Highlands to Islands

On arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, you will be met by Tour Manager who will assist you with the transfer to the hotel. Stay overnight in Manila.

Have an early breakfast at the hotel and travel to Vigan, lunch en-route in Tarlac or Pangasinan.  On arrival you will meet your local English speaking guide for an orientation tour walking around Calle Crisologo, a street of old Spanish structures mostly houses of wealthy families and Filipino-Chinese traders.  Here you will see the famous cobblestones that represent Vigan’s image.  Continue your walk to St. Agusine Church and Plaza Burgos. Stay overnight in Vigan.

• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner

After breakfast check out and enjoy your guided half sightseeing tour of Vigan City. The city is unique among the Philippine town since it is the country’s most extensive and lone surviving historic city way back from the 16th century Spanish Colonial period.  You will ride a “Kalesa,” a horse-drawn carriage and visit Bantay Bell Tower, Heritage Village, Crisologo Museum. Your kalesa ride ends at a local restaurant where you will have your lunch before travelling via winding mountain to Sagada.  Stay overnight in Sagada.

• Breakfast
• Lunch

The perfect place for nature lovers, the Sagada beginning your tour of the ancient burial caves.  During the walk, see coffins with mummified bodies hanged in the caves of the mountain.  This is one of the funerary practices of the Toraja people of Sulawesi having a belief that the higher the dead were placed, the greater chance of their spirits reaching a higher nature in the afterlife.  After your lunch at a local restaurant travel east to Bontoc, capital of Mountain Province.  Here, we visit an ethnographic Bontoc Museum. Stay two nights in Banaue.

• Breakfast
• Lunch

After breakfast starts your guided tour riding a private local non-air-conditioned jeepney and head to the village of Bang-an. A 20-minute walk on a descending trail gives a closer view of the Ifugao world and get a full insight into the Ifugao’s way of living. Immerse with some of the local rice farmers to know more about the two thousand years of rice terraces. Enjoy lunch and continue to some other villages and viewpoints before heading back to Banaue.

• Breakfast
• Lunch

After an early breakfast travel to Manila, en-route stop for lunch at a local restaurant. The day is free to relax and stay overnight in Manila.

• Breakfast
• Lunch

After breakfast transfer to Manila airport to board a flight to Bohol. On arrival, you will be met by your English-speaking tour executive, who will assist with transfer and check-in at the hotel for two nights.

• Breakfast

Start your full-day tour of the Bohol countryside, visiting the centuries-old Baclaon church, a man-made forest, the Tarsier sanctuary and the Chocolate Hills, several hundreds of uniformly shaped limestone hills that turn brown like chocolate during the dry season. Later proceed to Loboc town and enjoy cruising on the Loboc river passing riverside villages, mangroves and nipa palm with lunch.

• Breakfast
• Lunch

After breakfast transfer to Tagbilaran Port to board a ferry to Cebu.  On arrival you will be met by your local English Speaking guide, followed by lunch. Thereafter enjoy a half-day sightseeing tour of Cebu, discover the rich history and fascinating culture. Visit Fort San Pedro, the Magellan’s Cross, the Basilica Minore del Santo Nino, The Heritage Monument, Taoist Temple in upscale Beverly Hills Subdivision. Stay overnight in Cebu.

• Breakfast
• Lunch

After breakfast transfer to Mactan Airport to board a flight to Puerto Princesa, a coastal city in the Palawan island well known as a base for boat trips through the massive limestone caves and underground river of the biodiverse Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park. On arrival, you will be met by your tour executive who will assist with a transfer to the hotel. Stay two nights in Puerto Princesa.

• Breakfast

After breakfast meet your tour guide at the lobby and accompanies him to the port to board the boat to the Subterranean River National Park, the 8.2 kilometre-long underground river that boasts jaw-dropping cave formations, stunning limestone cliffs and pristine water.  After visiting the UNESCO World Heritage in Palawan, a sumptuous lunch will be served.  Return to the hotel and the rest of the day is at leisure.

• Breakfast
• Lunch

After an early breakfast travel to El Nido. Enjoy the scenic ride with lunch and photo stops. Stay two night in El Nido.

• Breakfast
• Lunch

Today gets ready for Island Hopping as we travel by motorboat to witness breathtaking views and magnificent rock formations, limestone cliffs, clear waters of Big Lagoon, Entalula Island, Secret Lagoon, Seven Commandos and Shimizu Island. You may opt to swim, snorkel or just relax and take pictures on one of the islands while the crew set up and prepare your lunch.

• Breakfast
• Lunch

After breakfast transfer to Lio airport to board your flight to Manila. On arrival enjoy an orientation tour around the city visiting Intramuros – The Walled City of Manila, Fort Santiago, Casa Manila, San Agustin Church passing by Rizal Park, Cultural Center (CCP) and International Convention Center (PICC). Snacks will be served before transfer to hotel. Evening we meet at a local restaurant to enjoy a farewell dinner. Stay overnight in Manila.

• Breakfast
• Dinner

After breakfast tour finishes with a direct transfer to Manila International Airport.

• Breakfast