Palawan
🗓 3–4 daysLagoons, limestone cliffs and island-hopping.
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With 7,641 islands, the Philippines is all about the water: Palawan's secret lagoons, Boracay's beaches, Cebu's waterfalls and whale sharks, and reefs teeming with life.
English is widely spoken and locals are famously warm, making it one of Asia's easiest and friendliest beach escapes.
The destinations worth building your trip around.
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Lagoons, limestone cliffs and island-hopping.
Famous White Beach and sunset sailing.
Waterfalls, whale sharks and the Chocolate Hills.
Lagoons, limestone cliffs and island-hopping.
Famous White Beach and sunset sailing.
Waterfalls, whale sharks and the Chocolate Hills.
The buzzing capital and main gateway.
Lagoons, limestone cliffs and island-hopping.
Famous White Beach and sunset sailing.
Waterfalls, whale sharks and the Chocolate Hills.
The buzzing capital and main gateway.
Visa rules change frequently. Most nationalities enter visa-free for 30 days; everyone files the free eTravel registration online. Always verify with the official Philippines immigration / e-visa website before travelling.
Palawan's lagoons, the planet's best beaches.
Swim alongside gentle whale sharks.
Powder sand and legendary sunsets.
1,200 grassy mounds and tarsiers.
World-class diving and WWII wrecks.
Karst islets in lagoons of impossible blue — the bangka-boat hop everyone in the Philippines points to.
A Philippine party island famous for White Beach's powder-soft sand and sunset paraw sails along its 4-km coast.
A 1,486 m Philippine stratovolcano whose 1991 eruption was the 20th century's second-largest — crater-lake hike from Capas…
The Philippines' "perfect cone" — Mayon's near-symmetric profile rises above Legazpi, frequently glowing red at the summit.
The Philippines' highest peak (2,954 m) — a multi-day rainforest-to-summit climb with permit + guide required.
