Experiences

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.

2,000-year-old rice terraces carved by hand. Hanging coffins in limestone cliffs. Mornings at 14°C. The Philippines that doesn't look like a postcard.

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.

The smallest province in the country, closer to Taiwan than to Manila. Stone houses, rolling green hills, lighthouses on cliffs. Nothing else in the Philippines feels like it.

A 400-year-old Spanish colonial town still lived in. Paoay Church, standing since 1710. The La Paz sand dunes. Longganisa most Filipinos quietly say is the best.

Centuries-old stone churches. The Chocolate Hills in dry season. Tarsiers smaller than your hand. River cruises through palm forests.

Hidden waterfalls, enchanted rivers, places most international travelers haven't heard of. For the trip somewhere your friends haven't already been.