Cuyo’s Pagdayao Festival

Every 28th day of August, the remote town of Cuyo in Palawan celebrates its town fiesta in honor of their Patron Saint Agustin. Kids performers in aeta-aetehan (ati-atihan) Cuyo, a town in the group of islands of the same name sits in the open water of Sulu Sea is blessed with rich history and culture, unexploited islands and islets decorated with white sand beaches and built by waves and strong winds. Cuyo Church's interior The town’s century old church is uniquely... Read More

Cuyo’s Pandan Island

The open water of northern Sulu Sea, between mainland Palawan and Panay is dotted with  islands and islets with white sand beaches that are among the world’s best. One of them is the Pandan Island belonging to the Cuyo Group. Pandan Island, Cuyo, Palawan It is just small island with stretch of white sand on its northeast and southwest coasts. On the northwest and southeast part are hills that give a 360 degree view of the surrounding. Rocks are scattered on the area. Rocks... Read More

Travel Guide: Cuyo Island

Blessed with rich history and culture, unexploited islands and islets that are decorated with white sand beaches and built by waves and strong winds is Cuyo, a group of island under the jurisdiction of the province of Palawan that sits amid the vast Sulu Sea. It is a small community that punches above its weight and carried great importance in the province of Palawan during Spanish colonization of the Philippines. Being the oldest town in the province, it served as its second... Read More