Batanes
A road leads up to a trail where it's an easy five-minute walk to views over rocky beach and the endless, green Vayang Rolling Hills. If the weather is…
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Batanes
At the far northern reach of the Philippines, Batanes is a group of 10 islands floating off the corner of the map near Taiwan. Only three of these specks are permanently inhabited: the main island, Batan; tradition-rich Sabtang; and remote Itbayat. Island landscapes alternate between greenery-clad extinct volcanoes, rugged cliffs, rolling hills, verdant pastureland and turquoise-wave-fringed white slivers of beach.
Attractions
Must-see attractions
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Ivana is home to the Unesco-listed House of Dakay (1877), the oldest stone house in the Batanes.
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The Dipnaysupuan Tunnels were built deep into the rock face by the occupying Japanese during WWII using forced local labour; you can explore the tunnels…
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From Basco it’s a 1½-hour walk, a tough 30-minute bike ride or an easy tricycle jaunt up to Radar Tukon, a weather station on a hilltop with great 360…
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Tukon Chapel is an appealing stone church built by the Abad family for their daughter's wedding in 2008; it's a 1¼-hour uphill hike southeast of Basco.
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This sacred fishing port for Barangay San Joaquin is a beach made up of exercise-ball-sized boulders.
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Basco Lighthouse is 1.2km north of Basco. Climbing it will give you stellar views of the coast.
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A refreshing spring and pool that's a 20-minute walk from the fishing village of Diura.
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