Place to visit
Taklong and Tandog Group of Islands Natural Park
At a glance
- Typical duration
- Half a day
- Entrance fee
- An environmental fee is collected for the park; ask the park office for the current rate, as amounts in travel guides vary.
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Visiting in November
- Good
- Types
- Island, Park, Sandbar
- Area
- Nueva Valencia (off Barangays La Paz and San Roque)
- Coordinates
- 10.404400, 122.511900
Protected islets, mangrove forest, sandbars and seagrass beds off the southern tip of Guimaras, formerly the Taklong Island National Marine Reserve.
Photos
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Photo: Elmer nev valenzuela, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized) -
Photo: Elmer nev valenzuela, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized) -
Photo: Retdar, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized) -
Photo: Iloilo Wanderer, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized) -
Photo: Elmer nev valenzuela, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized)
First protected in 1990 as the Taklong Island National Marine Reserve (Proclamation No. 525), these islets became the Taklong and Tandog Group of Islands Natural Park under Republic Act No. 12225 in July 2025. The park covers about 1,141 hectares of islets, mangrove forest, white-sand coves, sandbars, seagrass beds and coral reefs, and is managed by a protected area board chaired by the regional director of the DENR.
Visitors come for the mangroves, the shallow sandbars and the view from the watchtower. The University of the Philippines Visayas has kept a marine research station on Taklong Island since 1977. The coral reefs are strictly protected and closed to visitors, and the number of visitors at one time may be limited, so arrange your trip ahead.