The islands of Palau in Micronesia are one of the most beautiful diving areas in the world. The dreamlike images of the UNESCO World Heritage Rock Islands have certainly been seen by many on the Internet or in reports on television. We spent a total of 12 days on Palau and have summarized in this post everything important (arrival, entry requirements, climate, hotels, attractions, diving) for a holiday in Palau for your own travel planning.
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Palau is located in the western Pacific Ocean and consists of hundreds of small islets. On the world map, Palau can be found about 800 kilometers east of the Philippines and 3,200 kilometers south of Japan. The Palau archipelago consists of 356 islands in total, the largest of which is Babeldaob with 396 km². Only eleven of the islands are inhabited. As a travel destination, Palau is still relatively unknown to Europeans – 75 percent of tourists come mainly from Japan, Korea and Taiwan. The remaining tourists come from the USA, Australia, the Philippines and only a small part from Europe. The island state can be assigned to the island region Micronesia. The term Micronesia stands for several independent countries in the Pacific, which form an “archipelago” of over 2,000 tropical islands and atolls over a distance of 4,000 kilometres. The nine archipelagos of Micronesia, each of which has its own language, culture and history, consist of Guam, Palau, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands and Kiribati, and the archipelago of Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosrae, grouped together as the Caroline Islands. Palau is best known as one of the most beautiful dive sites in the world through the Rock Islands. The Rock Islands are tropically overgrown mini-islands that rise out of the sea like mushrooms. During a boat trip through this island world or during a sightseeing flight, together with the turquoise-green sea, breathtaking sights arise.
Palau – Scenic Flight over the Rock Islands & Seventy Islands (Palau)
Even before our holiday we had seen the pictures of the Rock Islands in Palau in the diving magazines and on the internet, we knew that we really wanted to make a scenic flight over the Ngerukeuid Islands (better known as The Seventy Islands). We think sightseeing flights are just a great opportunity to marvel at our world from above and get a completely different perspective on our earth. For example, we have already made sightseeing flights over the Blue …
» Read the full blog postPalau – Our Self-Guided Day Tour of Babeldaob Island (Palau)
For today we had planned a car tour over the island of Babeldaob to rattle off the main sights of the largest island of Palau.
» Read the full blog postPeleliu – Historical tour of the old battlefields in World War II (Palau)
After our two dives in Peleliu in the morning, a land tour to the historical theatres of war and remnants of world War II between the Japanese and the USA was imminent.
» Read the full blog postPeleliu – Diving on Palau Island (Palau)
When we studied Palau before our trip, we often encountered the name Peleliu. Peleliu is a state of Palaus and is located about 50 kilometers southwest of the city of Koror. The island had interested us for two reasons: On the one hand, some of the most beautiful dive sites of Palaus are to be found here and on the other hand you can see some relics from the Second World War.
» Read the full blog postPalau – Diving in the island paradise of Micronesia (Palau)
In addition to the well-known dive sites in Palau such as the German Channel and the Blue Corner, we have also dived and explored other places with Fish ‘n Fins.
» Read the full blog postJake Seaplane – Diving at the Plane Wreck (Palau)
On today’s diving day, when we already had two dives in the southern lagoon, we went back to the diving school of Fish ‘n Fins. Here we briefly loaded new diving bottles onto the boat, because today we wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to do a third dive. This usually goes to Jake Seaplane,just 5 minutes from Koror. We didn’t want to miss that. On Aruba we already had the opportunity to see a plane underwater and were …
» Read the full blog postThe German Channel – Diving at the Manta Hotspot (Palau)
The dive site German Channel is at least as famous as the Blue Corner. This is mainly due to the fact that the German Channel is considered THE Manta Hot Spot in Palau. And on the other hand, maybe a little because of his story, how it came about and how he got his name.
» Read the full blog postThe Blue Corner – Diving with Sharks & Napoleon Lip Fish (Palau)
Whether on the Internet or in diving magazines: the Blue Corner is considered one of the best dive sites in the world. After reading a lot about diving in Palau beforehand, we were curious to see what to expect there.
» Read the full blog postThe Rock Islands in Palau & Infos about Jellyfish Lake (Palau)
The beauty of Palau can be found not only underwater while diving, but also above the water there is a lot to admire. Especially the Rock Islands, which have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2012, we really liked ❤
» Read the full blog postDiving with the diving school Fish ‘n Fins (Palau)
Many people have asked us how we actually came to Palau as a destination. Well, the real reason were the breathtaking Rock Islands,which we had already seen on many pictures and in reports and of course the diving.
» Read the full blog postKoror – The Palau Royal Resort on Malakal Island (Palau)
Before we booked our flight to Palau with China Airlines, we first thought about a hotel on the small island. Finding a suitable and beautiful hotel with beach access in Palau was not so easy…
» Read the full blog postPalau – Entry & Exit (Visa) at Koror Airport (Palau)
After a total of 17 hours flight (13 hours from Frankfurt to Taipei + 4 hours from Taipei to Palau) with China Airlines and 7 hours stopover in Taipei, we finally landed at Roman Tmetuchl International Airport in Koror on Palau on Saturday evening at around 6 pm.
» Read the full blog postOur China Airlines flight via Taipei to Koror (Palau)
After our AIDA Caribbean cruise in December, it was now: Finally holidays 🙂 For the next 15 days we chose the island paradise Palau and the big city taipei in Taiwan – a nice combination of island holiday, beach, diving and sightseeing. We have had Palau on our bucket list for a long time. Through a diving magazine, we became aware of the destination, which is located a little remotely in the Western Pacific and is considered one of the …
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