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Aerial view of turquoise water between limestone cliffs in El Nido, Palawan

Sample journeys

Routes we would take ourselves.

Use this journey as inspiration. Change the islands, hotels, pace, activities or number of nights.

A white-sand beach with clear shallow water on Panglao, Bohol

6 days · Essential / Boutique / Premium / Signature

Bohol Beach Escape

Manila • Bohol

Six easy days on one island: Panglao's white beaches, the Chocolate Hills and tarsiers, turtles off Balicasag. A short trip with no rushing and one flight each way.

From €1,100per person ·

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Limestone cliffs above turquoise water in Palawan

9 days · Essential / Boutique / Premium / Signature

Essential Palawan

Manila • Puerto Princesa • El Nido

The Underground River near Puerto Princesa, a road trip north through Palawan's countryside, then El Nido's lagoons by boat. Palawan's best in nine days.

From €1,400per 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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A tricycle on an empty road through coconut palms in Siargao, late afternoon

10 days · Essential / Boutique / Premium / Signature

Ten Days, Two Islands

Manila • El Nido • Siargao

Ten days is enough for two islands done well, not four done badly. El Nido's lagoons and Siargao's palms, with one transfer day in the middle and nothing rushed.

From €1,700per person ·

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Pine forests and mountains above the clouds at Sagada

10 days · Essential / Boutique / Premium

Luzon Adventure

Manila • Banaue • Sagada • Vigan

Manila's old town and food, the rice terraces of Banaue and Batad, Sagada's caves, then the Spanish colonial streets of Vigan. The Philippines' history and mountains in ten days.

From €1,700per person ·

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A volcano rising behind palm trees on Camiguin island

11 days · Essential / Boutique / Premium

Bohol and Camiguin

Manila • Bohol • Camiguin

Bohol's hills and beaches, then a ferry to Camiguin, a small volcanic island of waterfalls, hot springs and a white sandbar. Local life and very few tourists.

From €1,600per person ·

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A diver's view of a Second World War shipwreck covered in coral, Coron

12 days · Essential / Boutique / Premium

Palawan Deep Dive

Manila • Coron • El Nido • Port Barton • Puerto Princesa

One island, three speeds: Coron's wrecks and lakes, El Nido's lagoons, then Port Barton, where Palawan still feels like a fishing coast. Joined by sea and road, not airports.

From €2,000per person ·

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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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Clear blue water over a coral reef off Moalboal, Cebu

12 days · Essential / Boutique / Premium

Cebu Islands and Culture

Cebu • Malapascua • Moalboal • Bohol

All by road and sea, with no domestic flights: Cebu city's history and food, Malapascua's sharks, Moalboal's sardine run and canyons, then Bohol.

From €1,700per person ·

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A calm bay at sunset in El Nido, Palawan

12 days · Boutique / Premium / Signature

The Gentle Philippines

Manila • Bohol • El Nido

For travellers who want comfort and fewer early starts: a private car and guide, good hotels that are easy to reach, short boat days and time to rest.

From €3,200per person ·

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A turquoise waterfall pool in the forest on Siquijor

12 days · Essential / Boutique

Visayas on a Budget

Cebu • Moalboal • Siquijor • Bohol

Three islands for a sensible price: Moalboal's turtles and sardines, Siquijor's waterfalls and Bohol's hills. Simple, well-chosen hotels and transfers by road and sea.

From €1,300per person ·

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Green rice terraces on steep mountainsides at Batad

13 days · Essential / Boutique / Premium

Rice Terraces and Islands

Manila • Banaue • Sagada • Coron

The mountains of the north first: the rice terraces of Batad and the caves and pine forests of Sagada. Then Coron's lakes, reefs and limestone islands.

From €2,000per person ·

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Families on a long white beach with calm water in Boracay

13 days · Essential / Boutique / Premium / Signature

Family Islands

Manila • Bohol • Boracay

Two bases, one transfer day and calm beaches: Bohol's tarsiers, turtles and river, then Boracay's shallow water and sunset sailing. Built for children of all ages.

From €1,700per person ·

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A wooden outrigger boat at anchor in a green lagoon below limestone cliffs, El Nido

14 days · Essential / Boutique / Premium / Signature

Island Classics

Manila • El Nido • Bohol • Siargao

El Nido's lagoons, Bohol's rivers and hills, Siargao's palm-lined roads. The three islands most people mean when they say the Philippines, in an order that actually works.

From €2,300per person ·

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A surfer paddling out at sunrise past palm trees on the coast of Siargao

15 days · Essential / Boutique / Premium

Surf & Islands

Manila • Siargao • Bohol • El Nido

Six days on Siargao with proper surf coaching, then Bohol to rest your shoulders and El Nido's lagoons to finish. Built for beginners and improvers, with something for non-surfers too.

From €2,300per person ·

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Island-hopping boats in a turquoise bay in the Philippines

15 days · Essential / Boutique / Premium / Signature

Palawan, Bohol and Boracay

Manila • Puerto Princesa • El Nido • Bohol • Boracay

The classic first trip: the Underground River and El Nido in Palawan, Bohol's hills and turtles, then Boracay's White Beach. Four islands in fifteen days, with sensible connections.

From €2,100per person ·

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Late afternoon on a quiet beach in Siquijor, with a single bangka pulled up on the sand

16 days · Essential / Boutique / Premium

The Slow Philippines

Manila • Dumaguete • Siquijor • Bohol • Siargao

Fewer stops, longer stays. Siquijor's waterfalls and healers, Bohol's countryside, then four unhurried days in Siargao. For people who would rather know one place well than see six.

From €2,400per 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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Deep blue open water off the coast of Donsol

17 days · Essential / Boutique / Premium

Whale Sharks and Islands

Manila • Donsol • Bohol • El Nido

Swim with whale sharks in the wild at Donsol, under the Mayon volcano, then Bohol's hills and El Nido's lagoons. Seventeen days of wildlife, volcanoes and islands.

From €2,400per person ·

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A traditional outrigger boat anchored off an empty island in northern Palawan

19 days · Essential / Boutique / Premium

Linapacan Expedition

Manila • Coron • Linapacan • El Nido • Siargao

Five days by traditional boat from Coron to El Nido through the remote Linapacan islands, sleeping in simple island camps. Then El Nido and Siargao to finish.

From €2,600per person ·

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A diver over a coral reef in clear blue water in the Philippines

20 days · Essential / Boutique / Premium

Dive the Philippines

Manila • Coron • Malapascua • Moalboal • Dumaguete

Four of the best dive areas in the country: the wrecks of Coron, thresher sharks at Malapascua, the sardine run at Moalboal, and Apo Island and macro diving at Dauin.

From €2,600per person ·

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Rice terraces carved into the mountains around Batad, in the Cordillera of northern Luzon

21 days · Essential / Boutique / Premium / Signature

The Grand Philippines

Manila • Banaue • Sagada • El Nido • Bohol • Siargao

Three weeks from Manila's old city to the rice terraces of the Cordillera, then Palawan, Bohol and Siargao. The whole country in one trip, without pretending it is a small one.

From €3,300per person ·

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A banca boat at dusk off a Philippine island

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