PHILIPPINES

7,641 islands.

Most of them empty.

The Philippines is the most underexplored archipelago in Southeast Asia. Beyond Palawan and Boracay — which are extraordinary in their own right — lie islands that see almost no visitors, reefs that have never been dived by a tourist, and communities where your arrival is genuinely surprising and genuinely welcome.

JUST A SMALL GLIMPSE OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE IN PHILIPPINES

Kayaking through the Puerto Princesa Underground River

One of the world's longest navigable underground rivers, moving through a cathedral of limestone formations in absolute darkness broken only by your guide's torch. The scale is impossible to describe. You simply have to go.

Whale shark swimming in Donsol — on their terms

Donsol has the largest gathering of whale sharks in the world. No feeding, no touching, no cages — just you in the water with the largest fish on earth, moving at their own pace through blue water, while you try to keep up.

A private island in the Bacuit Archipelago

El Nido's limestone karsts rise from water so clear you can read the depth by colour alone. A private boat, a deserted beach, a lunch of fresh fish grilled on the sand. The Philippines at its most absolute.

The rice terraces of Banaue — carved two thousand years ago

The Ifugao people carved these terraces into the Cordillera mountains by hand, over two millennia, without machines or blueprints. Walking between the terraces with a local guide whose family has farmed here for generations is to walk through living history.

Chocolate Hills of Bohol by bicycle at dawn

More than a thousand perfectly conical hills, turning brown in the dry season like enormous chocolates. Before the tour groups arrive and before the heat settles in, the hills belong to the mist and whoever is awake enough to be there.

A night with a fishing family on Camiguin island

Camiguin is small enough to circumnavigate by motorbike in a morning. The island has four active volcanoes, hot springs, and a sunken cemetery visible from the surface of the sea. The fishing families who live here are among the most generous hosts in the Philippines.

A FEW IMAGES. TIME TO MAKE YOUR OWN.

Kayakers in the clear turquoise lagoon of El Nido, Palawan, surrounded by limestone cliffs
Bustling local covered market in the Philippines with fresh produce and festive decorations
The green Chocolate Hills of Bohol under a soft morning sky
Traditional wooden bangka boats moored in calm coastal waters near Palawan
Aerial view of a mountain village among the green rice terraces of the Cordillera
Filipino outrigger boats among steep limestone cliffs in the sea near El Nido

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