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Luxury

Private-island resorts, villas with staff, boats on standby and charter flights when they save a day.

Luxury in the Philippines is less about marble lobbies and more about access: a resort that owns its island, a boat and crew that wait for you, a seaplane or charter that turns a six-hour transfer into forty minutes. The country's best addresses are small and spread out, and getting between them smoothly is most of the work.

We plan Premium and Signature journeys with private transfers door to door, guides chosen for the guest (not the rota), and someone on our team reachable throughout your trip. We are also straightforward about limits: some remote islands have one good place to stay, and in typhoon season we would rather move you than leave you waiting for a boat.

Where we'd go

Limestone islands rising from a calm green bay off northern Palawan

Palawan

Inside

A long, thin island of karst lagoons, empty beaches and slow coastal towns, stretching 450 km between the South China Sea and the Sulu Sea.

Why go
Because no other province packs this much limestone, lagoon and open sea into a single trip.
Best for
Island hopping · Honeymoons · Slow travel · Snorkelling
How long
7–12 nights
Best season
December to May
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Kayaks drifting into a limestone lagoon in El Nido at sunrise

El Nido

Inside

The Philippines' best-known lagoons, set in Bacuit Bay's 45-odd limestone islands, with beaches that look unreal and a small town that grew up fast around them.

Why go
To paddle into the lagoons that made the Philippines famous, ideally before anyone else does.
Best for
Lagoons · Island hopping · Couples · Sunsets
How long
3–5 nights
Best season
December to May
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Wooden walkway and green limestone around Kayangan Lake in Coron

Coron

Inside

Inland lakes inside limestone cliffs, Second World War shipwrecks you can dive or snorkel, and a busy harbour town on Busuanga Island.

Why go
For the strangest swim of your life in Kayangan Lake, and some of the best wreck diving in Asia.
Best for
Wreck diving · Lakes and lagoons · Island hopping · Adventurous couples
How long
3–4 nights
Best season
November to May
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Paraw sailboats on calm water off White Beach, Boracay, at sunset

Boracay

Inside

Four kilometres of powder-white sand on a small island built for easy holidays: sunset sails, good food, kitesurfing and very short distances.

Why go
Boracay is busy, but its sand and sunsets are still among the best in Asia, and nothing is easier.
Best for
Beach time · Families · Kitesurfing · Short breaks
How long
3–5 nights
Best season
November to May
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Coconut palms stretching to the horizon along a road in Siargao

Siargao

Inside

A teardrop-shaped surf island in the Pacific with a famous reef break, island-hopping lagoons, coconut forests and the most relaxed social scene in the country.

Why go
For days that start with surf, end barefoot at a beach bar and never once involve a schedule.
Best for
Surf · Island hopping · Wellness · Young couples
How long
4–7 nights
Best season
March to October (surf peaks September to November)
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Whole roast lechon being carved at a market in Cebu

Cebu

Inside

The country's oldest city and the busiest hub in the Visayas, with the best lechon in the Philippines and waterfalls, whale sharks and reefs a few hours south.

Why go
Cebu connects to almost everywhere in the Visayas, and it's worth a few days in its own right.
Best for
Food · Waterfalls · Diving · Island connections
How long
2–5 nights
Best season
December to May
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Journeys to start from

A couple's dinner table set on the sand at dusk on a private island in northern Palawan

12 days · Boutique / Premium / Signature

Honeymoon Inside Philippines

Manila • El Nido • Private island • Siargao

El Nido from a private boat, three nights on an island where yours is one of very few villas, then Siargao's easy evenings. Two people, one plan, nobody else's schedule.

From €3,900per person ·

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An overwater villa above a calm lagoon in northern Palawan

9 days · Premium / Signature

Luxury Palawan

Manila • El Nido • Private island

Private boats in El Nido, then a private-island resort where yours is one of very few villas. Nine days of Palawan at its most beautiful and its most quiet.

From €4,800per person ·

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Green hills and cliffs above the sea in Batanes

16 days · Premium / Signature

Exclusive Philippines

Manila • Batanes • El Nido • Private island • Siargao

The far north of Batanes, private boats in El Nido, a private-island resort and Siargao in private. Sixteen days of places few travellers reach, with everything private.

From €6,800per person ·

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A banca boat at dusk off a Philippine island

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