If you like dream beaches then you must place Philippines on your radar. It is definitely a great summer vacation destination.
To organize your trip well, you should know more about its islands and its beaches, so write these down tips so as not to miss the best.
Philippines
It is an island country so it is made up of thousands of islands. That makes it difficult to accommodate all the chips when deciding to travel and that is why it is convenient to think about the route well. Internal flights are the norm and that is why check the page of Cebu Pacific, a low cost airline.
Its little more than 7 thousand one hundred islands are divided into three regions: Luzon, which is where Manila, the capital, is, Mindanao y The Visayas.
In Luzon you can walk through the historic Manila and perceive the western heritage, but you can also walk among rice terraces fabulous that are about six hours away.
There are terraces in Batad, Banaue, Sagada and Bontoc and you can go on your own or sign up for a tour and get to know, for example, Bontoc and Sagada in the same excursion.
Yes, it has a complicated climate so there is a dry season, a humid one and a warm season, tending to dry. The first is from March to May, the wet between June and November and the last is from December to February. It is always hot.
Lastly, are you vaccinated? It is necessary to have the Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Hepatitis A and B vaccines. Knowing all this we can now move on to the best destinations within the Philippines.
Boracay
It is a beautiful island that is just over 300 kilometers from Manila, in the Visayas Islands. It is about 10 square kilometers in area and its beaches have made it one of the most popular tourist destinations.
It has no airport Its own, so it is reached by sea from the neighboring island of Panay and its port, Caticlan. You can get there by plane or ferry from a neighboring island or from Manila. You will actually see that there are two neighboring airports that are always offered: Caticlan and Kalibo.
Once in any of them you have to go by land to the port and from there take the ferry. Airport Caticlan It is closer and the land route is barely five minutes while 90 are the minutes that separate the port of Calibo. Transportation is very cheap, yes.
The boat trip to the island of Boracay, more than a ferry is a boat, it is also cheap and very short, five minutes with the calm sea. On the other side you can take a tricycle to get to your accommodation.
Boracay is subdivided into neighborhoods o barangay's. The most touristic area, where the bars and restaurants are, is the Yapak barangay, to the north. Then there is the Balabag barangay, in the center, and to the south is the Manoc-Manoc barangay.
To tell the truth these names you will not hear much, you will not even see them in travel magazines or blogs because in general they are called Station 1, 2 and 3.
Thus, Station 1 is a combination of party Life with the calmest, there is a bit of everything. Now if you walk along the beach a little more you enter yes Station 2 which is the epicenter of the party, the noise and the march.
Following the path you arrive at Station 3, which is the sea of tranquility. The good news is that there are not without restaurants, shops, supermarkets and gift stands in any of them.
If you like adventure you can get there by boat from Manila But it is a much longer trip, of about nine hours, but the important thing is to arrive and enjoy one of its thirty beaches.
Sure there are some more popular than others: White Beach It is the one that is in first place with its four white kilometers. There is also the Diniwid Beach and Pukka or the Bulabog Beach, the best for kitesurfing or windsurfing.
El Nido, Palawan
Also in the Visayas is the province of Palawan and its capital is Puerto Princesa. Half is deserted and is known as the last ecological frontier of the Philippines.
In the north there are crystal clear waters, rich flora and fauna and white beaches. It is the place where it is El Nido and Taytay, two tourist destinations important. They are characterized by a landscape of limestone cliffs and beauties above and below the water with fish and corals and even sea turtles.
You can get to Palawan by plane and to move there you use the bus. You can not stop visiting the Coron Reefs, in the bay of the same name: seven lakes surrounded by cliffs, a great place to swim and snorkel among the remains of ships and planes from the Second World War.
El Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park It will reveal the wonderful underground world of this river that emerges into the sea and is rich in biodiversity. This park and another marine park, the Tubbataha Reef, have been declared UNESCO World Heritage.
If you like to move you can visit the fishing village of San Vicente which is close to Puerto Princesa. You arrive in a boat and enjoy its Long Beach of 14 kilometers of white sand like flour.
Bohol
It is to the south of the archipelago, in the Central Visayas. It has lovely white beaches and is famous for a very picturesque landscape christened Chocolate Hills: a bunch of conical limestone hills spread over a 50-square-kilometer piece of land.
It is separated from the island of Cebu, another interesting destination, by a strait so it is easy to come and go. Virgin Island is a charm, with its white tongue that is bathed on both coasts by the sea, and Lamanoc Island, an islet located in Anda that has been very eroded and today the island's appearance is more that of a rock than floats in the sea.