Destinations

Choosing islands is the easy part. Combining them is ours.

The most common planning mistake we see is picking islands from photographs alone. The photos are all real — but so are the domestic flights, ferry timetables and two monsoon seasons that decide whether three particular islands make one graceful route or a logistical headache. Our honest rule of thumb: over a fortnight, two or three of these places plus a night in Manila beats a dash through five. Each guide below tells you why to go, how many nights a place deserves, and what it pairs well with. When something catches you, tell us — designing tailor-made multi-centre routes through these islands is what we do from our home in the Philippines. Or start with the bigger picture on our Philippines holidays page.