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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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Visit Dumaguete, The Philippines

Dumaguete is knowm for its four universities and the high number of students in the area contribute to a young and laid-back atmosphere. The main reason to come here is to reach the nearby dive sites.

View across one of the Twin Lakes near Dumaguete, Negros, Philippines

Dumaguete

The Philippines

The capital of Eastern Negros (or Negros Oriental), is Dumaguete, which is dominated by the Sumilon university campus.

There are, in fact, four universities in the city and the high number of students in the area contribute to a young and laid-back atmosphere.

Diving

The main reason to come here is to reach the nearby dive sites, but it is also a pleasant city in which to spend a couple of days.

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