ZAMBALES

• Agnaen Bay/Cove in Zambales


  • Ideal for fishing, snorkeling, and beach activities
  • Best to go there in the late afternoon to have a better view of South China Sea
• Balon Falls in Subic


  • Have clean, clear water
  • Surrounded by boulders as big as houses
  • Situated in an area of lush greeneries
  • Provides a cool, tranquil retreat for nature lovers
• Binabayani festival in Masinloc


  • Held in honor of San Andres, the town's patron saint
  • Celebrated every November 30
  • Province's version of the Ati-atihan
  • Celebrated through dance
  • Commemorates the war between the Christians and the Aetas
  • Believed to help bring about a bountiful harvest
• Capones Island in San Antonio


  • Surrounded by white sand coral beaches
  • Beaches inside caves that can only be explored by experienced divers
• Iba Beach in Iba


  • More than 20 resorts lined up along this 8-kilometer stretch of whitish-sand beach with crystal-clear water from the South China Sea
  • Flocked by both domestic and foreign tourists during the summer
• Ina Poon Bato in Barrio Poon Bato, Loob Bunga Resettlement Botolan


  • Enshrined in the church is the miraculous image of Ina Poon Bato
  • The image was transferred here in 1992 after the original barangay where it was once located was submerged in lahar
  • The image is flocked by a lot of devotees during its feast day
• Mt. Pinatubo in Botolan


  • Made famous by its eruption in June 1991
  • Has since become an important tourist destination in the province
  • Hikers often climb up to the two-mile-wide crater which still emits sulfur dioxide
• San Salvador Island in Masinloc


  • Awarded the 1996 Galing Pook Award for its marine conservation project
  • Endowed with powdery white-sand beaches and crystal-clear waters
• Subic Bay Freeport in Olongapo City


  • First served as a Spanish Naval Station before being ceded to the United States in 1898
  • Then became home to the US Seventh Fleet
  • Occupied by the Japanese from 1942 to 1945
  • Eventually turned over to the Philippines during the presidency of Corazon C. Aquino