Islands & Ocean

World War II shipwrecks, twin lagoons ringed by limestone, hot springs in the jungle. The dive sites are the reason most people come.

One of the world's top surf breaks on one side, mangrove rivers and quiet islands on the other. The trip for slowing down without doing nothing.

Mount Mayon's cone visible from almost anywhere you stand. ATVs across volcanic ash. Whale sharks in Donsol from December through May.

The white sand earned the island its reputation. We add the parts most Boracay trips miss — Ati communities, inland villages, a slower side of a fast island.

A university town with one of the country's best food scenes, ferry distance from an island built on its own folklore. Heritage one day, beaches the next.

An underground river through limestone caves. The longest white-sand beach in the country at San Vicente. El Nido's lagoons in the morning before the boats arrive.