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TAKE ME THERE
International flights from Europe will probably go to Manila, but Cebu does have an international airport and therefore you are spared the Manila Mayhem! Flights from Asia may go into Clark (Angles). There are lots of local airports in the Philippines and flights are cheap (but watch your luggage allowance which may be 15 kilos). Generally travel is very cheap and you can get just about anywhere! Rumours of a possible crossing into Malaysia would be great, but that has not been confirmed.
PHILIPPINES AT A GLANCE
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Diving is possible all year around somewhere! However, transportation during the typhoon season can be difficult
Wet months June to October
VISAS
Most nationalities get 21 day free visa on entry (a bargain in Asia at the moment!)
Visas can be extended easily at a reasonable cost
DIVING IN THE PHILIPPINES
LUZON
Varied diving with many sites from swallow coral gardens to wreck diving in Subic Bay. Excellent deep water sites with chance to see large pelagics
MINDORO
Good diving all year along with night life! Puerto Galera and Sabang are the main dive areas
NEGROS
All year round diving with a large Marine reserve.
SIQUIJOR
Small but poplar year round diving.
PANAY
Good diving with a marine reserve, but mostly eclipsed by minute, but exceeding popular and busy, Boracay
PALAWAN
Famous for it’s wreck diving of a WWII Japanese fleet
BORACAY
Beach life with diving throw in!The 3 mile white beach is supposed to be the most beautiful in the world! It is probably the most crowed as well!
YOU ARE LOOKING AT DIVING IN THE PHILIPPINES. THERE ARE MANY ISLANDS TO CHOOSE FROM, SOME VERY TOURISTY, LIKE BORACAY, AND OTHERS ARE OUT OF THE WAY PLACES LIKE SAMAR & LEYTE
BOHOL
Surrounded by many islands with excellent sites. Diving is all year, but it rains heavily July till September
LEYTE
Wall and cave diving with the chance to see to dolphins and whales owing to the establishment of a marine sanctuary
CEBU
With an international airport, thereby avoiding Manila, this is a good start! Good diving in clear waters
DIVE THE VISAYAS
MINDANAO
Supposedly some good diving, but unrest on the island tends to scare most tourists away!
SAMAR
Diving is still on a small scale here, but the nearby islands of Biri-
Inside you will find links to budget accommodation throughout the Philippines
Click on the island’s name for full details of dive shops in that area