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PROGRAM PROPOSAL...End at Fort Santiago, a Spanish fortress where Dr. Jose Rizal, the country’snational hero, spent his last days in incarceration and wrote his famous "My Last Farewell."

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Page 1: PROGRAM PROPOSAL...End at Fort Santiago, a Spanish fortress where Dr. Jose Rizal, the country’snational hero, spent his last days in incarceration and wrote his famous "My Last Farewell."
Page 2: PROGRAM PROPOSAL...End at Fort Santiago, a Spanish fortress where Dr. Jose Rizal, the country’snational hero, spent his last days in incarceration and wrote his famous "My Last Farewell."

PROGRAM PROPOSAL

DAY 1: ARRIVAL IN MANILA

• Arrival at NAIA Airport• Meet and greet by an airport representative• Transfer to hotel • Check-in at the hotel• Overnight in Manila

DAY 2: OLD AND NEW MANILA CITY TOUR | B

• Breakfast at the hotel

• Old and New Manila City Tour (Shared Tour):Revisit Philippine history with a glimpse of Manila’s past and present. This fully-guided sightseeing tour ofManila starts right in the heart of the country’s financial center: the City of Makati. Stops include Nielson’sTower along Ayala Boulevard, Forbes Park (an exclusive residential enclave fittingly dubbed as“Millionaire’s Row”), and the American Cemetery and Memorial.

Continue to the old City of Manila via the scenic Roxas Boulevard passing through Luneta (also calledRizal Park) on your way to the "walled city" of Intramuros. Inside the city fortress are ancient walls, churchruins, and other relics of the Spanish Conquistadors era.

Then, travel through the cobblestone streets to San Agustin Church, the oldest stone church in thecountry. End at Fort Santiago, a Spanish fortress where Dr. Jose Rizal, the country’s national hero, spenthis last days in incarceration and wrote his famous "My Last Farewell."

• Back to hotel• Overnight in Manila

DAY 3: FLIGHT TO BOHOL | B

• Breakfast at the hotel• Check-out; Transfer to airport• Suggested flight from Manila to Bohol via Philippine Airlines: PR-2773 ETD 0920 ETA 1035• Arrive in Bohol; Transfer to hotel• Check-in at the hotel• Overnight in Bohol

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PROGRAM PROPOSAL

DAY 4: BOHOL COUNTRYSIDE TOUR | B / L

• Breakfast at the hotel / resort

• Bohol Countryside Tour (Shared Tour):Enjoy the guided countryside tour of Bohol after breakfast. The morning begins with a visit to Blood CompactShrine. The Sandugo was a blood compact, performed in Bohol between the Spanish explorer Miguel López deLegazpi and Datu Sikatuna, the chieftain of Bohol, on March 16, 1565, to seal their friendship as part of the tribaltradition. Just 5-10 minutes away, Baclayon Church is the next stop. Constructed out of coral cut by localartisans into square blocks. It is said that the whites of a million eggs were mixed with lime to cement the coralstones together. The inner facade of the church is Classically inspired, while the outer facade dates to the early1900’s, added by the Recollects is a portico decorated by three arches. The Philippine Tarsier, (Tarsius syrichta),is very peculiar small animal. In fact it is one of the smallest known primates, no larger than adult men's hand.Mostly active at night, it lives on a diet of insects. While on the way to Loboc River Cruise, you will drive throughMahogany Man-made Forest stretching in a two-kilometer stretch of densely planted Mahogany trees locatedin the border of Loboc and Bilar towns.

• Lunch at Loboc River Cruise Floating Restaurant

• Loboc River Cruise is one of top destinations in the island province of Bohol, aside from the Chocolate Hillsand its Tarsiers. A cruise along Loboc River with buffet lunch and live performances onboard the boat is afeature in almost every Bohol one-day tour itinerary. The next stop is the Butterfly Farm which houses abutterfly garden, a restaurant and more. It is Bohol’s first butterfly livelihood breeding program aiming toprotect the butterfly population through breeding and releasing and plant research. The Chocolate Hills areprobably Bohol's most famous tourist attraction. It consists of approximately 1,268 hay cock hills with heightsranging from 40 to 120 meters. During the summers, the dome-shaped grass covered limestone hills dry upand turn brown, transforming the area into seemingly endless rows of chocolate "kisses“.

• Back to hotel; Overnight in Bohol

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DAY 5: FERRY TO CEBU | B

• Breakfast at the hotel or resort • Check-out / Transfer to pier• Ferry transfer from Tagbilaran to Cebu: ETD 0705 ETA 0905• Transfer to hotel / Check-in at the hotel• Overnight in Cebu

DAY 6: OSLOB WHALESHARK ENCOUNTER AND KAWASAN FALLS | B / L

• Breakfast at the hotel

• Oslob Whaleshark Encounter with sidetrip at Kawasan Falls (Private Tour):Pick-up at the hotel is 5am with packed breakfast inside the van. Sit back and relax as you enjoy the 3-hour drive to Oslob. Once you arrive you will need to register and take a short orientation where the do'sand dont's will be explained to you. From here you will be given a life jacket and escorted to one of themany small boats that will paddle you out to where the Whale Sharks can be seen swimming gracefullythrough the clear waters (around 100m offshore). The Oslob, Cebu whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) areconsidered as the living species of the 'largest fish in the world'. Its huge size resembles that of a whale,which exactly explains why they are called as such. The surprising fact about these 'gentle giants' is thatthey only eat krills (or small shrimps), a fact the counters the common knowledge that bigger creaturesusually eat much bigger than shrimps.

• Lunch at a local restaurant

• From the entrance you will have to walk uphill for about 1.5 km to get to the first waterfall. KawasanFalls is a three-stage cascade of clear turquoise water from mountain springs located in the jungles ofthe Cebu island. The waterfall is considered as a pearl of the Philippines. Aquamarine water, lushtropical greenery, stone vaults, coolness and freshness. Kawasan Falls is a multi-layered falls located inBarangay Matutinao. The cold and clear water cascades through layers of waterfalls from KabukalanSpring before going to Matutinao River and Tañon Strait.

• Back to hotel; Overnight in Cebu

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DAY 7: ARRIVAL IN EL NIDO PALAWAN | B

• Breakfast at the hotel / Check-out• Transfer to airport• Suggested flight from Cebu to El Nido via AirSwift: T6-337 ETD 1515 ETA 1655• Arrival at El Nido Palawan Airport• Transfer to resort; Check-in• Overnight in El Nido

• Breakfast at the resort• Island Hopping with lunch (Shared Tour):Enjoy the guided Island hopping in El Nido Palawan after breakfast. The tour begins at the Big & SmallLagoons. They are also known as the Twin Lagoons. For each the small lagoon, you have to paddle or swimthrough a small opening. The atmosphere would definitely relax you. Next is the Secret Lagoon located in asmall island reminscent of the movie "the Beach" surrounded by limestone karst cliffs. As you enter into asmall hole, you will see a massive caldera that was once a cave which collapsed and now is surroundedby karst cliffs. In the middle is a lagoon.

Proceed with Shimizu Island. It is an island with stunning limestone cliffs where swiftlet nest and producethe much sought after bird's nest soup, believed by asians to have healing powers. Here the guides willprepare for you a sumptuous meal while you snorkel in the nearby coral reef. Seven Commandos is thefinal destination after a long day on tour. Seven Commandos is named after the 7 remaining japanesecommandos who lived in the island as straglers after World War II. The island has a long white sandybeach lined with palms trees.

• Back to resort• Overnight in El Nido

DAY 8: EL NIDO TOUR A ISLAND HOPPING | B / L

DAY 9: FREE AT LEISURE | B

• Breakfast at the hotel • Free at leisure• Overnight accommodation at the resort

DAY 10: FLIGHT TO MANILA | B

• Breakfast at the resort• Check-out at the resort• Transfer to airport• Suggested Flight from El Nido to Manila via AirSwift: T6-149 ETD 1700 ETA 1815• Depart El Nido

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