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Updated on 28/08/2024 Ideas for holidays & weekend
Tout en longueur, à l'ouest de l'archipel des Philippines, Palawan est l'île la plus sauvage, la plus préservée et la moins peuplée de l'archipel. Forte de sa beauté et de ses atouts naturels, monts...
Updated on 14/08/2024 Activities and experiences
The Philippines is a low risk country for independent travelers. Thefts are few, but it is better to leave your valuables in a hotel safe, especially in Manila. When traveling to Mindanao, you should be aware that you are taking some risks, as some areas such as Zamboanga are considered the stronghold of armed groups that organize kidnappings for ransom. This area aside, the rest of the Philippines is not a problem.
Most of the tours in the Philippines last 15 days, but count on a good 20 days for a great tour of the archipelago. Different thematic tours are offered by travel agencies over two weeks: an adventure tour and treks around the rice terraces and volcanoes, or a tour around the dream beaches and diving in a Palawan/Bohol combination, for example.
It is easy to travel by plane in the Philippine archipelago, but it is mostly by boat and the many ferries that serve the islands. The most picturesque means of public transport are the jeepneys, jeeps abandoned by the American army and converted into minibuses. There are also, by extension, sea jeepneys, also known as bangkas, small wooden boats that make connections between the islands, but which can also be rented by the day.
