
Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park is the Philippines's clearest world-class marine wildlife destination, centered on a remote coral atoll system in the Sulu Sea with extraordinary reef health, large pelagic life, turtles, sharks, cetaceans, and breeding seabirds. It is strongest for divers and marine naturalists who want one of the Coral Triangle's great dream trips, while accepting that the trip is expensive, seasonal, and inherently remote.
Fish · Best time: Clear-water reef dives
Reptile · Best time: Throughout reef excursions
Fish · Best time: Current-swept sites in good season
Bird · Best time: Island and atoll sectors during nesting periods
Puerto Princesa with onward liveaboard departure to the reef system
This is a specialist multi-day liveaboard trip into a remote marine protected area, not an easy day-excursion destination
Liveaboard · The main practical way to experience the park
Hotel · Used as staging accommodation