Sink into relaxation with your included 35-minute massages, or dive right into a snorkelling excursion for a swim alongside fish, eels and exotic sea fauna.

BBC: Daily deal: Sun and sea in the South Pacific

For years, ecologists have given warning that the development of Kazakhstan's oil deposits in the Caspian threatens the sea's flora and fauna.

ECONOMIST: The hidden costs of exploration in the Caspian

He brings me to the summit of a little mountain to take in a panorama of the bay and, with any luck, to spot some of Palawan's celebrity fauna: green sea turtles, dugongs, sharks, whale sharks and the world's most adorable ungulate, the Chihuahua-size Philippine mouse deer.

WSJ: The Philippines's Strange Paradise

The Big Sea Survey was launched in 2010 by Newcastle University to record flora and fauna along a 150-mile stretch of coastline from St Abbs to Saltburn.

BBC: Stalk jellyfish