Philippines Discovery

We arrived in Manila with our international flight from Italy

We checked-in our hotel in Makati District, it is a pretty new and elegant one!

Had a typical Filipino dinner with a modern twist in this amazing restaurant where we also met some old friends

We took a domestic flight to Panglao Island, which is connected to Bohol by a bridge

We checked-in our hotel on the quiet side of the island. Very simple property, but good restaurant

We visited a bar cave that was at a walking distance from our hotel

We rented a motorbike and went to Alona Beach for some chill, a relaxing massage and dinner (there are lots of nice restaurants here)

We got up early on the morning to go on a dolphin watching tour and saw a pod with hundreds of dolphins! (We were supposed to go to Chocolate Hills on the next day but it was raining very heavy so we just chilled and kinda ate/drank all day.)

We took a ferry from Bohol to Cebu and once there we took a local tuktuk to Moalboal town

We checked-in our cozy hotel

We rented a motorbike and visited the beautiful beach of this laidback town

We rented a bike and discovered some of the beautiful waterfalls in Cebu! Kawasan is the most popular and it is stunning

We visited another fall which was the most impressive one to me, Cambais Falls, hidden in the mountains: it took as 1 hour on a dirt road to get there but it was all worth it because it looked like a dream!

This fun restaurant serves various yummy dishes

We took a domestic flight to El Nido

We checked-in our stunning Airbnb Calypso Beach Hotel, located on Corong Corong Beach. We enjoyed sunset with a few cocktails and tapas at Panorama Beach Club

We went on our first boat tour in the dreamy Bacuit Bay. We did a private tour with Philippines à la carte and we picked tour A

After lunch on the beach, the tour continued in the afternoon

We rented a mororbike and reached the marvellous Nacpan Beach, voted the most beautiful beach in the Philippines.

We spent some days on paradise on earth on a Glamping on Darocotan Island, north east of El Nido. Highly recommended.

We explored this beautiful island, chilled on the beach, read books, enjoyed the yummy food at Dryft and got to meet the locals living on the only village on the island

Today we explored the gorgeous and wild Linapacan Archipelago on a boat tour organised by Dryft Camp

Back to El Nido Thiswe stayed at Maligaya Beach Bungalows

For sunset we chilled in this super cool beach club

With a kayak from Corong Corong beach we explored the coastal area of Bacuit Bay, with wonderful beaches like Lapus Lapus Beach and Papaya Beach. Best day ever.

We enjoyed the sunset with some old friends and ate a super good pizza with the best view ever!

We did another private boat tour in El Nido, again with Philippines à la carte, tour C this time

The tour continued in the afternoon

We took a domestic flight back to Manila to catch our international flight back to Italy

We had a memorable brunch before taking our international flight back to Italy in the after