The Philippines: 15 Fun And Unusual Experiences

Travellers have their own ways to enjoy a trip. Some prefer tasting a local coffee or visiting a museum to get to know a country’s history, while others think of the beach or the mountains to check out. But isn’t the best way to enjoy and have fun in a certain place to experience its uniqueness? Well, the Philippines has tons of it and here we list 10 things you can only experience in the country.

Active Taal Volcano experience

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The “Taal Volcano Eruption Viewing from Tagaytay with Transfers” tour offers participants a chance to view the Taal Volcano from the scenic vantage point of Tagaytay. The tour includes convenient transfers to and from Manila, allowing guests to enjoy the breathtaking landscapes of Taal Lake and its surrounding areas without any hassle. For detailed features and booking specifics, please refer directly to the Viator website or contact their customer support.
The “Introduction to Philippine Street Food” tour in Manila is a culinary journey that lets participants explore the vibrant local food scene. This three-hour tour includes sampling over 15 traditional dishes such as balut, isaw, adobo, and halo-halo. Guided by local experts, participants visit various street vendors and hidden food spots, ensuring an authentic and flavorful experience. The tour is suitable for all ages, offers vegetarian options, and provides restroom facilities along the way

Experience Intramuros with Bamboo Bicycle - Ecotours

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The Bambike Ecotours Intramuros Experience offers a unique 2.5-hour guided bike tour on handmade bamboo bicycles through Manila’s historic district, Intramuros. Participants can choose from various bike designs and tour options, including morning, afternoon, sunset, and night tours. The tour includes a local guide, helmets, weather protection, and visits to sites like Fort Santiago and San Agustin Church. It’s designed for small groups and adheres to health and safety protocols
The “Introduction to Philippine Street Food” tour in Manila is a culinary journey that lets participants explore the vibrant local food scene. This three-hour tour includes sampling over 15 traditional dishes such as balut, isaw, adobo, and halo-halo. Guided by local experts, participants visit various street vendors and hidden food spots, ensuring an authentic and flavorful experience. The tour is suitable for all ages, offers vegetarian options, and provides restroom facilities along the way

Chocolate hills tour with Tarsier & Loboc river Buffet Lunch

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The “Chocolate Hills Tour with Tarsier and Loboc River Buffet Lunch” in Bohol offers an enriching half-day experience. Participants visit the iconic Chocolate Hills, see the small tarsier primates, and enjoy a buffet lunch during a scenic cruise on the Loboc River. The tour provides a blend of nature, wildlife, and cultural insights, ensuring a memorable visit .
The “Introduction to Philippine Street Food” tour in Manila is a culinary journey that lets participants explore the vibrant local food scene. This three-hour tour includes sampling over 15 traditional dishes such as balut, isaw, adobo, and halo-halo. Guided by local experts, participants visit various street vendors and hidden food spots, ensuring an authentic and flavorful experience. The tour is suitable for all ages, offers vegetarian options, and provides restroom facilities along the way

Spectacular Manila to Tagaytay

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The “Uniquely Manila Sightseeing Tour” with transfers offers a comprehensive exploration of Manila’s rich cultural and historical sites. This half-day tour includes visits to key landmarks such as Intramuros, Fort Santiago, Rizal Park, and the Manila American Cemetery. Participants enjoy convenient hotel transfers, making it an ideal choice for those seeking a hassle-free and informative experience of Manila’s heritage and iconic locationsThe “Introduction to Philippine Street Food” tour in Manila is a culinary journey that lets participants explore the vibrant local food scene. This three-hour tour includes sampling over 15 traditional dishes such as balut, isaw, adobo, and halo-halo. Guided by local experts, participants visit various street vendors and hidden food spots, ensuring an authentic and flavorful experience. The tour is suitable for all ages, offers vegetarian options, and provides restroom facilities along the way

