-mail ad.love how you presented the island in your site, makes me want to go there ealier.Reply marla saysMarch 21, 2013 at 6:55 pmhi..may i know what are the nearest pensions or hotels near antonia beach?? does antonia beach have overnight cottages/rooms? please help. thanksReply Bert saysMarch 16, 2013 at 2:18 pmpeople said that the boat ride to antonia island has parts that are shark infested? please tell me this not true cuz i really want to go there.Reply Cartier love saysNovember 9, 2012 at 8:58 amVery creative, one of the nicer sites I have seen today. Keep up the great work.Reply Vic saysMarch 15, 2012 at 9:34 pmHello Jessica , good to see you here , May I correct you ?, the credit is given to Marcos who run this blog … Thank you for welcoming visitors… may you give us info’s about the charge when one wants to stay there ? is there a cottage with electricity and toilet? if there is , how much is the charge?… and reservations etc…. thanks and regards Jessica… the place is my kind of place …Reply jessica saysMarch 15, 2012 at 1:24 pmhi vic,thank you for posting our island ANTONIA beach resort…its our family property…And im very proud on that island where my parents kept it..ANTONIA is my great-grandmother’s name…Visitors are welcome there to stay and swim..just a little reminder that we must keep that island clean…Explore ANTONIA ISLAND…enjoy and have fun…Reply zuproc saysJanuary 12, 2013 at 9:08 pmGood eve guys, does anyone have a contact person at antonia beach. We want to stay there but we don’t have any idea how.Reply Vic saysJuly 12, 2011 at 8:57 am@mur2s … don’t frown … and I do not treat people exactly the same but accordingly in regards to how they conduct themselves… youre quite fine so as james… billy is ill-humoured Near-PMS , granny fat-ass, like gonna slap everyone who grabs his yogurt , but if he would have change of heart… i believe we could spend the night together in Antonia, of course , he would be blue in a place where theres no one to look into LOL……..Reply mur2s saysJuly 11, 2011 at 10:01 pmso vic u found somebdy new. dont treat him like billy. he soundz like a real man of wat hes doing. it speaks of himself unlike billy dat does it w/ his mouth. sometimes 8s full. james gud luk bud.Reply Vic saysJuly 10, 2011 at 8:01 pm@James thank you mate…. wish you all the lucks and good times thereReply james saysJuly 10, 2011 at 6:15 pmowk… ad me [email protected]Reply Vic saysJuly 10, 2011 at 1:39 pm@james.. ive tried to..but i cant open it( url)..maybe we need to be friends first..if you pleaseReply james saysJuly 10, 2011 at 1:22 pm@vicu saw the pics?Reply Vic saysJuly 9, 2011 at 8:51 pm@James… ooh good for you … you got really exciting life … its obvious …Reply james saysJuly 9, 2011 at 2:46 pmwe spent 500 each 4 days and three nyts… island hoping. caving, climbing, snorkeling but in selected areas cos the corals was damage by dynamite fishing.Reply james saysJuly 9, 2011 at 2:40 pmive been there. every year for 4 years already….check this out for more picss.Reply smiley saysJuly 8, 2011 at 11:35 pmits beautiful!!! please kindly give the contact numbers of the person whom we can book our stay.And the accommodation if their is..and please can you post also the cottages in focus….thank youReply Vic saysJuly 8, 2011 at 3:39 pm@mur2s… great idea… that the regulars can add up information and photos … and also, many here are asking questions about something like details and information and they are left unnoticed or heard through months and years … yes mur2s….i have some shots of certain places too …. but its in facebook only . Im kinda into enjoying the place lang not to broadcast them online ,, reason…. i don’t want people to flock in there and if its spoiled , i have less passion in it anymore , it should be preserved in its primeval condition ( No big structure building etc)it should be like you’re alone in an Virgin Island …. but anyway… i might have posted some photos in goggle earth … and mur2s…almost all of Iloilo is already explored by him … if not you could have just tell me where to find them… have you heard of falls in Viejo???? and a Vacation place in San Enrique too??? .. you can just tell me what you know.. these some fun-fun little secrets …. I’ll be back tomorrow night :) see Ya!Reply mur2s saysJuly 8, 2011 at 10:30 ammasupot ko anay la pa budget sa kilid kild lng ko anay mangita kon waay na gid internet lng anay. y not post ur shot of places uve been thru kay kon kis a daw kahinay magpost bag o nga pic c marcos. may b u can suggest 8 2 him na ma contribute man ang mga readers. sabat toto vic.Reply Vic saysJuly 8, 2011 at 9:43 am@ryan yeah… i find the photo so breathtaking… and it fits perfectly for what a vacation place should look like that I am looking for… a very private, the tranquility, it’s less crowded or no people at all … why would be asking for more?