Philippines Top Things To Do
• Get wet. Swim, surf, windsurf, snorkel and dive off Santa Cruz Island, which has a sandy beach that turns pink when the corals from the sea are washed ashore. You can also hire traditional canoes (bancas).
• Go on a fishing trip. The Philippines' warm waters are inhabited by some 2,400 fish species, including many game fish such as giant tuna, tanguingue, king mackerel, great barracuda, swordfish and marlin. Game fishing is best from December to August.
• Book an adventure tour with an ecological slant, including activities such as canopy walking (participants are lifted by pulleys to the canopy on the Philippine rainforest near Cagayan de Oro).
• Go trekking or mountaineering in the region around Matulid River, Mount Pulog and Mount Halcon as well as the famous UNESCO World Heritage-listed rice terraces in the Cordillera mountain range in northern Luzon.
• Watch a traditional game of Sipa, played with a small wicker ball, at the Rizal Court in Manila.
• Trawl the flea market in Zamboanga City (Mindanao island), which sells Muslim pottery, clothes and brassware.
• Visit Villa Escudero, a working coconut plantation in Quezon Province (Luzon island). Less than two hours from Manila, it yields rare glimpses into rural life. Guests tour a typical village on a cart drawn by a carabao, or water buffalo.
• On Hundred Islands, the second-largest marine reservation in the world, teeming with over 2,000 species of aquatic life, explore the caves and domes of Marcos Island and the Devil's Kitchen.
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