Taklong Island

The island and nearby vicinity was declared by President Corazon Aquino in June 1990.

[1] A marine biological station run by the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) of nearby Iloilo Province is located on this island.

The one-storey station established in 1977 and renovated twice (in 1987 and in 2008) sits on a 1.64 hectares parcel of land donated to UP in 1964, with Carlos P. Romulo as then University President.

Donors included the family of the first Lieutenant Governor of then SubProvince of Guimaras, the late Antonio Ortiz.

When proclaimed as a national marine reserve in Feb. 8, 1990 by then President Corazon C. Aquino, there was only one family residing in the island, the family of Vicente Basco, the only recognized tenured migrant when Taklong Island became part of the national marine reserve.

Beach on Taklong Island with pump boat and rock outcropping.
This is the view from the front beach of Taklong Island.
The dock through the mangroves at the back of the island. This is the preferred dock when the sea is rough.
The Banago area sandbar is one of the two sandbars in Taklong island that connects two adjacent islands or islets.