My Corregidor Adventure Tour Challenge Experience and Update

Last December, I was able to join the first Corregidor Adventour Challenge along with the traditional media practitioners from different newspaper publications upon invitation of Bernard Supetran ,PR consultant. I was the only blogger then. In this post, I am going to spoil some details but not narrate in detail to maintain suspense for those who will decide to try it in one of the Corregidor tours in the future. This was my second time in Corregidor. The first was during a boy scout camping. We toured Corregidor just like any other tour guest.

There were two groups of four. To distinguish the Adventour participants from regular tour guests, we were required to wear the Adventour shirt and equipped with a sling bag containing bottled water, energy bar, scratch paper and pen. We were also given a large searchlight for the dark areas.

One of the obstacles was to find puzzle pieces inside balloons at the starting point to form a map. Another obstacle is to requires you to solve word puzzles. Another obstacle requires to walk blindfolded by one team member guided by another without spilling paper cups filled with water. The last one obstacle is a real challenge that requires teamwork which I will not reveal.

What makes it fun was unlike the regular touring, this is more exciting. You travel the island on foot and get to go through a dark Japanese duck walk tunnel crawling with large geckos. You don't get to do that on a regular tour and it's really an immersing experience which makes it a better tour alternative for me. The Adventour is also ideal for group dynamics and team building especially if you are into Amazing Race type of activity.

On the second media invitation last April 8, I referred another blogger to join. I was updated that there are now five per team and each team has bandana color for identify each team. The Adventour Challenge is now called Adventure Tour Challenge. To inquire about Corregidor Adventure Tour, contact Sun Cruise at (02)527-5555.

Are You Ready For The Corregidor Adventour Challenge?

If you have been to Corregidor, you already have an idea how the tours were done throughout this historical island. But if you haven’t been there, you should consider the innovative way to tour the former island fortress.

Riding the tram after the challenges

 Sun Cruises, Inc. offers you the Corregidor Adventour Challenge. The word Adventour is a hybrid of two words:Adventure Tour. What makes the Adventour from a regular tour is that you will tour the island on a different perspective. Form a group of 4 or 5 and engage in obstacles that will require you to think and get physical as your team will tour Corregidor on foot, solve puzzles and test your skills.

Exit from a Japanese escape tunnel(Photo by Lee Llamas)

I was one of the first to experience the Adventour Challenge along with members of the media. You get to see places that you don't see on a regular tour and you will be immersed on an experience that will make you see the perspective of a Japanese Imperial soldier as you go duckwalk through their dark tunnel with geckos and your only light source is from the flashlight you are holding. I can't reveal more than this because it will spoil the challenges. This is what I meant when I said you will tour Corregidor from a different perspective. It is like the Amazing Race but in relation to the Corregidor theme. It is educational as well as challenging. Ideal for company team building and student field trip.

The first Adventour participants with the people of Sun Cruise

The Adventour package is only PhP1999.00 which includes ferry ride(Manila-Corregidor-Manila), Lunch, an Adventour Challenge T-shirt so you will be identified as a Adventour participant, and an Adventour Challenge kit, a must if you want to survive and get a ferry ride back to Manila alive.He-he-he. Just kidding. For inquiries, contact Sun Cruise at 527.5555 or at the Sun Cruise website

I conquered the Corregidor Adventour Challenge(That's what it says in the shirt)