A long, uncrowded sweep of pale sand on Siargao's wilder northeast coast, fronting the powerful Big Wish reef break. Where General Luna buzzes, Pacifico stays sleepy — a handful of low-key surf resorts, beach bars and hammocks under the palms. It's the island as it felt a decade ago.
At the northernmost tip of Siargao, Alegria unfurls some of the whitest, softest sand on the island beside shallow, glass-clear water that's calm enough for proper swimming — a rarity on the reef-guarded east coast. The long ride up through rice paddies and palm forest is half the experience. Few tourists make it this far, so weekdays can feel private.
Hidden at the end of a ten-minute barefoot walk through a coconut-palm forest off the Malinao–Union road, this palm-fringed strip of white sand stays blissfully quiet even in high season. The turnoff is marked only by a tiny 'Guiwan Surfing Area' sign nailed to a palm tree, and vehicles can't reach the sand. Two mellow right-hand point breaks peel offshore when there's swell.
A tiny teardrop islet crowned with a mop of coconut palms, floating just off General Luna — the desert-island cliché made real. You can stroll its entire circumference in a few minutes, snorkel the surrounding coral, or claim a patch of sand with a coconut in hand. It's the usual final, sunset-ish stop of the tri-island tour.
A 300-metre wooden boardwalk striding out over the reef to a multi-storey viewing tower above Siargao's most famous wave. From the deck you watch surfers thread the barrelling right-hander that put the island on the map, with sunrise and sunset both spectacular. Destroyed by Typhoon Odette in 2021, it has been rebuilt sturdier with concrete posts, and a full tower renovation began in 2026.