The Philippines,
with over 7000 islands, the Philippine archipelago is a favorite destination of both recreation and seasoned divers. Spectacular drop-offs' deep dives, caves and wrecks and a rich varied marine life awaits the visitor. The variety of hard and soft corals is amazing, There are more than 500 species ( the Caribbean only has around 60) <>Busuanga Island & the CalamianesNarrowing in to the "Calamianes island group" which are the Northern Islands of the province Palawan. There
main Island Busuanga just 1 hr. fly time south of Manila , lapped by
the south China Sea on one side and the Sulu Sea on the other. It
offers
some of the Philippines most spectacular scenery, ranging from huge
limestone
cliffs, underwater and land caves to thermal lakes, hot springs,
jungles,
rivers and mangrove swamps. > <>It' s remote, rarely
visited by tourists, which
helped to keep
the wrecks here to one of the best kept secret of the Philippines.
Coron
town is the center of Busuanga Island and perfectly located in front of
the beautiful "skyline" of Coron Island. The town is pretty laid back.
The people live mainly from fishing, trading and newly
from tourism & Wreck
diving...Coron is one of your base to Asia's best wreck sites. > Busanga, Conception, Puerto
Del Sol now very close to the ship wrecks. This
Resort is still
under construction but will open mid December 2008. Your closest Base to the
Wrecks of Busuanga!
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