Field notes

The islands
in photographs

Our boats, our waterfalls and the people we take there. No stock photos, no staging.

These are frames from our own trips: sandbars and cliff lookouts on Carnaza, palms and sunsets on Malapascua, jungle waterfalls in Biliran, and long, slow afternoons on the boat. Filter by what you're into, or select any photo to see the place or tour behind it.

Three travellers resting at the foot of a jungle waterfall

Cooling off under the falls

Almeria, Biliran

Guests lying back on the bow of a bangka boat on a mirror-flat sea

Glass-calm crossing

Biliran

Drone view of guests on the deck of a white-sailed paraw on deep blue water

Full sail, from above

Santa Fe, Bantayan

Tour group posing together on a white sandbar with a rock islet behind

The whole crew

Lamanoc Island

A boat silhouetted against an orange sunset on the water

Sailing home at dusk

Malapascua, Cebu

Aerial view of a guest walking along Kalanggaman's long white sandbar between turquoise shallows

The sandbar at Kalanggaman

Palompon, Leyte

Aerial view of an outrigger boat above a turquoise coral reef

Over the reef

Guests running into the clear shallows off Virgin Island's white beach

First in the water

Bantayan, Cebu

Three friends throwing peace signs on a turquoise-fringed sandbar

Peace on the sandbar

Lamanoc Island

Drone view of two outrigger boats moored over a turquoise reef with snorkellers nearby

Moored over the reef

Malapascua, Cebu

Two guests floating and relaxing beside a traditional paraw sailboat

Under the paraw

Group sitting along a bamboo outrigger over the water at dusk

On the outrigger

Three guests sitting on the paraw's bamboo outrigger, smiling, with the shore behind them

Front-row seats

Santa Fe, Bantayan

A guest playing guitar while the group relaxes on the boat

Music on board

Group watching the sunset from a grassy headland

Sundown on the hill

Aerial view of Balidbid Lagoon's turquoise inlet curving past white sand and coconut palms

Balidbid from above

Bantayan, Cebu

A traveller drinking from a fresh coconut under a nipa hut

Fresh buko

Group raising their drinks together in a toast, seen from below

Cheers to the trip

Carnaza, Cebu

A guest on the outrigger of the bangka as it nears Lamanoc Island's rocky islet and white sandbar

Pulling in at Lamanoc

Lamanoc Island

A guest holding on to the outrigger arm while swimming

Hanging off the outrigger

Group standing on a clifftop looking out over the open sea

Cliffside lookout

Carnaza, Cebu

A paraw heeling under full sail at sunset, a guest standing on the outrigger

Heeling into the evening

Santa Fe, Bantayan

Aerial view of two people on Lamanoc Island's long, empty sandbar, a rock islet at its tip

Empty sandbar from above

Lamanoc Island

Drone view looking down on outrigger boats moored at the tip of Virgin Island's sandbar

Moored at the sandbar

Bantayan, Cebu

Large tour group gathered at the base of a tall waterfall

Under the falls

Clear turquoise shallows leading to a white beach and coconut palms at Virgin Island

Arriving at Virgin Island

Bantayan, Cebu

Travellers wading through clear shallow water near a rock islet

Wading the shallows

Lamanoc Island

Group hiking a green jungle trail with a local guide

Into the jungle

Drone view of a group of snorkellers floating over a green-blue reef

Snorkel stop

Malapascua, Cebu

Group jumping in unison on rocks above a blue sea

Mid-air

A couple taking a photo against the sunset on the beach

Sunset for two

Two guests sitting on the paraw's netting between its two white sails

Between the sails

Santa Fe, Bantayan

The whole group leaping on the sand in front of a golden sunset

Golden-hour jump

A group of guests at the foot of a jungle waterfall

At the falls

Almeria, Biliran

A guest floating on a unicorn inflatable in turquoise water

Off-duty at Lamanoc

Lamanoc Island

A traveller facing a tall waterfall pouring down through the jungle

Standing under the cascade

Almeria, Biliran

A guest on the rocks beside a waterfall and its plunge pool

Falls and rock pool

Caibiran, Biliran

Kalanggaman Island's white sandbar curving out into turquoise water under a blue sky

Kalanggaman at midday

Palompon, Leyte

Two travellers looking up at a waterfall in a narrow canyon

Hidden falls

Caibiran, Biliran

A group of guests on a wooden jungle staircase at a trailhead

At the trailhead

Caibiran, Biliran

Drone view looking down on guests sitting on the paraw's deck beside the white sail

Straight down

Santa Fe, Bantayan

Guests waving up at the drone from a wooden deck under a palm on Virgin Island

Wave for the drone

Bantayan, Cebu

Guests sharing a fresh seafood BBQ of crab and grilled fish aboard the boat

Fresh seafood BBQ

The group sharing an evening feast at a long table strung with festive bunting

Dinner under the bunting

A group of guests standing in the pool below a tall waterfall

Group shot at the falls

Biliran

A turquoise sandbar tapering into deep blue water at Carnaza

Carnaza crossing

Carnaza, Cebu

Guests swimming beside the bangka's outrigger in clear blue water off Lamanoc Island, one lying on a paddleboard

Off the outrigger

Lamanoc Island

Aerial view of an outrigger bangka pulled up on the white sand at Virgin Island

Beached for lunch

Bantayan, Cebu

Aerial view of the outrigger boat over clear water at Carnaza

Boat over the blue

Carnaza, Cebu

Tall palms leaning over the white-sand beach at Malapascua

Malapascua palms

Malapascua, Cebu

Palms and white sand under a moody sky at Malapascua

Malapascua shore

Malapascua, Cebu

Guests watching the sunset from a beachfront deck at Malapascua

Sunset from the deck

Malapascua, Cebu

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