Palawan Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
province of the Philippines
About Palawan
The island of Palawan stretches from close toMindoroin the northeast almost toBorneoin the southwest. It lies between the South China Sea to the northwest and Sulu Sea to the southeast. Metropolitan Filipinos tend to regard Palawan as their final, unspoilt frontier, but even here venal politicians conspire to degrade conservation lands and there are plans for virgin forest to be logged out so lucrative oil palms can be planted. Get here while the beaches are still relatively deserted and unspoiled; resorts are still relatively few and far between in most of Palawan. The indigenous flora and fauna of Palawan are somewhat different from the rest of the country. Biologists draw the Wallace-Huxley line to classify ecological regions in the area; Palawan is west of the line, grouped withBorneo,
Palawan Travel Guide Sections
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