Dinagat Islands

The Mystical Province - home of the unique Mount Redondo Natural Bonsai Forest and Stingless Jellyfish

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Aerial view of pristine Dinagat Islands coastline with forested hills and traditional pump boat
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How to Visit Dinagat Islands Without Breaking What’s Special

The most dangerous thing that can happen to Dinagat Islands is the right person posting the right reel on the wrong day. You already know what comes next. You saw it with Siargao. Between the Condé Nast award and the ...
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Pump boat crossing from Surigao City to Dinagat Islands, Philippines, on calm open water
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How to Get to Dinagat Islands Before the Resorts Do

Introduction Dinagat Islands is not easy to reach. There is no airport and no bridge. The only way in from the nearest city is a wooden pump boat across open water, and the crossing takes up to an hour and ...
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Filipino fisherman standing by bangka boat on Dinagat Island beach
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Forget Boracay, Dinagat Island Tourism Will Challenge You Instead

A visit to Dinagat will leave you with the realization that you truly worked for your memories. The Man Who Wouldn’t Smile for My Camera The first time I stepped off the bangka onto Dinagat Island, a fisherman named Roel ...
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Stingless jellyfish swimming in Lake Bababu Dinagat Island Philippines
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I Traded Boracay for Dinagat’s Stingless Jellyfish Lagoon

I stood at the ferry terminal in Surigao City with my backpack and a printout of directions that looked like they’d been typed on a typewriter in 1987. The clerk behind the desk squinted at my request. “Dinagat? Sir, why ...
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