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Whitewater Rafting, Cagayan De Oro City
30 photos · 29 Jul 2008
Cagayan De Oro is known as the “City of Golden Friendship” and recently, the place has also become known as the “Whitewater Rafting Capital” of the Philippines.
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Paras Beach Resort, Camiguin
82 photos · 29 Jul 2008
Paras Beach Resort was originally built as a private beach house of the Paras family. The resort now caters to both local and foreign tourists. It is considered as one of the best urban amenities and accommodations in Camiguin.
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White Island, Camiguin
27 photos · 30 Jun 2008
White Island is a sandbar about two kilometers off the shore of Agoho district in Camiguin Island and is one of the most popular sites to visit in the island. This sandbar has absolutely no vegetation with picturesque Mt. Hibok-Hibok and Mt. Vulcan as its backdrop. Its sand is white enough to rival the white sands of Boracay.
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Old Gui-ob Church Ruins, Bonbon, Catarman, Camiguin
24 photos · 30 Jun 2008
Old Gui-ob Church Ruins or the Catarman Church Ruins are ruins of adobe walls of the church, belfry and convent that are testimonials to the wrath of the earthquake and eruption of Mt. Vulcan in 1871.
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Walkway to the Old Volcano and Stations of the Cross, Camiguin
36 photos · 30 Jun 2008
The Walkway to the Old Volcano (Via Cruzes - Old Volcano slope) is where you will see statues depicting the stations of the cross some of which have missing body parts. This one is a major hike.
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Sto. Nino Cold Spring, Catarman, Camiguin
21 photos · 30 Jun 2008
Sto. Nino Cold Spring has a pool measuring 25 meters by 40 meters. It is 2 meters deep of cold spring water sprouting from the sandy bottom. The water flows into smaller pools built for children who could not swim in the bigger eight-foot deep lagoon.
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Ardent Hot Spring, Tagdo, Mambajao, Camiguin
35 photos · 30 Jun 2008
Ardent Hot Springs is a natural pool of about 40 degrees Celsius coming from the bowels of Mt. Hibok-Hibok. It has a four-tiered pool of varying depths and warmth. There are cottages, a restaurant, bar, coffee shop, and dormitory facilities provided for local and foreign tourists.
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Katibawasan Falls, Camiguin Island
41 photos · 29 Jun 2008
Katibawasan Falls measures about 250 feet high and cascades to a rock pool surrounded by ground orchids, wild ferns, trees and boulders. The falls rushes down into its green pool where visitors are welcome to swim.
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Sunken Cemetery, Bonbon, Catarman, Camiguin Island
31 photos · 29 Jun 2008
The sunken cemetery used to be part of the old capital of Camiguin. Mount Vulcan had four recorded eruptions. Its third eruption in 1871 sunk Cotta Bato and its cemetery under the sea. Remnants of the structures and gravestones were still seen during low tide but the fourth eruption in 1948 buried the area deeper by around 20 feet. In 1982, a large cross was built on the solidified lava to mark this old gravesite.
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Enigmata Treehouse Ecolodge and Sculpture Garden, Mambajao, Camiguin Island
120 photos · 29 Jun 2008
The Enigmata Treehouse Ecolodge and Sculpture Garden is nestled among the greens and hills of the enchanting Camiguin Island in Mindanao, Philippines. It was built by musician Ben Aicha, and is now home to a group of vibrant Mindanao artists called the Enigmata Creative Circle, led by Talaandig musician and visual artist Waway Linsahay Saway.
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Hinagdanan Cave, Panglao Island, Bohol
16 photos · 30 May 2008
Hinagdanan Cave is a cave on Panglao Island, Bohol. It is a naturally lighted cavern with a deep lagoon and many large stalactites and stalagmites.
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Baclayon Church, Bohol
24 photos · 19 May 2008
The Church of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception in Baclayon is considered to be one of the oldest churches in the Philippines. It is one of the best presevered Jesuit build churches in the region, although in the 19th century, the Augustinian Recollects added a modern facade and a number of stone buildings that now surround the church.
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Chocolate Hills, Bohol
18 photos · 19 May 2008
The Chocolate Hills is an unusual geological formation in Bohol, Philippines. It is composed of around 1,268 perfectly cone-shaped hills of about the same size, spread over an area of more than 50 square kilometres (19 sq mi). They are covered in green grass that turns brown during the dry season, hence the name.
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Amorita Resort, Panglao Island, Bohol
54 photos · 18 May 2008
Nestled atop a beachside cliff, Amorita Resort offers breathtaking views of the ocean from the balcony of your own private villa.
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Alona Beach, Panglao Island, Bohol
78 photos · 18 May 2008
Alona Beach, on the south-west of Panglao island, is a beautiful, well developed one and a half kilometer stretch of white sand. It has many hotels and diving services. This would be the best place for people who wants to enjoy diving and relaxing.
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Lumiang Cave, Sagada, Mountain Province
20 photos · 14 Apr 2008
A burial cave, where coffins can be viewed from the large entrance.
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Lake Danum, Sagada, Mountain Province
6 photos · 14 Apr 2008
A pond-sized pool where one can relax and watch the sunset. To the right of the lake is a mountaintop where you can have good views of Besao Valley.
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Echo Valley, Sagada, Mountain Province
24 photos · 14 Apr 2008
Echo Valley is an exotic tourist attraction and is home to the hanging coffins.
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Bomod-ok Falls (Big Falls), Sagada, Mountain Province
15 photos · 14 Apr 2008
Bomod-ok Falls also known as the “Big Falls”.
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Banaue Rice Terraces, Banaue, Ifugao
29 photos · 14 Apr 2008
The Banaue Rice Terraces or Hagdan-hagdang Palayan ng Banaue are 2000-year old terraces that were carved into the mountains of Ifugao in the Philippines by ancestors of the Batad indigenous people.
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Kabigan Falls, Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte
21 photos · 23 May 2007
Kabigan Falls is an enchanting falls located at the eastern part of Barangay Balaoi and it is around 1.8 kilometers away from the national highway. This 80 feet waterfall is surrounded by thick forest and well-known for its concaved basin.
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Bangui Wind Farm, Bangui, Ilocos Norte
30 photos · 23 May 2007
The wind farm uses 30 units, 60-meter high Vestas wind turbines and arranged on a single row stretching on a three-kilometer shoreline off Bangui Bay facing the South China Sea.
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Maira-Ira Point, Blue Lagoon, Ilocos Norte
25 photos · 23 May 2007
Maira-Ira Point, gaining popularity with its secluded beach known as the Blue Lagoon. You could reach the beach from a secondary concrete road on the north side of Maharlika Highway, Laoag City.
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Patapat Viaduct, Ilocos Norte
17 photos · 23 May 2007
The Patapat Viaduct is elevated 31 meters over sea level and 1.3 km concrete coastal bridge connecting Maharlika Highway to the Cagayan Valley Region.
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Pagudpud White Sand Beach, Ilocos Norte
34 photos · 22 May 2007
Pagudpud has a beach reputed to have the longest contiguous white sand with mighty waves and strong winds.
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Kamayan sa Palaisdaan - Tayabas, Quezon
11 photos · 23 Mar 2007
Kamayan sa Palaisdaan Restaurant in Tayabas, Quezon, Philippines
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Puerto Galera - White Beach
26 photos · 23 Mar 2007
White Beach in Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines