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PalawanPPS
Palawan
📍 MIMAROPA
The Philippines’ last frontier
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CoronUSU
Coron
📍 Palawan
Shipwrecks, lakes & limestone
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SiargaoIAO
Siargao
📍 Surigao del Norte
The surfing capital of the Philippines
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BoracayMPH
Boracay
📍 Aklan
The world-famous White Beach
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BoholTAG
Bohol
📍 Central Visayas
Chocolate Hills, tarsiers and Panglao beaches
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CamiguinCGM
Camiguin
📍 Northern Mindanao
The island born of fire
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El NidoENI
El Nido
📍 Palawan
Limestone cliffs and hidden lagoons
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Port BartonPPS
Port Barton
📍 Palawan
Palawan's laid-back, off-grid beach town
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San VicenteSWL
San Vicente
📍 Palawan
Home of Long Beach - the longest white-sand beach in the Philippines
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MactanCEB
Mactan
📍 Cebu
Cebu's resort island - beaches, diving & the airport in one
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OslobCEB
Oslob
📍 Cebu
Whale sharks, waterfalls and a sandbar on Cebu's south coast
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MalapascuaCEB
Malapascua
📍 Cebu
The world's only daily thresher shark dive
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BantayanCEB
Bantayan
📍 Cebu
Powder-white sand and slow island days off northern Cebu
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PanglaoTAG
Panglao
📍 Bohol
White sand, world-class diving & dawn dolphins
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AndaTAG
Anda
📍 Bohol
Bohol's quiet white-sand secret with hidden cave pools
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CaticlanMPH
Caticlan
📍 Aklan
Boracay's mainland gate — arrive, cross, go
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Bulabog BeachMPH
Bulabog Beach
📍 Aklan
Southeast Asia's top kite beach, one island-crossing away
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Kalanggaman IslandORN
Kalanggaman Island
📍 Palompon, Leyte, Visayas
A two-kilometre sandbar in the Camotes Sea that makes every photograph look fabricated
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BalerMNL
Baler
📍 Aurora Province
Aurora's surf town — where Apocalypse Now met Philippine waves
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General LunaIAO
General Luna
📍 Surigao del Norte
Siargao's beating heart — surf, eat, repeat
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Cloud 9IAO
Cloud 9
📍 Surigao del Norte
Southeast Asia's most iconic right-hand reef break
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PacificoIAO
Pacifico
📍 Surigao del Norte
Siargao's wild north — empty waves, dirt roads, no crowds
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Puka BeachMPH
Puka Beach
📍 Aklan
Boracay's wild north shore — shells, no sun beds
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La UnionSJI
La Union
📍 Ilocos Region, Luzon
The Philippines surf capital where cold brew meets cold waves
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PagudpudLAO
Pagudpud
📍 Ilocos Norte, Luzon
The Philippines northernmost beach: windmills, white sand, and the edge of everything
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Hundred Islands National ParkMNL
Hundred Islands National Park
📍 Pangasinan, Luzon
123 limestone islands, one outrigger banca, and a day you will not forget
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Anawangin CoveMNL
Anawangin Cove
📍 Zambales, Luzon
Volcanic sand, pine-needle forest, and absolute silence — a beach that does not behave like a beach
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Puerto GaleraMNL
Puerto Galera
📍 Oriental Mindoro, Luzon
The Philippines dive capital, where the Verde Island Passage holds more marine life than anywhere in Asia
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Bataan PeninsulaMNL
Bataan Peninsula
📍 Central Luzon, Luzon
WWII history, a 92-metre cross, sea turtle nesting, and colonial heritage on one undervisited peninsula
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San VicenteSVE
San Vicente
📍 Palawan, Philippines
The longest beach in the Philippines — and barely anyone knows it yet
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Surigao del SurSUG
Surigao del Sur
📍 Surigao del Sur, Mindanao, Philippines
The Niagara of the Philippines and 24 emerald islands — in one province
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Malalison IslandILO
Malalison Island
📍 Antique Province, Panay, Philippines
The last unspoiled island in the Visayas — and almost no one knows it
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Romblon IslandTBH
Romblon Island
📍 Romblon Province, Philippines
The marble island with world-class diving that the world has not found yet
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Camotes IslandsCEB
Camotes Islands
📍 Cebu Province, Philippines
The Cebu you remember — before the resorts, before the crowds
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Alona BeachTAG
Alona Beach
📍 Panglao Island, Bohol, Visayas
The beach that put Bohol diving on the map — and has been worth the crowd ever since
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Caramoan PeninsulaCBO
Caramoan Peninsula
📍 Camarines Sur, Bicol, Luzon
The limestone islands Survivor chose — and which most travellers still haven't found
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Gigantes IslandsILO
Gigantes Islands
📍 Carles, Iloilo, Western Visayas
The islands where scallops are currency and every cove has a name only locals know
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GuimarasILO
Guimaras
📍 Western Visayas, Philippines
The sweetest mangoes in the world, an island you reach in 15 minutes, and almost no other tourists
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Samal Island (IGACOS)DVO
Samal Island (IGACOS)
📍 Davao del Norte, Mindanao
A beach island five minutes from Davao City — and the bat caves hold a world record
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MarinduqueMNL
Marinduque
📍 MIMAROPA, Philippines
The heart-shaped island where Easter becomes theatre and the sea is always within sight
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SipalayILO
Sipalay
📍 Negros Occidental, Western Visayas
Sugar Beach and slow time — the Negros coast that backpackers found and kept quiet
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CatanduanesVRC
Catanduanes
📍 Bicol, Luzon
The Land of the Howling Winds — raw surf, empty beaches, and a secret the ocean keeps
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Palaui IslandMNL
Palaui Island
📍 Santa Ana, Cagayan, Luzon
The northernmost wild island of Luzon — no roads, no resort, just the Pacific and your tent
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Calicoan IslandCEB
Calicoan Island
📍 Guiuan, Eastern Samar, Eastern Visayas
ABCD Beach and raw Pacific surf — the Eastern Samar island that only surfers knew about
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DipologDPL
Dipolog
📍 Zamboanga del Norte, Mindanao
Dakak Beach and the Sardine Capital of the Philippines — western Mindanao's overlooked coast
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MasbateMNL
Masbate
📍 Masbate Province, MIMAROPA, Philippines
The Philippines' cowboy island — rodeo, white beaches, and diving that nobody else has found
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Batangas BeachesMNL
Batangas Beaches
📍 Batangas Province, Luzon
Manila's weekend coast — Laiya, Calatagan, and a hundred beach resorts two hours from the capital
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MatnogBOC
Matnog
📍 Sorsogon, Bicol, Luzon
The southern tip of Luzon — pink sand, sea turtles, and the ferry to the Visayas
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Mati CityDVO
Mati City
📍 Davao Oriental, Mindanao
Dahican Beach and the longest ridable wave in the Philippines — eastern Mindanao's surf secret
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