Note: The main reason to visit Southern Leyte is to swim with whale sharks ethically, from November to May. If you don’t want to do that, it might be best for you to skip this area as it is very remote with limited services, but mainly revolves around diving, snorkelling and boat tours.

Tourism in Southern Leyte is still new, so don’t expect big resorts. Most stays are simple guesthouses or dive resorts.

Everyone recommends staying at Peter’s Dive Resort. We didn’t stay there (it was booked out) but we did the whale shark tour with them and it was excellent!

If we went again, we’d probably look at staying closer to Liloan since it’s where most whale shark trips start. However, Peters Dive Resort definitely looked like the trendy fun place to be.