Palau Travel Forum

I am planning t visit Asia in March for 2 weeks and primarly I wanted to travel Philippines, but I have heard that Palau is the best in underwater life. So I am considering to replace my plans to visit Bohol and instead of ii to go to Palau for a couple of days. Is Palau much better for snorkeling and diving then Philippines (Bohol), or it is almost comparable ? Is diving in Palau also for beginners (for example in Blue Corner) ? Is 5 days enough to visit the best places in Palau (especially snorkeling and a little bit diving) ? Another option is 7 days for Palau, but then I would have only 6 days for all Philippines (El Nido in Palawan + Donsol for whale sharks).... If I add more days for Palau, i would have to reduce time for Philippines... What would you recommend me?

I think surely you can do Palu in 5 days.

The underwater attraction that are excsluive to Palau are giant clams, jellyfish lake and ( inwater attraction) of Milky way.

You can spent one day on a day tour to Rock islands (thatš snorekelling tour), then take on two other days diving boats to differrent dierction and anter days, if you ish not a un derwater experince , take full day land tour Bedlboab is. If you stay longer, then you can go for a day or two to Pelilu is., but that š mostly just secluded beach.

In general underwater world in Palu surely is much more fascinating than in Phillipines with greta diving walls etyc. But if you go variety, then there is no need to focus yourslef so much on one area.

As for me 5 days will be enough for you to visit palau... it is surely a wonderful place my friends have been there and they love it so much, im planning to visit palau as well this may i think...:) check this out: http://www.destmic.com/palau.html... well on the other hand Philippines were wonderful as well, it is surely amazing...but as for me 6 or even 7 days will not be enough for you to travel around Philippines, just to inform you Philippines has 7,1007 islands...
Popular SCUBA DIVING Spots:
Anilao (Batangas), Puerto Galera (Oriental Mindoro), Cabilao Island (Bohol), Balicasag Island (Bohol), Apo Island (Negros Oriental), Malapascua (Cebu), Tubbataha Reef National Park (Palawan)---this reef has become famous because of its marine life, the UNESCO named it as one of the world's heritage heritage sites since 1993, Sarangani Bay, Mactan Island (Cebu), Olango Island (Cebu)
Popular WRECK DIVING Spots:
Subic Bay (Olongapo), Coron Bay & Busuanga (Palawan), Malapascua (Cebu)
Popular SNORKELING Spots:
Moalboal (Cebu), Bacuit Bay & El Nido (Northern Palawan), Puerto Galera (Mindoro), Miniloc Island (Northern Palawan), Taytay Bay (Northern Palawan)... this is just to name a few, i beleive lot were not yet discovered... :) hope this help you out... have a great holiday...

If you decide on the Philippines I'd also recommend Palawan.