Coron Calauit Giraffes & Wreck Diving Combo

This combo tour pairs two of Coron's most unusual experiences in a single full day: an African-style wildlife safari and a dip over a sunken WWII shipwreck. The day starts at Calauit Safari Park, a 3,700-hectare wildlife reserve established in 1976 on Calauit Island off northern Busuanga. Here you ride through open grassland to come face to face with free-roaming giraffes and zebras, descendants of animals brought from Kenya in the 1970s, alongside endemic Palawan species like the Calamian deer and the Palawan bearcat. Feeding the giraffes by hand is the highlight that surprises every first-time visitor.

After the safari you transfer to the water for the wreck portion. The Busuanga and Coron bays hide a fleet of Japanese ships sunk by US aircraft in September 1944, now encrusted in coral and teeming with fish. Several lie shallow enough to be enjoyed by snorkellers, so you float above the rusting hull and watch sweetlips, batfish and snapper drift through the structure, with certified divers able to go deeper on the larger wrecks.

The full day combines wildlife, history and marine life in a way you cannot find anywhere else in the Philippines. Expect an early start and a fair amount of land and boat travel, rewarded by genuinely unique encounters.