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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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Excursions in The Philippines: Bontoc & Sagada

Bontoc is the first mining town in this mountainous region of North Luzon and a must-see is the Museum of Mountain Culture which has the most complete collection of tribal memorabilia and historical data.

Rice and vegetable terraces near Bontoc, Mountain Province, Luzon

Bontoc & Sagada

Banaue & Northern Luzon, The Philippines

Visit the towns of Bontoc, capital town of Ifugao province, and Sagada, known for its burial caves.

Bontoc is the first mining town in this mountainous region of North Luzon and a must-see is the Museum of Mountain Culture which has the most complete collection of tribal memorabilia and historical data. This Museum is managed by Belgian nuns.

In Sagada, which is probably the most “Christianized” of the mountain towns as evident in the many spires of churches that dot the landscape, visit the town centre, the rice terraces and the caves where, in the not so distant past, tribesmen would hang wooden coffins containing the remains of their dead.

On the return journey, stop briefly at the viewpoint to appreciate a panoramic view of Banaue town, the mountains and the rice terraces that surround the town.

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