Beach & coasts

2 wonders

Where land meets sea — sand, cliff, and tide.

Balabac Islands, Balabac, southern Palawan

Balabac Islands

Balabac, southern Palawan

A remote cluster of islands off Palawan's southern tip, ringed by blindingly white and faintly pink sandbars, clear shallow lagoons, and some of the last dugong (sea cow) habitat in the country.

Great Santa Cruz Island, Zamboanga City, Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao

Great Santa Cruz Island

Zamboanga City, Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao

One of the few pink-sand beaches in the world — a protected island off Zamboanga City whose blush-coloured shore comes from crushed red organ-pipe coral, backed by a mangrove lagoon.