Introduction to Philippine Street Food

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The “Introduction to Philippine Street Food” tour in Manila is a culinary journey that lets participants explore the vibrant local food scene. This three-hour tour includes sampling over 15 traditional dishes such as balut, isaw, adobo, and halo-halo. Guided by local experts, participants visit various street vendors and hidden food spots, ensuring an authentic and flavorful experience. The tour is suitable for all ages, offers vegetarian options, and provides restroom facilities along the wayThe “Introduction to Philippine Street Food” tour in Manila is a culinary journey that lets participants explore the vibrant local food scene. This three-hour tour includes sampling over 15 traditional dishes such as balut, isaw, adobo, and halo-halo. Guided by local experts, participants visit various street vendors and hidden food spots, ensuring an authentic and flavorful experience. The tour is suitable for all ages, offers vegetarian options, and provides restroom facilities along the way

Eat balut

When you visit the Philippines you cannot say no to eating its famous balut. Balut is a hard boiled duck egg with a developing embryo inside. People say you need to eat the fetus for you to experience eating balut, however awkward and weird it tastes. The protein-rich egg is mostly sold in the streets.

Ride the jeepney

Jeepneys are the leading transportation vehicle in the Philippines, especially in the metro. Jeepneys are remnants of the jeeps left by Americans during its colonization. Nowadays, jeepneys are notorious for fitting lots of people in, despite its small structure. The payments, usually in coins, are being passed from passenger to another until it reaches the driver. If you would like to try riding atop the jeepney, you may experience it in the Mountain Province.

Get a tattoo from artist Apo Whang Od

The 100-year-old tribal tattoo artist Whang Od is regularly frequented by tourists and locals alike, who are keen to have a traditional tattoo. She came from the Butbut tribe in Buscalan, Kalinga and is considered as the last mambabatok (hand-tap) artist and the oldest tattoo artist in the country.

Bath in a large cooking pot

In Tibiao, Antique, tourists should never miss the chance of taking a soothing dip in a large cooking pot or kawa where they look like they are being cooked alive. These posts were used to cook sugar but resorts and inns in the place turned them into jacuzzi tub. This is an awesome way to relax and get close to nature after the adventure you experienced from adrenaline-pumping activities.

Bike in the air

Biking in the Philippines is not new. However, if you are biking 150-feet high, then it is something to check out. In Bohol, one of its attractions, aside from the Chocolate Hills and the tarsiers, is the biking up in the air activity. You need to bike your way through a 500-meter distance rope and pedal on your own. While you’re at it of course, you will see Bohol’s scenic beauty from above.

Climbing El Nido’s limestone

El Nido is not just about island-hopping and seeing the breathtaking small and big lagoons at its heart. In the town is a giant limestone that can be trekked up to its summit. However, the climb up there is not an easy feat. It requires endurance as you need to hand climb it without cemented pavements. Once you are up there, the tiredness will all be worth it as it will offer you a scenic view of the islands, the South China Sea, as well as the town’s peaceful beauty.

Bike around with bamboo

If you are in Manila and would like to walk down memory lane, visit Intramuros. Also known as the Walled City, Intramuros is a walkable area which has been preserved after the Spanish colonization. But if you do not want to ride the traditional horse carriage, you may want to tour around with a bamboo bike you can rent. They are handmade by villagers from a social enterprise. These bamboo bikes can be rented within the place or they are also available if you want to buy some.

Unleash your anger and throw plates

When life throws problems at you, one option is to be aggressive and throw things you see just to release the tension. In a restaurant in Tarlac, you can pay for the pleasure. In Isdaan restaurant, you can throw plates into a wall, called Tacsiyapo, so you can release whatever angst you have inside. You can also throw glasses, old radios, and TVs! Tacsiyapo means “shame on you” which you should shout upon aiming at your target.

Dine by the falls

There are many dining experiences in the Philippines. You can dine by the beach, in high buildings, or have a picnic in a park. But there is one dining experience you need to try—and that is to dine beside a waterfall. In Villa Escudero Waterfall Restaurant, you can eat with the falls just next to you. Pick with their menu offering from seafood to mouth watering meat dishes. This place is mostly frequented by families.

See the beauty of the Banaue Rice Terraces

The rice terraces in Banaue are a unique heritage site by UNESCO and have been dubbed as the Eighth Wonder of the World. Over 2,000 years ago, ancestors of the indigenous people in the area were the ones who made the rice terraces with their bare hands.