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Interesting Places to Visit in Palawan Part 7

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INTERESTING PLACES IN PALAWAN

Among the Philippines’ most famous tourist destination is the Palawan island. Located on the MIMAROPA region, the island is called as the Philppine’s last frontier. Home to the infamous Underground River and the Tubbataha Reef Marine Park, Palawan does not only offers amazing beaches but other great natural resources as well, that has been preserved and remains untouched until this day. For tourists wishing for a place of adventure and a chance to unwind and get away from the hustle and bustle of the city, the island is the best place to do just that. Indulge in the culinary tastes in the island and its peaceful and tranquil atmosphere that is purely Palawan.

Surrounded by islands, islets, rocky coves and sugar-white sandy beaches, Palawan is indeed one of Asia’s most alluring tourist destination. – Text from: http://www.asiatravel.com/palainfo.html#top

Butterfly Garden

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In the Philippines, tourists are surrounded by butterflies in this garden of exotic Philippine flowering plants. Occasionally, one can witness the emergence of a young butterfly and other unusual insects such as the praying mantis, stick and leaf insects, giant scorpions, atlas beetles and other jungle insects. Palawan Butterfly Garden is a conservation project that can be successfully done on nearly any site from an urban rooftop to a suburban schoolyard, from a landscaped island at a business, to an expansive golf course garden. Imagine if we all did it? Our landscapes would not only be more beautiful, but they would provide corridors of habitat to sustain native butterfly populations across the Philippine. – Text from: http://asiawonder.blogspot.com/2011/05/palawan-butterfly-garden-of-exotic.html

Smith Beach

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Visit Smith Beach! The place is relatively peaceful since it is isolated. It features crystal clear waters and amazing limestone cliffs. The beach is also perfect for snorkeling to see the rich marine life. The stillness of the location makes Smith Beach a good place to lounge and relax after having lunch by the shore. – Text from: https://www.wanderingeducators.com/best/traveling/discover-philippines-8-facts-coron.html

Matinloc Shrine

Photo from: http://palawanplace.blogspot.com/2011/11/matinloc-shrine.html

If you visit the place, you will be amazed by its beauty and the clear water that surrounds it. The abandoned mansion and the shrine are the famous landmarks of the place. It is also a great spot for photographers because of its 180- degree viewing experience. Why not consider the place as your pre-nup shoot venue? Romantic! – Text from: http://www.palawanresortshotels.com/astonishing-spots-in-palawan/

Mount Tapyas

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Mount Tapyas’ most revered cross and Palawan’s main landmark is approximately more than 2,000 feet above sea level. Similarly, climbing all the way up to Mount Tapyas is not an easy thing to accomplish, Let us all find out why. Primarily, the tedious but somehow safe trail going to its peak of Mount Tapyas is consists of 718 steps. Aside from these engaging features, the paramount topographical landscape of this mountain has been built with hand railings to help each and every traveler to climb with ease and comfort until he or she have reached the sweetest fulfilment of mountain climbing. Read more: http://www.poklat.com/the-miraculous-mount-tapyas-of-coron/

Sabang Beach

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Sabang beach is indeed a beautiful beach where you can enjoy its clear water and very fine sand. When we reached the place, only a few tourists were swimming on the beach maybe because it was scorching hot then. If you would plan to stay for a day or two in Sabang, there are quite a lot of accommodations (from the cheapest-most expensive) to choose from. But keep in mind that most of the rooms are not airconditioned. This place has no electricity and just depends on the generator that is being used from 6pm – 1am. Text from: https://justapieceofme.wordpress.com/2011/05/30/palawan-sabang-beach/

Busuanga Island

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Busunga Island is composed of two towns, Busuanga and Coron but the place is most popular to tourists simply as Coron. Because of the numerous wonderful, and more superior beaches and tourist spots in Coron, Ocamocam has not been placed on the must list for those visiting Coron. – Text from: https://philippinebeach.wordpress.com/2014/09/19/ocamocam-beach-new-busuanga-busuanga-busuanga-island-palawan/

Snake Island

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Snake Island’s name was derived after its snake-shaped form of elongated sand bar. Snorkeling is a must do activity in the island, so make sure that you have the gears already before leaving the wharf. Another cool thing is feeding the fishes, extra bread or rice will already do. – Text from: http://www.mountainsnbeyond.com/2012/06/snake-island-honda-bay-palawan.html

Huma Island Resort

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Huma Island Resort is a luxurious island paradise escape set in Busuanga, Palawan in the Philippines. The glorious island and its surrounding area was dubbed as one of the top 10 Island Destinations around the globe (by National Geographic) and it is surrounded by stunning panoramic views of crystal blue waters of the South China Sea with abundant colourful marine life. – Text from: http://worldtop7.com/uk/huma-island-resort-palawan/

Banol Beach

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Banol Beach is a stretch of sandy white beach and usually where lunch is served during Coron Island hopping tours. Banol Beach is a public beach, and similar to the beaches in Coron Island, is surrounded by a majestic backdrop of limestone cliffs. – Text from: http://palawanplace.blogspot.com/2010/07/banol-beach.html

Atyawan Beach

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From Siete Pecados, we went to Atwayan Beach for some beach activities and lunch. The kids jumped into the water immediately while our bangkeros prepared our food on the beach. There were these little huts along the beach. Getting there early was important as these huts were few. As we would learn later through lunch, the place would get pretty crowded. Atwayan was one of those little islands which served as picnic areas in the Coron area. Apparently there are a few of these little beaches for this purpose. – Text from: http://lakwatsero.me/2009/08/atwayan-beach-coron-palawan-day-2-part-2-june-5-2009/

Coral Garden

palawan-coral-garden Photos from: http://palawanplace.blogspot.com/2011/08/coral-garden-coral-reef-and-fish.html

Our next stop was at Coral Garden. When our boat anchored, a brood of tiny jellyfish (thousands of them, if not millions) surrounded our boat so we had a hard time jumping off. I got stung thrice and I still have the marks more than a week after, but it was worth it. – See more from: http://stolenwanders.blogspot.com/2011/04/coron-day-2-black-island-coral-garden.html

Calamian-Tagbanua Island

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This exquisite, mysterious lagoon is one of the pristine freshwater lakes in Coron, Palawan open to tourists. Coron is located in Calamian Island and is the most visited for its world-class wreck diving sites, emerald shores, clear lakes and lagoons and underwater gardens. Text from: https://thejoysofjourneying.wordpress.com/tag/palawan/