Coron Ultimate Island-Hopping: Kayangan, Barracuda & WWII Wrecks in One Day

You push off from Coron’s sun-warmed pier and the town recedes into a ribbon of roofs and coconut palms. Within minutes the engine’s hum becomes a background rhythm and limestone towers rise like vertical maps of time, their faces streaked with green. Onboard, guides sort life vests and hand out briefings; by midmorning you’re threading a turquoise maze toward Kayangan Lake, where a short climb delivers the view people fly across the Pacific to photograph. The lake itself sits like a perfectly still mirror—freshwater, astonishing clarity—encircled by sheer cliffs that demand you sit and breathe.