Places To Visit In Samar

From pristine and crystal clear shores to massive unexplored caves, the Samar province offers a plethora of unique and awe-inspiring attractions to its tourists and visitors. Each year, thousands of local and foreign tourist flock to Samar just to get a glimpse of its finest and most alluring tourist attractions. Aside from its wondrous attractions, Samar is also known all over the Philippines for its preserved culture and heritage.  So, if you are looking for an exciting and unique vacation or weekend getaway, Samar might the right destination for you.

Sohoton National Park

Located at Basey, Samar, the Sohoton National Park is a massive tourist attraction that covers nearly eight hundred thirty hectares of land. Basically, this renowned tourist attraction in Samar offers a lot of geological features like underground rivers, weathered formation boulders, hugs and caves. If you are a spelunker or someone who likes to explore caves, the Sohoton National Park is the right tourist spot for you.

San Juanico Bridge

Samar will always be known as the home of San Juanico Bridge, which happens to be the longest bridge in Southeast Asia. Built in the 1960’s, the San Juanico Bridge, or also known as Marcos Bridge, is one of the finest and most remarkable gems that the province of Samar has to offer. With its astounding length of two thousand two hundred meters, it is no surprise that a vast number of tourists drop by this bridge to take pictures of it. Aside from its remarkable length, San Juanico Bridge is also well-known all over the country for connecting the sister islands of Leyte and Samar.

Bangon Falls

Dubbed as the city of waterfalls, the city of Calbayog in Samar offers a number of amazing and scenic waterfalls. By far, one of the best and most beautiful waterfalls that Calbayog has to offer is the Bangon Falls. Like other renowned waterfalls in the Philippines, the Bangon falls has cool and fresh water. On top of that, it has tons of scenic views that would simply take your breath away. This waterfall is very essential to Calbayog, as it is not only a top tourist attraction, but it is also a potential source of power to the City of Calbayog and its neighboring areas.

How to get there

From Manila, you can get to Samar by either air or land. Unlike other provinces in the country, there are no commercial shipping lines that ply from Manila to Samar.  The airline companies that service flights to the province of Samar include Cebu Pacific, Philippine Airlines and Zest Air. For the most part, the air travel time from Manila to Samar would take an hour or less.

The province of Samar remains an undiscovered treasure for a lot of adventure seekers and avid travelers.  Like other renowned tourist destination in the Philippines, this province is blessed with a wealth of beautiful and majestic natural attractions. On top of that, the province has plenty of historical cultural monuments like the San Juanico Bridge and the Tinago Church.