Philippines Travel Guide

Kumusta! We are a couple of Aussies in love with The Philippines 😍 We've spent +3 months exploring this beautiful country and even hosted a 2-week group tour there back in 2024.

It’s hands-down one of the most beautiful places we’ve ever been! It has epic snorkelling and surfing, delicious food, and incredible people.

But it can get expensive VERY quickly if you don't know what you're doing, and crazy cheap if you do (yes we're talking from experience 🫠).

So we made this guide to help you plan the best trip for your time and budget, with:

✅ +5 itineraries based on where we actually went + tips on what was worth the hype and what to skip

✅ REAL costs of transportation, food, stays + money-saving hacks from our expensive mistakes 🥲

✅ Our fav beaches, waterfalls, snorkelling spots, and more!

And once you’ve got the guide, it’s yours for life! We’ll keep adding new places and updating details as we go.

PS: Currency is $USD by default, change to $AUD in the top-right corner ↗️

Guide by Chris and Bec (@salt.and.charcoal)
Made in English

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Guide by Chris and Bec (@salt.and.charcoal)
Joined in April 2025

Hi! We’re Chris and Bec, the two adventure lovers behind Salt and Charcoal.

In 2020, we set off to begin a round-the-world trip with no end date planned. And then well, you know what happened that year… cough covid

So instead, we began our altered plan of travelling around Australia by road, living in a 1993 toyota coaster bus! And this was the beginning of a totally different life for us.

On our journey, we realised we’re explorers at heart. We LOVE sharing useful travel tips, road trips and itineraries with you. Sharing our experiences to help improve yours, and meeting like minded people too.

We live the routes we share and we update them when river crossings rise or new campgrounds pop up, so the map in your hand feels like you’re travelling with a mate who passed through yesterday.

We share travel tips on our socials all the time, especially on Instagram. But, we go all out with our travel recommendations with our itineraries here.

We’re absolutely thrilled to share our journey with you and help you in any way we can. Don’t hesitate to reach out anytime.

See you on the road,

Chris and Bec.

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