Where to Go in the Visayas

Discover the Visayas: island beaches, waterfalls, heritage towns and warm, clear seas.

Stylized map of the Visayas with the four travel zones: 01 Cebu and Bohol, 02 Panay and Boracay, 03 Negros and Siquijor, 04 Eastern Visayas

01

Cebu & Bohol

For an easy start: waterfalls, sardine dives and the Chocolate Hills.

02

Panay & Boracay

For beach time: white sand on Boracay and old churches in Iloilo.

03

Negros & Siquijor

For quiet shores: Dumaguete, Apo Island snorkelling and slow island roads.

04

Eastern Visayas

For off-path travel: Leyte and Samar coasts, caves and few crowds.

 

Visayas Highlights

 

Chocolate Hills, Bohol

Take your time at the viewpoints and stay another night on Bohol.

Kawasan Falls, Cebu

Turquoise canyon pools near Badian, in south Cebu.

Boracay

Base yourself away from the busiest stretch and stay a few days.

Apo Island, Negros

Snorkel the turtle reef on a slow day trip from Dumaguete.

Check your government's current travel advice before you go. Official advice urges extra care in some inland areas, including parts of Negros, Leyte and Samar.

Looking for quiet islands off the Visayas coast? See our Visayas island hopping guide.

Images on this page are AI-generated illustrations. Map adapted from Philippines relief location map (Visayas) by Hellerick, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Changes: simplified outline, added numbered markers and labels. The map is schematic and not to scale. It is shared under the same licence, CC BY-SA 3.0.