Eastern Isabela is rugged and thickly forested. The massive Sierra Madre Mountain range straddles the entire length of the province from north to south. There is a vast natural park, home to variety of wildlife. It is also where Isabela’s best timber can be found.

Coastal Isabela which is generally flat to rolling is distinguished by 113 kilometers shoreline facing the Pacific Ocean. Found here are the province’s vast fishing ground, beautiful bays, caves, small islands and white beaches.

Western Isabela is a vast, sprawling, fertile valley hemmed in by the Sierra Madre on the east and the Cordillera Central on the west. This flat and rolling area is subdivided into little valleys and sub-plains by the Cagayan River, the longest river in the Philippines at 301 kilometers long.

Getting to and Around Isabela

By Air…
Philippine Airlines, Air Philippines and Asian Spirits service Cagayan Valley. Other domestic airlines offer chartered service from Manila to Cagayan and vice-versa. Flying time from Isabela to Hongkong, Singapore and Taiwan is approximately one and one-half hours while Japan is less than four hours.

By Land…
The buses (air-conditioned and ordinary) plying from Isabela to Manila routes are province and region-based. Other transport facilities operating in the province are vans, jeeps, mini-buses and tricycles which provide linkages to the different towns, except in going to the coastal towns (Palanan, Divilacan and Maconacon) where means of transportation is by plane through the Cauayan and Tuguegarao Airports or by boat via Cagayan province.