Things to Do in Boracay, Philippines: Walking Guide

Boracay is an island in the Western Visayas of the Philippines, known for its beaches, coastal scenery and contrasting holiday settings. The island combines quieter shores such as Puka Beach and Ilig Iligan Beach with developed areas such as Boracay Newcoast. Neywo’s free audio guide for Boracay brings 7 narrated places to life as you explore.

What to See in Boracay

Ilig Iligan Beach

Ilig Iligan Beach is a beach on Boracay, located away from the island’s best-known central areas. It offers another shoreline to discover while exploring Boracay’s varied coastline.

Boracay Newcoast

At the northeastern tip of Boracay Island, Boracay Newcoast is a township in Barangay Yapak, in the municipality of Malay, Aklan. Its setting gives it a distinct character within the island.

The development was initially created by Fil-Estate Land, also known as FELI, during the late 1990s and the 2000s. Alliance Global acquired it in 2011, after which Global-Estate Resorts, or GERI, improved and managed the development.

Lapuzlapuz Point

Lapuzlapuz Point is a coastal point in Aklan Province, in the Western Visayas region. Its position along Boracay’s shoreline makes it a useful stop for taking in the island’s coastal landscape beyond its beaches.

Bulaboc Point

Bulaboc Point is a coastal landmark in Malay municipality, Aklan Province, and the Western Visayas. It lies in the central part of the Philippines, about 300 kilometres south of Manila.

The landscape around the point is mostly flat, while the terrain becomes hillier to the north. The highest nearby point reaches 91 metres and lies about 1.1 kilometres southwest of Bulaboc Point.

Guiniuit Point

Guiniuit Point is another coastal point on Boracay Island, in Aklan Province in the central Philippines. The ground near the point is generally flat, with hillier terrain to the north.

The highest nearby point reaches about 86 metres and is around 1.1 kilometres east of Guiniuit Point. Together with the island’s other coastal landmarks, Guiniuit Point shows how much of Boracay’s character lies beyond its main beach areas.

Discovery Shores

Discovery Shores is one of the places associated with Boracay’s tourism landscape. The island was originally inhabited by the Panay Bukidnon and Ati people, whose communities were severely marginalised by commercial development from the 1970s onwards.

Boracay’s tourism history also includes a major turning point in April 2018, when the Philippine government closed the island to tourists for six months. Renovation work focused especially on the sewage system. When Boracay reopened in October that year, new rules were introduced to respond to environmental and tourism pressures.

The changes were visible along the beachfront. Masseuses, bonfires, beach vendors and sunset bonfires were removed from the shore, while buildings were demolished and beach businesses were moved back to create a 30-metre buffer zone from the waterline.

Puka Beach

Puka Beach lies along the shoreline of Boracay in the Western Visayas. Its quieter setting makes it a good contrast to the island’s more populated areas and a useful stop for anyone looking for a calmer side of Boracay.

Explore Boracay with a Free Audio Guide

Neywo’s free Boracay audio guide includes 7 narrated places, with stories available in 11 languages. Each story plays as you reach the place, at your own pace, with no group and no schedule.

There are no tours listed for Boracay, so the guide is designed around discovering the island’s narrated places independently rather than following a scheduled walk, bus route or bike route. Download Neywo and explore Boracay while the app tells the story of each place as you arrive.

Boracay is part of Western Visayas, a region of the Philippines.