Hi everyone,
I'm still in the early stages of planning a longer trip to the Philiipines in December and January 2019/2020. I want to apply for the 59 days visum to have more time to explore but I figure that the destinations I had in my mind are either too may or to far apart from each other.
I love pristine beaches, limestone cliffs, island-hopping, turqouise waterfalls, snorkelling. I know it's difficult to compare but e.g. I loved San Blas and parts of Bocas del toro in Panama, Koh Kood or Caye Caulker in Belize, or Laos in general :). I'd rather avod "posh" places, e.g. I didn't love Tulum in Mexico or Seminyak in Bali.
Palawan: i thought to either travel from or to Puerto Princesa from/to Coron, with 3 days at Port baton, 4 days at El Nido, booking a Tao Tour (5 days) and have 4 days at Coron (approx. 18 days in total)
Luzon: I'd love to do snorkelling with whale sharks and the offers in Donsol seems more animal firendly to me. Thus I thought to combine Donsol and Caramoan for some island-hopping. (approx 7 days)
Visayas: I thought about Malapascua and Moalboal (sardine run) (7 days), Bohol (5 days) and Siquijor (4 days) and maybe also head to Camiguin (3 days?)
Siargao: also on my much too long list, but it seems so nice from the piucs so I thought about 5 days here.
Could you help with recommendations what to skip (or to replace) or how to connect them best? Also all recommendations for maybe other places to go are welcome. I had e.g. also thought of Islas Gigantes. I'll be coming from Bangkok and continue to Hanoi.
Thank you so much in advance!
