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Kumusta my dear reader! Welcome! In this article, I´ll share with you my opinion about the province of Leyte in the Philippines which I love and became so important to me. Read about Leyte Province.

Where to go in Leyte province?

If you plan to go to the Philippines for several weeks, such as a month or more, I recommend visiting this province for at least a few days, as it has wonderful places to see, for example, the island of Kalanggaman. The province of Leyte is good.

Enjoy the province of Leyte!

I invite you to read my article about Kalanggaman Island, in which I write some recommendations and show some stunning photos. Read about The Province of Leyte here.

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Firstly, about the province of Leyte

Leyte´s province is located in the east of Cebu Island, in the eastern Visayas region, in the Visayan Sea.

The most populated cities of this province are Tacloban, its capital, and Ormoc City. The province of Leyte is amazing!

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The spoken languages in Leyte are Waray and Cebuano (Visaya).

Some interesting facts are: that Leyte is the seventh longest island in the Philippines and the San Joanico bridge of Leyte is the longest bridge in the country.

Secondly, how to go to Leyte?

It depends on where you are, you can choose to go by plane or by boat.

From Cebu or other nearby places, you can go to Ormoc City by Supercat or Oceanjet companies.

If you are in Cebu and planning to go directly to Palompon to visit Kalanggaman Island, I recommend you to travel on the Cokaliong ship.

If you are so far from Leyte´s province, you can go flying on some of these airlines: Cebu Pacific, AirAsia, or Philippine Airlines.

Our trip to the province of Leyte

After arriving in the Philippines and spending two days in the city of Cebu, we traveled to the province of Leyte to visit my wife’s family. Just enjoy The Province of Leyte.

Her family didn´t know she was in the Philippines, we made a surprise trip!

We arrived at the port of Cebu so early in the morning and bought tickets to go to Ormoc by Supercat.

To travel, we had to wait in the port of Cebu for approximately 3 hours, so I spent time receiving massages from some blind people who go to work there, while my wife went to supermarkets and nearby stores.

After those 3 hours, we were ready to travel!

After reaching the Ormoc´s port, we decided to eat, so we walked a few blocks to the nearest Jollibee. Then, we went to the bus station to wait for a van to go to Carigara. I love Carigara in the province of Leyte!

One of the things that caught my attention was that once inside the van, we had to wait like 1 hour. The vans needed to be full of passengers before leaving. Carigara in Leyte province is a great town!

Once in Carigara, we paid for a tricycad to go to Carigara´s Market and we took a tricycle going to Barugo.

Visiting the Family in the province of Leyte

After arriving in Barugo, I began to notice that I no longer saw tourists, only Filipino people, “natives” of Leyte.

We stayed there for 4 incredible days with her family, eating fresh seafood we caught, walking around the beach of Barugo, and visiting places like Carigara´s Market, Tacloban City, and Palompon, all of them in the province of Leyte.

Every morning we enjoyed so much walking around and playing with the kids.

The beach of the place is not a beach of crystalline waters but it has its charm.

In the place where we were, many fishermen live there and always wait for the high tide time to go out to look for food with their boats.

The sand on that beach was full of holes because a lot of crabs live there and we had to be very careful about not walking on the crabs or stepping on jellyfish.

I woke up quickly on the morning of the second day when I heard my wife´s uncle saying we were going to tour around the island in his boat. Is great to play with the kids in Leyte Province.

I remember that day like it was yesterday. When the tide went high, we received help from all the people there to push the Bangka (boat) to the water. I love the province of Leyte!

After dodging several jellyfish, we´re ready to go!

After some minutes, we went down to another beach a few kilometers from Barugo. The province of Leyte is great!

There, we took advantage of swimming and jumping from the boat. By the way, I´ll put here the best jumping pic I took of my wife´s father.

One of the things I didn´t expect was to see a squid. One squid appeared near the boat and the kids grabbed it so quickly. Poor squid, surely it was part of the dinner.

Where to go in the province of Leyte

Tacloban city is one of the places that I recommend visiting if you plan to go to Leyte´s province.

In Tacloban, you can choose to go to the mall, to visit restaurants to try Filipino, occidental, or Asian food. Also, you can visit some near tourist spots like the Madonna of Japan or the McArthur Landing Memorial Park.

Madonna of Japan in the province of Leyte

The Madonna of Japan is a symbol of friendship. Japan gave it to the Philippines, especially to Tacloban City, 33 years after the Second World War. There is no entrance fee to visit the Madonna of Japan. This monument is one of the monuments that represent part of the history of the Philippines.

McArthur Landing Memorial Park.

If you love history and you plan to visit Leyte, visit the MacArthur Leyte Landing Memorial Park!

This MacArthur´s memorial of the war is located in the municipality of Palo, in the province of Leyte.

General Douglas MacArthur was an American general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army.

General MacArthur was a commemorative man for the Philippines. He fought to free the country from the Japanese occupiers during World War II.

San Joanico Bridge

Another place I went to and I recommend you to go to is the San Juanico Bridge. This bridge connects the islands of Leyte and Samar.

Kalanggaman Island !

Yeah! This is definitely a place you must visit! I dare to say that the island is just as wonderful as Boracay!

You can read my article about Kalanggaman Island by clicking here. In the article, I´ll share with you some tips and recommendations if you plan to visit the stunning paradise of Kalanggaman Island. Enjoy in Leyte Province!

To go to Kalanggaman, you must first go to the city of Palompon. There you can buy the boat tickets in the Office of the Eco-Tourism.

The international tourist needs to pay the regular price of 500 PHP for the day tour. Leyte Province

We hope you enjoyed this article about this province of Leyte and someday you can go there if you want to.

Thank you so much for reading our post! Which place of Leyte would you like to visit?… Tacloban City…Kalanggaman…or maybe another one? Let’s enjoy in Leyte Province!

If you have some comments, please, feel free to write them down below! Leyte Province

If you want to read more about another amazing place in the Philippines, you can read our posts about the 11 Best Places To Visit in Cebu, What to do in Boracay or Kalanggaman Island – 1 incredible paradise.