Historic sites
Banaue Rice Terraces
Banaue, Ifugao
Rice terraces carved into the mountains of northern Luzon by the Ifugao people around 2,000 years ago, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Natural features
Coron, Palawan
Coron, Palawan
An island famous for Kayangan Lake, a clear lake surrounded by limestone cliffs, Twin Lagoon and the wrecks of Japanese ships sunk in 1944, which are…
Natural features
El Nido and the Bacuit Archipelago
El Nido, Palawan
Limestone islands rising from turquoise water at the northern tip of Palawan, with lagoons, beaches and coves.
Natural features
Puerto Princesa Underground River
Puerto Princesa, Palawan
A river that flows 8 km underground through a limestone cave into the sea, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Tours and activities
Tubbataha Reefs
Palawan
Two remote coral atolls in the Sulu Sea, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with some of the best diving in the world: walls, sharks, manta rays and turtl…
Natural features
White Island, Camiguin
Yumbing, Camiguin
A horseshoe-shaped sandbar of pure white sand off the north coast of Camiguin, with nothing on it at all, and views back to the island's volcanoes.
Natural features
Chocolate Hills, Bohol
Bohol
More than 1,200 rounded grassy hills, which turn brown in the dry season like chocolate drops.
Tours and activities
Diving at Anilao, Batangas
Mabini, Batangas
Anilao, on the Calumpan Peninsula in Mabini, Batangas, is known as the macro and 'muck' diving capital of the Philippines.
Historic sites
Intramuros, Manila
Manila, National Capital Region (Metro Manila)
The walled Spanish colonial city at the heart of Manila, with Fort Santiago, where national hero José Rizal was imprisoned, the Manila Cathedral, and…
Natural features
Katibawasan Falls, Camiguin
Mambajao, Camiguin
A slender waterfall that drops about 70 m into a cool, deep pool surrounded by ferns, orchids and forest, on the slopes of Mount Timpoong.
Tours and activities
Kawasan Falls and Moalboal, Cebu
Badian, Cebu
A turquoise multi-tiered waterfall in south-west Cebu, popular for canyoneering: jumping, swimming and sliding down the river through the canyon.
Places to stay
Mermaid Resort, Sabang
Sabang, Oriental Mindoro
A dive resort with 34 rooms and suites on the beach at Sabang, Puerto Galera, on the north coast of Mindoro.
Tours and activities
Siargao
General Luna, Surigao del Norte
A teardrop-shaped island in the east, the surfing capital of the Philippines, famous for the Cloud 9 reef break.
Historic sites
Sunken Cemetery, Camiguin
Catarman, Camiguin
A large white cross in the sea off the coast of Camiguin marks a cemetery that sank beneath the waves after the eruption of Mount Vulcan in 1871.
Historic sites
Vigan
Vigan, Ilocos Sur
The best-preserved Spanish colonial town in Asia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with cobbled Calle Crisologo lined with ancestral houses, horse-drawn…
Walks and treks
Mount Pinatubo
Capas, Tarlac
A volcano whose huge eruption in 1991 was one of the largest of the 20th century, leaving a crater lake.
Natural features
White Beach, Puerto Galera
Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro
A long white-sand beach west of Puerto Galera town on the north coast of Mindoro, lined with cheap resorts, bars and restaurants.