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The Philippines

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Reasons To
Visit The Philippines

  • Diving

    The Philippines is home to world class diving among dazzling marine life. There are coral gardens, caves, deeply plunging undersea walls and isolated coral seamounts offering wall diving, wreck diving and muck diving. Every form of underwater life can be seen including whale sharks, turtles, manta rays and dugongs.

    Diving

  • Fiestas

    Festivals in the Philippines are plentiful. Every town has a patron saint, and each of these has its own feast day and there are also bigger week long parties like Ati-Atihan in Kalibo. Easter is also a big event in this predominantly christian country.

    Fiestas

  • Secluded beaches

    With over 7,000 islands there are mile of coastline in the Philippines. Away from the popular beaches of Boracay and Cebu there are a range of quieter spots especially in the Southern Visayas and around Palawan.

    Secluded beaches

  • Tribal Villages

    There are more than 100 cultural minority groups in the Philippines, and around half of these have unique linguistic cultures. The most well known are the Ifugao, and their culture is alive and well around the rice terraces of Banaue.

    Tribal Villages

  • Volcanoes

    Most of the Philippine islands feature volcanic mountains, several of which have been increasingly active since the 1980s. The most accessible are Mount Pinatubo which last erupted in 1991 and Taal volcano one crater of which erupted in 1977.

    Volcanoes

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Accommodation in The Philippines: Banaue Hotel

Banaue Hotel, Banaue
Banaue Hotel, BanaueBanaue Hotel, Banaue
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Banaue Hotel

Banaue & Northern Luzon

In Banaue, at the gateway to the Banaue Rice Terraces, lies the Banuae Hotel and Youth Hostel, a nature lovers haven at 4000 feet. Surrounded by mountains and tribal villages the mood is timeless, and the weary traveller feels at one with nature.

The Banaue Hotel is the only real choice of hotel in the area. It is by no means luxurious but has more than adequate facilities, including a swimming pool.

The hotel is well located for exploring the surrounding rice terraces and hill tribe villages.

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