Aklan Province Islands Philippines

South of the bustling crowded and fast pace City of Manila, Philippines, is an island called Panay, where you will find the Province of Aklan. About an hour, to an hour and an half, flight via Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific or Air Philippines to its capital town of Kalibo.

It is also about half a day's William, Gothong and Aboitiz Super Ferry ride from Manila's South Harbor where the ferry will bring you to it's town port of Dumaguit, about a 20 minute drive east of Kalibo.

Aklan is bounded by the Sulu Sea on the northwest, by the Sibuyan Sea on the east and northeast, by the province of Antique on the west and by the province of Capiz on the south. Aklan is the oldest province in the Philippines, organized in 1213 by settler from Borneo as the Minuro it Akean to include what is now Capiz.

For more information on Aklan Province, write or call:

Department of Tourism Region VI Bonifacio Drive, Iloilo City Aklan Provincial Tourism Office Provincial Capitol, Kalibo, Aklan Tel.: (036)262-4692

Kalibo Tourism Office Town Proper Tel.: (036)262-3079 Tourist Information Center (Iloilo) Tel.: (033)337-8874 Fax: (033)335-0245 DOT Information Center (Manila) Tel.: (632)524-1703