Padre Burgos Travel Guide

Padre Burgos may look like a premier beach destination with its seemingly endless strips of fine sand and immaculate waters, but it is better known as one of the Philippines' prime diving spots. Located in Southern Leyte's tip, this long neck of land offers a genuine retreat to visitors who have grown tired of the buzzing beaches in Boracay. Like in most of the country's beaches, peak season comes at around summer from March to May, when the weather is sultry and people crave for a good place to cool off. Padre Burgos' prime shore is the Tangkaan, a long stretch of white sand lined with lush trees and strewn with colorful bancas (local outrigger boat) of the fishermen. Local officials have acted on the growing damage to...

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