The Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999 and one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature in 2011, so it’s no surprise that it features in many trips around the Philippines. Located in Sabang, a sleepy coastal...
Going diving in Malapascua is a resounding YES. If you love the sea or think you’ll enjoy it and want to give it a try, it would be a real sin not to include Malapascua on your trip to the Philippines. Diving in Malapascua is, quite simply, truly wonderful. Besides...
With so many things to do in El Nido, you’re surely already looking for how to get there quickly. Located in the north of Palawan island, 238 kilometers from the island’s capital, Puerto Princesa, you’ll find several ways to get to El Nido from different parts of the...
“Diving, Philippines” are inseparable words for us. We find it hard to imagine a trip around the Philippines without diving in the Philippines. Not for nothing, the first tanks we ever emptied were there, and many of our favorite dive sites in the world are scattered...
Donsol is one of the places where to swim with the whale shark in the Philippines. Until 1998, this was a small coastal town that went completely unnoticed by tourism. However, that year a group of divers filmed a video of a butanding (as these animals are known in...
Hi! We’re Claudia and Jairo, two travelers who fell in love with the Philippines back in 2010. We’ve been traveling full-time for the past 16 years, and we spend much of our time exploring the more than 7,000 islands of the archipelago so we can share first-hand, reliable, and up-to-date information about its paradises with you.