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For most beaches I know, a thing is true in daylight but at the end of the day it becomes a lie, except for one island... Apo Reef. At first sight though, Apo Reef is like any other white sand beach ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Apo Reef Natural Park in Occidental Mindoro won the prestigious Blue Park Awards for exceptional marine wildlife conservation at the United Nations Ocean Conference. The Apo ...

MANILA, Philippines—Almost two years after ecotourism nosedived due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Apo Reef Natural Park (ARNP) is now slowly coming back to life as it “cautiously” draws a steady stream of ...

The diving paradise of Apo Reef and the neighbouring town of Sablayan may just be the next big thing in Philippine tourism. Mention Apo Reef to seasoned Philippines travellers and chances are they ...

(CNN) — Wilfried Gebhardt still remembers his first dive at Apo Reef over 30 years ago. The now-retired German geographer had just moved to Sablayan, a municipality on Mindoro island, southwest of ...