Philippine information and Trip reports
I have been in South Luzon years ago and it’s time to revisit the area. Two weeks ago we left Manila in the early morning, half way we got out for a relaxing 2 hours hike in the virgin forest of National Park in Atimonan and around 7:00 pm we arrived in Naga and stayed in the quite basic Starview …
This is not the first blog about Palawan but changes especially in El Nido and Port Barton I found the time has come to revisit Palawan. Palawan has been voted as the most beautiful island in the world for the last 2 years. And travelling from Puerto Princesa to El Nido with side steps to Sabang, Port Barton and San …
Finally some time to travel again! This July we went again to Siargao and added Camiguin as other destination. We visited Camiguin 16 years ago but unlike some other touristy places not much has changed. Siargao was already featured in one of my earlier blogs but I noticed this time Siargao has become even more popular and expensive. A decent …
Last week we guided 2 guests around North Luzon, our specialty and most popular tour. We drive tourist around in and around Banaue almost everyday of the year! The guests arrived in Cauayan airport at 0815am, the nearest airport to Banaue area. This time we went from Cauayan to Mayoyao, a 2 hour drive, for a short 2 hour rice …
IFUGAO (o.a. Banaue) is a very popular tourist destination in North Luzon with good reasons as the rice terraces in this area are among the most beautiful in the world. Some of the rice terraces listed on the Unesco World Heritage List. We are operating in this area already for more than 20 years and our knowledge is unrivaled. In …
A visit to Lake Taal is one of our most popular day tours from Manila, a freshwater Lake formed by eruptions between 500,000 and 100,000 years ago. Volcano Island, the location of Taal Volcano‘s historical eruptions and responsible for the lake’s water is a diluted form of sulfuric acid with a high concentration of boron, magnesium, aluminium and sodium in salt form. Its …
Our FTC team went to Busuanga Island to explore, have fun together, learn and build our team strength. Personally I have been to Coron frequently over the years, and witnessed its steady discovery internationally to a holiday destination absolutely worth your visit. Busuanga Island lies North of El Nido and cannot be reached overland. Your either fly to/from Clark, Manila and …
My good friend and professional photographer Gunther Deichman had to shoot some pictures in and around Angeles and Subic and asked me if I want to come along which I greatly accepted. Its good to update myself of the area as I learn from each trip and I am happy to spent a few days in the province rather in …
Puerto Galera is located about 130 km south from Manila. Batangas pier the getaway to this area of Mindoro is a 1,5 – 2,5 hour drive from Manila depending on where in Manila you depart from and traffic situations. At the Batangas pier you can take a one hour bangka ride going directly to Sabang, Puerto Galera and white beach. …
Angeles is a 2-3 hour drive from Manila and served by the Clark International airport in The Clark free zone, which caters to more or more international and domestic flights as the airport in Manila is getting congested. The former home of Clark airbase was the largest United States military facility outside of the continental United States, and it was …
