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Palawan Island Attractions

The exotic beauty of  Palawan remains undefiled. Branded as the country's last frontier, Palawan is a sanctuary to an amazing variety of exotic flora and fauna that are found nowhere else. With more than a thousand islands and islets, Palawan boasts of white-sand beaches, scenic rock formations, underwater rivers and magnificent caves. Palawan is also home to Tubbataha Reef, the only national marine park that made it to the World Heritage List and whose grandeur is comparable to the Great Barrier Reef of Australia.

Coron Palawan Philippines is one of the popular diving spots in the country and is world renowned as the best wreck diving destination because of the Japanese warships that has been sunk by US Navy in World War II. Many local and foreign tourist come to Coron to dive because of these wrecks sunken ships and corel reefs. There are about twelve (12) Japanese major warships 118 to 160 meters in length that are sunk at depths of 10 to 43 meters. These sunken ships are a major contributor to tourism especially in the wreck diving destination in Coron Bay Palawan Philippines.

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Coron Bay is located in Busuanga Island Group Southwest of Manila. Coron is a small fishing and trading town on this island. This town has no modern facilities, no beach and hotel. If you want to take a break from diving go to the beach, then there is Calamianes Islands. The Calamianes Islands is made up of many tiny islands where it offer white sand beaches. Going to this group of island is just a short boat-ride away from Coron town.

Island hopping through the Philippines is an adventure in itself and one that you can enjoy at any age thanks to the multitude of boats, bancas, ferries and flights to get you from one island paradise to the next. When it comes to the westernmost island Palawan offers even that little bit more than the others.

Palawan Island Destinations

From Coron town in the north, past the luxury resorts of El Nido and all the way to Honda Bay and the island’s capital, Puerto Princesa there is a wealth of wildlife and wilderness to enjoy. Busuanga boasts some of the best wreck diving in the world thanks to the multitude of sunken WW2 Japanese vessels and aircraft in the waters surrounding this island at the top of  Island Palawan.

Along the west coast the South China Sea laps against white sand beaches and crashes into limestone karst cliffs and all along the emerald forest beckons the adventurous eco-tourist.

Wherever you roam, from north to south or east to west, Island Palawan offers some of the best in man made wonders to complement the gifts Nature left here. Hotels and resorts are among the best in the world and regularly receive awards and accolades for their service, accommodations and fine dining.

New resorts are being developed to ensure the needs of the growing eco-tourism industry are met and even exceeded when it comes to the expectations of the discerning modern traveller. At Sabang, next door to the World Heritage listed underground river a new resort hotel, the Sheridan, has been built and is already in operation.

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