Alona Beach
The main beach and dining strip, a compact white-sand cove and launch point for most dive and island-hopping trips.
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Visayas
Panglao
Bohol · Philippines
An island connected to Bohol by bridge, pairing resort beaches and reef diving with easy day trips to the Chocolate Hills and tarsiers.
Places to visit
Hinagdanan Cave
Dauis, Panglao
A limestone cave with a natural underground pool lit by shafts of daylight from openings in the ceiling.
Chocolate Hills
Carmen, Bohol (day trip)
Over a thousand grassy mounds that turn cocoa-brown in the dry season, an easy day trip inland on Bohol.
Tarsier Sanctuary
Corella / Loboc, Bohol (day trip)
See the tiny, saucer-eyed Philippine tarsier in a conservation area — quietly, as they are highly sensitive to noise.
Things to do
Balicasag Island diving
A marine sanctuary a short boat ride away, famous for turtles, schooling jacks, and a dramatic drop-off wall.
Loboc River cruise
Loboc, Bohol (day trip)
A floating-restaurant lunch cruise up a jade-green river, usually combined with the Chocolate Hills and tarsiers.
Local tips
One island, two experiences
Base on Panglao for the beach and diving, then dedicate a full day to Bohol's inland countryside loop.