--- description: Find out why Siargao, Philippines is on TIME’s 2021 list of the World’s 100 Greatest Places. title: Siargao, Philippines: The World’s 100 Greatest Places of 2021 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd3ae8ea926e99f7d/698a1e1722fb851b7ae2cac1/worlds-greatest-places-2021-001-Siargao-Philippines.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Jul 20, 2021 # Siargao, Philippines Surf’s up by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  People swim on the Maasin River on Siargao in the Philippines. People swim on the Maasin River on Siargao in the Philippines.KrakenPlaces—Alamy While destinations such as Boracay, Cebu and Palawan nailed the mass market, the teardrop-­shaped island off the coast of Mindanao until recently had been best known to a dedicated band of surfers lured by consistent waves. But the secret is out, and new spots are popping up on the island, including the beachfront Inara Siargao Resort, an intimate five-suite property that can be booked on Instagram. Just before COVID-19 shutdowns, Siargao got additional cell towers to improve data connectivity, which will be a boon to tourism when it reopens to vaccinated international travelers. _—Duncan Forgan_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079308/siargao-philippines/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079308/siargao-philippines/"},"headline":"Siargao, Philippines","datePublished":"2021-07-20T10:35:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:51:04.752Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079308/siargao-philippines/","keywords":["franchise","Magazine","World's Greatest Places"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd3ae8ea926e99f7d/698a1e1722fb851b7ae2cac1/worlds-greatest-places-2021-001-Siargao-Philippines.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd3ae8ea926e99f7d/698a1e1722fb851b7ae2cac1/worlds-greatest-places-2021-001-Siargao-Philippines.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079308/siargao-philippines/","name":"Siargao, Philippines"}}]}] ```