Philippines travel tips

5 guides in Philippines — when to go, how to get around, which ATMs not to use, and what a fair price looks like.

Limestone karsts and an outrigger boat in a Palawan lagoon

PalawanPhilippinesLimestone islands out of the sea, and lagoons you can only reach by boat

a group of people standing on top of a sandy beach

BoracayPhilippinesFour kilometres of white sand that the country closed for six months to clean, and reopened with rules

The turquoise pools of Kawasan Falls in the Cebu jungle

Cebu & BoholPhilippinesWhale sharks, waterfalls, and the country’s oldest city

green coconut trees under blue sky

SiargaoPhilippinesA teardrop island of coconut palms and reef breaks, still half the price of anywhere else this good

a view of a rice field with mountains in the background

Banaue & the rice terracesPhilippinesTwo thousand years of terracing carved into the Cordillera, and villages you can only reach on foot