Some say: Philippines are to a diver what Swiss mountains to a skier, Hawaii to a surfer, and Nepal to a climber. The sea of this island nation is a site where you have to visit for at least once in your lifetime.

People of Los Angeles take Catalina as an exclusive vacation island for chilling out with friends, and for Filipinos, their own vacation island is called Palawan, a paradise for snorkeling lovers. The Coron Island, located in the southwestern of Philippines, is far more than a tourist attraction. The entire island only has an area of about 71 square kilometers, but it is really a sparkling emerald on Sulu Sea. Although the island is tiny, it’s full of plain beauty and Ecological richness.

In order to continue to protect the clean ecology of the island, the Palawan waters in the Coron Island area has been listed as a world natural reserve. In the Palawan waters, Kayangan Lake is known as the cleanest lake in Philippines. This beautiful scenery, providing humans peace without troubles, is a paradise that urbanites are longing for. No wonder the Coron Island is listed as the best tourist attraction in the world for 2013 by lonely planet.

There are many coral islands near the Coron Island, and the clear zero-pollution waters here is driving people flocking to. As long as you know snorkeling, you could see the world’s most magnificent corals and colorful tropical fishes in the sea. One of the places you must visit for scuba diver lovers is the SietePicados with shallow waters and it’s named because of the seven huge limestone forests surrounding by. The waters of the island are even a Special Protection Area, so that it guarantees the sea particularly clear.

Even more, varieties of marine lives habitat in the waters, the ” residents” include soft corals,species of nudibranchia, a large group of colorful tropical fishes comprising caribes, parrotfish, scorpionfish and clownfish, stony corals shaped in flake, tables, peanuts, antlers and other kinds of marine lives. These marine creatures are so hospitable that they rush to the vantage point instead of being blown away when the sightseeing cruise approaches. Moreover, if you could scuba dive, there will be more ocean creatures in the deep sea for watching.