Enchanting Philippines
12 Days / 11 Nights
Manila • Boracay • Bohol • Cebu
Departures dates and prices are available on request. Please call 1-800-387-0387 or email tours@jadetours.com
ITINERARY
DAY 1 Arrive Manila
Met on arrival and transferred to your hotel.
Hotel: 5 * Dusit Thani Manila or similar (3 nights)
DAY 2 Manila
Discover the “Charms of Old Manila” with your half day city tour. Visit the historical landmark in the old walled City of Intramuros, and Fort Santiago, which served as headquarters of the military might of the Spanish, American and Japanese colonizers until 1945. Drive by the San Agustin Church and visit Casa Manila, the Chinese Cemetery and drive by the Cultural Center Complex and Makati Commercial Center.
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 3 Manila > Corregidor > Manila
Board a hydrofoil ferry for a 90-minute ride to The Rock, also known as Corregidor. Visit the batteries and guns used to defend the island; ruins of the Middle Side Barracks where soldiers were billeted; Pacific War Memorial and the Spanish Lighthouse. Watch the Light & Sound Show at the Malinta Tunnel, formerly an arsenal and underground hospital.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
DAY 4 Manila > Caticlan > Boracay
Fly to Caticlan.
Hotel: 4 * Coast Resort Boracay or similar (3 nights)
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 5-6 Boracay
Days are at leisure.
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 7 Boracay > Caticlan > Cebu > Bohol
Fly to Cebu and transfer to your hotel in Bohol on a ferry.
Hotel: 4* Bellevue Resort or similar (3 nights)
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 8 Bohol
Drive to Bohol countryside and enjoy a full-day tour with visits to the historic Blood Compact Shrine and the centuries-old Baclayon Church Museum. Continue to Chocolate Hills, driving through the lush Mahogany Man-Made Forest and the green farmland in Bilar and Batuan. Return to Loboc for a 50-minute river cruise along nipa lined river on board a native catamaran. A sumptuous barbeque lunch is served on board. Return to your hotel with a stop at the Tarsier Garden.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
DAY 9 Bohol
Cruise around the island of Pamilacan for an exciting adventure to see dolphins in action and a visit to the fishing village on the island. Travel to Balicasag Island surrounded by spectacular coral reefs with a 400 meter marine sanctuary and enjoy diving, snorkeling or simply relaxing on the beach.
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 10 Bohol > Cebu
Board a ferry to Cebu and proceed with your city tour visiting the Lapu Lapu, Santo Nino and Magellan’s Cross Shrine, the Basilica, Casa Gorordo and the Taoist Temple. Conclude your tour at the Carbon Public Market before heading to Mactan for your overnight stay.
Hotel: 4*+ Crimson Mactan Resort & Spa or similar (2 nights)
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 11 Cebu
Day is at leisure.
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 12 Cebu Departure
Transfer to the airport.
Meals: Breakfast
Day 2 – Rice terraces of Banaue
Day 3 – Hanging coffins
Palawan Discovery
4 Days / 3 Nights
Puerto Princesa
DAY 1 Manila > Puerto Princesa
Fly to Puerto Princesa and transfer to your hotel. Lunch at Badjao Seafood Restaurant. After lunch, you will visit the City Museum, local market, Cathedral Crocodile and the Butterfly Farm. Visit the Iwahig Penal Farm and proceed to the Iwahig River where you will take a boat ride to see the fireflies. Dinner is in your hotel.
Hotel: 4 * Best Western Ivywall Hotel or similar (1 night)
Meals: Lunch & Dinner
DAY 2 Puerto Princesa > Honda Bay > Sabang
An early morning drive takes you to Sta. Lourdes wharf. Board a motorized boat for a scenic cruise to Honda Bay with its numerous islands. Enjoy a picnic lunch on one of the islands followed by exploration of other islands. Return to Sta. Lourdez for your transfer to Sabang.
Hotel: 3* Sheridan Beach Resort or similar (2 nights)
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
DAY 3 Sabang > Underground Mangrove River > Sabang
Enjoy an early morning walk on Sabang Wharf where you will take a boat to the underground river. Cruise the tunnel river for a kilometer long and visit the monkey trail. Transfer by a motorized boat to the Sabang Mangrove and proceed to your guided tour of the mangrove on a paddle boat.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
DAY 4 Puerto Princesa > Manila
Transfer to the airport.
Day 8 – Chocolate Hills
Day 11 – Cebu