… whereas i don’t like beach which is– busy, overcrowded and the worst of all is full of annoying foreigners especially the outrageous Koreans who think who own any land they set foot in…..Reply ryan saysJuly 8, 2011 at 9:21 amthis is so amazing maybe i can bring my friends with me to go there and a lot of thing to do like snorkling since the water is so clear. Thanks mark….Reply Vic saysJuly 8, 2011 at 8:18 amIf Antonia Beach is this far and if hell plan to stay in the Island and the stores is out of reach.. and one should know what to bring thereat like a food for a week or two especially canned foods , dried fish …a camping paraphernalia ( portable stove, ropes, flashlights, matches, goggles, beach umbrella , knife , candles etc) , tools , potable water , clothes , and what else…. a raincoat….lol… @ @ Mur2s… what is your plan…are you coming with me in Carles??? to make the big event more dazzling, bring your own girl and I will have mine… probably on the last months of 2011…let us let billy chase his every boy in town and well out of town…. there he is with his and here we are with ours lol,,,Reply Vic saysJuly 8, 2011 at 8:06 am@ronnie…. the place is almost paradise… i surely have to put this in one of my itinerary in my future Iloilo-Exploration …. we could see cottages right past the beach…..( sigh)…. I should have been there a week or two lol…para bawi sa kalayu ya hahahahahahaha ….Reply ronnie saysJuly 8, 2011 at 6:08 amare there cottages in isla gigantes?Reply
Friday Barriga saysFebruary 22, 2016 at 6:20 pmHello Admin! Me and my friends are planning to visit Gigantes Island on October. Ive read in one of your blogs that if tourists wished to stay overnight in Antonia Beach we should stay with the locals. Can you recommend a local who can accommodate us for a night? we will just arrange fees and meals, if any way that is possible.Thank you.Reply
Catherine saysJune 23, 2013 at 5:33 pmI’ve been there and stayed there yesterday… It was such a beautiful, marvelous, peaceful, relaxing paradise to stay with… Having Sir Danilo assisted us on our needs… The tent built outside the shore was approved for me coz’ it completed your outdoor vacation…Antonia is a natures’ preserved. I hope to be back here next time and looking forward to what sir Danilo had talked about improvements of the resort while staying it private.Reply
Den C Ti saysMay 31, 2013 at 4:51 pmHey, can I ask a few questions? Are there any inns or hotels in the island? how much does it cost per night during months like June – November? any sites you can refer to check the hotel/inn/lodge rates?you have my e-mail ad.love how you presented the island in your site, makes me want to go there ealier.Reply
marla saysMarch 21, 2013 at 6:55 pmhi..may i know what are the nearest pensions or hotels near antonia beach?? does antonia beach have overnight cottages/rooms? please help. thanksReply
Bert saysMarch 16, 2013 at 2:18 pmpeople said that the boat ride to antonia island has parts that are shark infested? please tell me this not true cuz i really want to go there.Reply
Cartier love saysNovember 9, 2012 at 8:58 amVery creative, one of the nicer sites I have seen today. Keep up the great work.Reply
Vic saysMarch 15, 2012 at 9:34 pmHello Jessica , good to see you here , May I correct you ?, the credit is given to Marcos who run this blog … Thank you for welcoming visitors… may you give us info’s about the charge when one wants to stay there ? is there a cottage with electricity and toilet? if there is , how much is the charge?… and reservations etc…. thanks and regards Jessica… the place is my kind of place …Reply
jessica saysMarch 15, 2012 at 1:24 pmhi vic,thank you for posting our island ANTONIA beach resort…its our family property…And im very proud on that island where my parents kept it..ANTONIA is my great-grandmother’s name…Visitors are welcome there to stay and swim..just a little reminder that we must keep that island clean…Explore ANTONIA ISLAND…enjoy and have fun…Reply
zuproc saysJanuary 12, 2013 at 9:08 pmGood eve guys, does anyone have a contact person at antonia beach. We want to stay there but we don’t have any idea how.Reply
Vic saysJuly 12, 2011 at 8:57 am@mur2s … don’t frown … and I do not treat people exactly the same but accordingly in regards to how they conduct themselves… youre quite fine so as james… billy is ill-humoured Near-PMS , granny fat-ass, like gonna slap everyone who grabs his yogurt , but if he would have change of heart… i believe we could spend the night together in Antonia, of course , he would be blue in a place where theres no one to look into LOL……..Reply
mur2s saysJuly 11, 2011 at 10:01 pmso vic u found somebdy new. dont treat him like billy. he soundz like a real man of wat hes doing. it speaks of himself unlike billy dat does it w/ his mouth. sometimes 8s full. james gud luk bud.Reply
Vic saysJuly 10, 2011 at 8:01 pm@James thank you mate…. wish you all the lucks and good times thereReply
Vic saysJuly 10, 2011 at 1:39 pm@james.. ive tried to..but i cant open it( url)..maybe we need to be friends first..if you pleaseReply
Vic saysJuly 9, 2011 at 8:51 pm@James… ooh good for you … you got really exciting life … its obvious …Reply
james saysJuly 9, 2011 at 2:46 pmwe spent 500 each 4 days and three nyts… island hoping. caving, climbing, snorkeling but in selected areas cos the corals was damage by dynamite fishing.Reply
james saysJuly 9, 2011 at 2:40 pmive been there. every year for 4 years already….check this out for more picss.Reply
smiley saysJuly 8, 2011 at 11:35 pmits beautiful!!! please kindly give the contact numbers of the person whom we can book our stay.And the accommodation if their is..and please can you post also the cottages in focus….thank youReply
Vic saysJuly 8, 2011 at 3:39 pm@mur2s… great idea… that the regulars can add up information and photos … and also, many here are asking questions about something like details and information and they are left unnoticed or heard through months and years … yes mur2s….i have some shots of certain places too …. but its in facebook only . Im kinda into enjoying the place lang not to broadcast them online ,, reason…. i don’t want people to flock in there and if its spoiled , i have less passion in it anymore , it should be preserved in its primeval condition ( No big structure building etc)it should be like you’re alone in an Virgin Island …. but anyway… i might have posted some photos in goggle earth … and mur2s…almost all of Iloilo is already explored by him … if not you could have just tell me where to find them… have you heard of falls in Viejo???? and a Vacation place in San Enrique too??? .. you can just tell me what you know.. these some fun-fun little secrets …. I’ll be back tomorrow night :) see Ya!Reply
mur2s saysJuly 8, 2011 at 10:30 ammasupot ko anay la pa budget sa kilid kild lng ko anay mangita kon waay na gid internet lng anay. y not post ur shot of places uve been thru kay kon kis a daw kahinay magpost bag o nga pic c marcos. may b u can suggest 8 2 him na ma contribute man ang mga readers. sabat toto vic.Reply
Vic saysJuly 8, 2011 at 9:43 am@ryan yeah… i find the photo so breathtaking… and it fits perfectly for what a vacation place should look like that I am looking for… a very private, the tranquility, it’s less crowded or no people at all … why would be asking for more?… whereas i don’t like beach which is– busy, overcrowded and the worst of all is full of annoying foreigners especially the outrageous Koreans who think who own any land they set foot in…..Reply
ryan saysJuly 8, 2011 at 9:21 amthis is so amazing maybe i can bring my friends with me to go there and a lot of thing to do like snorkling since the water is so clear. Thanks mark….Reply
Vic saysJuly 8, 2011 at 8:18 amIf Antonia Beach is this far and if hell plan to stay in the Island and the stores is out of reach.. and one should know what to bring thereat like a food for a week or two especially canned foods , dried fish …a camping paraphernalia ( portable stove, ropes, flashlights, matches, goggles, beach umbrella , knife , candles etc) , tools , potable water , clothes , and what else…. a raincoat….lol… @ @ Mur2s… what is your plan…are you coming with me in Carles??? to make the big event more dazzling, bring your own girl and I will have mine… probably on the last months of 2011…let us let billy chase his every boy in town and well out of town…. there he is with his and here we are with ours lol,,,Reply
Vic saysJuly 8, 2011 at 8:06 am@ronnie…. the place is almost paradise… i surely have to put this in one of my itinerary in my future Iloilo-Exploration …. we could see cottages right past the beach…..( sigh)…. I should have been there a week or two lol…para bawi sa kalayu ya hahahahahahaha ….Reply