Ilocos Sand Dunes

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Ilocos Sand Dunes A lone desert in a tropical island spanning 135 sq. km, covering 4 towns and one city. Skirting the narrow northwestern coast of Luzon Island, the sand dunes are in fact an expansive beach that has crawled far off the sea from the constant blow of the westerly wind.

Cagayan River

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Cagayan River The Philippines' longest and largest river. Flanked by the country’s biggest and longest mountain ranges, this great waterway runs down a valley so deep that flood warnings are triggered every time a typhoon or heavy rains impend. The river passes through the country’s few remaining rainforests.

Cordillera Central

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Cordillera Central The Philippines' biggest mountain range, made even more remarkable by its indigenous peoples, who have carved rice terraces down the slopes, complete with irrigation from the summit. These 2 millennia-old rice terraces are aptly recognized as World Heritage Site.

Lingayen Gulf

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Lingayen Gulf A wide gulf sheltering over a hundred small islands. The excellent beaches lining its coast suffer no significant waves, being protected by Lingayen Gulf’s deep bay from the caprices of the sea outside. Salterns, from which the province got its name, Pangasinan, is an ancient industry that thrives in this gulf.

Pinatubo Crater

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Pinatubo Crater The Philippines’ deepest lake, which is in fact the crater left by the second biggest eruption of the 20th century. This beautiful remnant of Mount Pinatubo features emerald-green water within high stone walls, awing hikers who visit this deep-seated wonder.

Candaba Swamp

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Candaba Swamp A wetland in the Philippines visited by the most number of birds. This freshwater swamp marks the deepest point of the Pampanga basin, which is framed by mountain ranges west, north and east. Over 17,000 birds, from within the country and Asia, stop by this sanctuary.

Isthmus of Manila

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Isthmus of Manila One often overlooks that the soil beneath Metro Manila’s sprawling cityscape is a wonder in itself: a thin land-bridge wedged between Manila Bay and Lake Bay. This explains how Manila was so fertile it became home to, not one, not two, but three pre-Hispanic kingdoms at once.

Taal Lake

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Taal Lake A deep lake harboring the world's smallest active volcano. Taal Lake is unique in its complexity, enclosing an island that holds its own lake, which itself keeps an island. Taal Lake was hailed one of the world’s most beautiful lakes by Yahoo! Travel.

Mayon Volcano

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Mayon Volcano The world's most perfect cone, owing to its almost symmetrical shape. The mountain has been kept a national park and hosts a great diversity of flora and fauna. It is seldom missing in any list of the world’s most beautiful volcanoes, and is rather frequently picked out to be the best.