As we told you in Where to swim with whale sharks in the Philippines, Pintuyan is our favorite place to do it. Selfishly, it’s the one that gives you a more incredible experience, since it’s very likely you’ll be alone with it in the water, but also swimming with the...
On Travel Around the Philippines you’ll find loads of information about the country’s main tourist spots, but on our trips we also like to lose ourselves in lesser‑known corners. So, as soon as we heard about the charms of some paradisiacal islands not far off the...
How to get to Pintuyan. If you’re thinking about swimming with whale sharks in Pintuyan, this guide is for you. This part of the Philippines is still relatively off the tourist trail and not the easiest to reach. Bus schedules are a bit erratic and there are several...
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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.