PHILIPPINE SAMPLER
Manila,Philippines
Duration
7 Days 6 Nights TripTour Code
TP3930Description
7 Days ● Manila, Bohol and Cebu
Highlights
- PHILIPPINE SAMPLER
- BOHOL
- CEBU
- MANILA
Included
- Hotel accommodation with daily breakfast on twin/double share Meals (Breakfast – 6, Lunch – 4, Dinner - 0) Airport and seaport transfers as indicated in the itinerary Private sightseeing tours with English speaking local guide (other language, available upon request with additional charges) Taxes and surcharges
Not Included
- International air ticket to and from the Philippines Domestic air ticket to the following destinations: - Manila/Cebu-Puerto Princesa via Cebu Pacific or Philippine Airlines - El Nido-Cebu/Manila via AirSwift Gratuities to guide, driver/boat man Porterage services No single-use plastic water bottles will be provided on the tour. Clients are advised to bring their own reusable bottles for refilling at the hotel during breakfast. Services of personal in nature (laundry, personal calls, mini-bar, etc.)
Itinerary
Day 1
- Welcome to the Philippines’ capital – Manila! and transfer to the hotel for accommodation.
- Rest of the day to be spent at your own leisure.
Day 2
- After breakfast, travel two and a half hours drive south of Manila takes you to Pagsanjan, Laguna.
- Shoot the rapids on dugout canoes and experience nature’s wonders.
- Be prepared to board a native banca (canoe) skillfully driven by boatman amidst steep gorges and lush tropical vegetation.
- Your destination – the magnificent Pagsanjan Waterfalls.
- Take a swim or board a bamboo raft through the falls into a cave right behind its veil of water.
- Back to the hotel in the mid-afternoon.
- Overnight accommodation.
Day 3
- After breakfast, check out of the hotel and meet local guide for a tour of Old Manila and Historical Landmarks.
- Come take a tour of Manila's past.
- We head to the old city of Manila through the picturesque Roxas Boulevard, passing through Rizal Park on its way to the “Walled City” of Intramuros.
- Here you will see ancient walls, church ruins and other relics of the Spanish conquistadors.
- Wander the cobbled streets to the San Agustin Church, the oldest stone church in the country.
- We then finished the tour with a visit to Fort Santiago, a Spanish fortress that guarded the entrance to Manila's Pasig River.
- It was here where our national hero Jose Rizal spent his last days and where he wrote his famous "My Last Farewell".
- Visit the oldest Chinatown in the world - Binondo.
- Located across the river from the walled city of Intramuros, it was positioned so that colonial rulers could keep a close eye on their migrant subjects.
- After the tour, proceed to the domestic airport for flight to Panglao, Bohol.
- Upon arrival, meet airport representative and transfer to hotel for check in.
- Overnight accommodation.
Day 4
- After breakfast, we will start with a pass to the Blood Compact Site where the Spaniards and Filipinos created friendly relations and ties through a blood ritual.
- We will head towards the Baclayon Church, considered one of the oldest stone churches in the country dating back to the early 16th century.
- Watch local craftsmen as they make handmade metal crafts and weave Nipa leaves into roofing materials in the town of Loay.
- Cruise along the Loboc River.
- Enjoy lunch on board and watch the amazing landscape pass by.
- We proceed to Carmen and feel the coolness of the air and gaze at the thousands of painstakingly planted mahogany trees in the reforestation of Bilar.
- From there, and keep your eyes open for a tarsier, the smallest primate in the world.
- Feast your eyes on the breathtaking Chocolate Hills, a collection of over 1,200 clustered green hills that turn brown during dry season.
- Back to the hotel in the mid-afternoon.
- Overnight accommodation.
Day 5
- Collect your boxed breakfast for an early morning boat trip on board a motorized outrigger boat brings you to the seawaters around Pamilacan Island, southeast of Tagbilaran City.
- The water around Pamilacan Island is home to at least six species of whales and dolphins.
- One interesting aspect of this tour is that the boat crew and “spotters” for this tour are former whale hunters.
- Now specially trained, they gave up their traditional livelihood in favor of preserving and protecting the environment.
- Proceed to Balicasag Island for swimming and snorkeling whose coral reef and sea turtles lies just off-shore.
- Picnic lunch is served in the boat.
- Back to the hotel in the afternoon.
- Free time at leisure.
- Overnight accommodation
Day 6
- After breakfast, hotel check out and transfer to seaport for a two hour ferry trip to Cebu.
- Upon arrival, meet local guide then discover the charm of Cebu on an exciting tour of the city's major historical landmarks.
- Cebu‘s icon, Magellan’s Cross, is the first stop of the tour.
- Placed in Cebu City by Ferdinand Magellan in 1521, the cross symbolized Cebu's Christianization and rule by King Phillip of Spain.
- The tour then proceeds to the Basilica Minore del Santo Nino de Cebu, home of the image of Jesus as a Child, a gift from Magellan to Queen Juana, the first Christian Filipina.
- Next we visit Fort San Pedro situated in Plaza Independencia.
- A coral stone fortress originating from 1565, the fort protected the city that became the first Spanish settlement in Asia.
- The impressive structure is the oldest Spanish fort in the Philippines.
- A visit to National Museum of the Philippines – Cebu showcasing the heritage and artistry of the Cebuanos.
- Proceed to Carbon Market is oldest an open-air market in Central Visayas offering a wide selection of locally produced goods, right in the heart of city.
- Then you'll drive down the country’s oldest street, Colon Street to Plaza Parian completes the tour of the Cebu City’s heritage sites.
- Proceed to hotel for check in.
- Free time at leisure and overnight accommodation.
Day 7
- Hotel breakfast, free time at leisure until check out then transfer to the international airport for departure.
Faq's
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