You leave Manila in the dark, coffee in one hand and your tent in the trunk, and by midnight you’re walking across cool sand toward a line of agoho trees, waves thumping a few meters away. By morning, the tent is warm, your hair smells like bonfire smoke, and someone is boiling water for 3-in-1 coffee on a camp stove. This guide to Luzon beach camping gathers Zambales coves and Batangas beach camps you can actually reach on a weekend, with honest travel times, real costs, and what it really feels like to sleep in a tent by the sea in the Philippines.

