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Zamboanga Tours

Explore Zamboanga City with locally guided tours that take you beyond the usual sightseeing stops. Choose from island adventures, heritage and city tours, food and culture experiences, waterfalls, and side trips beyond the city.

Each tour is operated locally by a DOT-accredited tour operator. Review the itinerary, inclusions, and requirements for the experience you want, then send a reservation request.

Zamboanga City Tours

Guided half day city tour of Zamboanga City heritage sites

Half Day Zamboanga City Tour

A private, guided 4-hour tour of Zamboanga City's heritage sites. Fort Pilar Shrine, the Rainbow Mosque, and Pasonanca Freedom Park, with a DOT-accredited guide.

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Zamboanga food and culture tour, Chavacano seafood spread

Zamboanga Food and Culture Tour

Taste your way through Zamboanga City on a full day tour that pairs the city's heritage sites with its Chavacano food scene, curacha, satti, and all. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner included, alongside Pasonanca Park, Fort Pilar Shrine, Yakan Weaving Village, and Canelar Barter Trade.

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Heritage Zone streetscape on the Zamboanga historical city tour

Zamboanga Historical City Tour

One full day, one guided tour, the whole story of Zamboanga City. Walk through Pasonanca Freedom Park and the Heritage Zone, watch Yakan artisans weave by hand, and haggle for souvenirs at Canelar Barter Trade. Hotel pickup and a DOT accredited guide included.

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Guided walking tour through Zamboanga City's Heritage Zone

Heritage Zone Walking Tour

Only have a couple of hours in Zamboanga City? Walk the Heritage Zone itself: City Hall, Plaza Pershing, Pettit Barracks, Fort Pilar Shrine, the National Museum, and Paseo del Mar, all in one guided two hour loop. Perfect for cruise stops and layovers.

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Island and Nature Tours

Pink Beach Sta. Cruz Island Tour, Zamboanga City

Pink Beach Sta. Cruz Island Tour

Swim at Zamboanga's famous Pink Beach and explore hidden mangroves, a jellyfish sanctuary, and a vinta sailboat ride, all in one guided island tour.

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Merloquet Falls, a two-tier waterfall in Zamboanga City

Merloquet Falls Eco Tour

Trek down a paved forest stairway to Zamboanga's hidden two-tier waterfall, swim in the natural pool below, and enjoy a packed lunch with the falls as your backdrop. Private van pickup and a DOT-accredited guide included.

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Once Islas day tour, tidal pool at Bisaya-Bisaya Island, Zamboanga City

Once Islas Day Tour

Trek volcanic rock formations, swim in a tidal pool that refills itself with every tide, and island hop between two of Zamboanga's least crowded islands. The Once Islas Day Tour visits Bisaya-Bisaya and Baung-Baung, two of the eleven islands that make up this eco-cultural destination, with a fresh seafood...

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Side Trips Beyond Zamboanga City

Discover Tawi-Tawi tour, southernmost province of the Philippines

Discover Tawi-Tawi

Climb a sacred mountain guarded by wild macaques, stand at the birthplace of Islam in the Philippines, and walk the longest sandbar in the country. Discover Tawi-Tawi is a 3 day, 2 night guided trip from Zamboanga City into one of the least-visited, most storied corners of the Philippines....

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Basilan day tour, white sand beach at Malamawi Island

Basilan Day Tour

Kayak across glass-clear water, walk the white sand of Malamawi Island, and tour Isabela City's blue-domed Provincial Capitol, all in a single guided day trip from Zamboanga City. The Basilan Day Tour includes hotel-to-seaport transfers, roundtrip ferry and boat fares, lunch at Pahali Resort, and a DOT-accredited guide.

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Explore Sulu day tour, Tanduh Beach in Parang, Sulu

Explore Sulu Day Tour

Cross the Sulu Sea to a province most Filipinos have never set foot in. The Explore Sulu Day Tour visits the powder white sand of Tanduh Beach, the stilt cottages of Mang Sali Beach, the golden-domed Sulu Provincial Capitol, the Sulu branch of the National Museum, and the hilltop...

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