Whether you seek a holiday in El Nido, Coron, or Puerto Princesa, we got you covered!
2013 • 06 • 05 Tired of your usual weekend activities (or non-activities)? Break the routine and do something different and significant this Saturday! June 8 is World Oceans Day. To celebrate the occasion, Earth Island Institute Philippines will be spearheading another coastal cleanup at the Freedom Islands. Aside from
Tourism transforms towns and cities, and that’s exactly what it did to Coron. What used to be a sleepy, laidback town has boomed to become a major tourist destination in Palawan. Smack at the heart of the Calamian Group of Islands, Coron is the jump off point to many neighboring
More than anything, the island province of Cebu is popular for historical sites and churches, and pristine white beaches. But locals and tourists who have been to Cebu know that it is also a land of irresistible cuisine. Whether you’re looking for a dish, a snack, or a potential pasalubong,
“Don’t you get tired of beaches?” It’s a question that foreign friends have asked me more than a few times upon learning that I come from an archipelago of 7107 islands. “No, not really” is what I usually answer. Beach fatigue is possible especially if you’re constantly traveling around the
It looks like Hollywood celebrities are beginning to appreciate the beauty and tranquil that Palawan has to offer. While Boracay undoubtedly remains the #1 beach in the Philippines (as reinforced by TripAdvisor’s Traveller’s Choice 2013, which put White Beach on the top of its list of the Top 25 Beaches in
2013 • 03 • 15 White Beach, Boracay dominated the list of the Best Beaches in Asia in the recent 2013 Traveler’s Choice Awards by popular travel forum website TripAdvisor. White Beach, the most popular stretch in Boracay, bested 24 other Asian beaches. The site described the destination as “stunningly beautiful white
2013 • 03 • 12 A few weeks ago, Mickey Galang went to the beach and saw something that shouldn’t be there: thick patches of oil and tar. An oil spill off the Ilocos Norte coastline had arrived in La Union. She called her La Union Surf Club buddies to
2013 • 02 • 25 Katia Kalyani is the founder of Ocean Hour Philippines, the world’s first international weekly clean-up of Philippine waters. She started out as a volunteer for Ocean Hour, invited family members and friends to join, and eventually encouraged businesses to support their cause. She currently organizes
2013 • 01 • 25 Martin Jordan constantly looks out at the sea from the shore of the Dive Hub marine protected area (MPA), a 3000-sq.m. marine sanctuary in Siaton, Negros Oriental that he helped establish in 2007. This German expatriate and his small crew risk life and limb guarding
2011 • 12 • 10 In June 2011, the PhilippineBeaches.org team were fortunate to visit Danjugan Island in Cauayan, Negros Occidental. Located 3 kilometers west of mainland Negros, Danjugan Island is more than four hours away from the Bacolod-Silay airport. This tropical paradise harbors five lagoons — three land-locked —