Tour de Palawan: 7D/6N of Fun

The most awaited escape of me, my cousin and her friend... Pure fun and adventure for 7 days. ✔ (^_^)

... Me & my cousin plan a travel everytime she visits Philippines since she's already based in Canada. Boracay was our last destination and we enjoyed it a lot. And this time, we plan to explore the beauty of Palawan at a least cost as possible. :) 

And this is our 7-day itinerary: Coron, El-Nido, Puerto Princesa

Day 1: Arrival Busuanga Airport 

      Manila to Busuanga via Cebu Pacific Air

      Checked-in at Micasa Hotel located in the heart of Coron Town Proper

      Dinner at a seaside restaurant..

Day 2: Island Hopping Coron/ Explore Coron Town

     We rented a boat so we had a customized island hopping package. ⛵

      Kayangan Lake is a must-see when you go for island hopping. ❤

Awesome view

Day 3: Off to El-nido

      Such an unforgettable experience! An 8-hour boat ride to El Nido. 👍♥ We leveled up our adventure skills for this travel... :) 

       Left Coron at past 8am and arrived safely in El Nido at around 5pm just in time for a beautiful sunset. ☀

       This is my 2nd time in El Nido and this is one of my happy place.. And it feels good to be back... ♥♥♥

       Checked-in at Marina Garden Beach Resort.

Day 4: Island Hopping El Nido🚣

Bacuit Bay, El Nido

       We rented a boat for this Island Hopping coz we decided that we want to own our time and just savor a good moment on the islands. We customized the tour package but most islands we went to are on the Tour A package... :)

@ Secret Beach

        Big Lagoon is a must-see on this island hopping... ❤❤❤

Entering Big Lagoon

Day 5: Off to Puerto Princesa

        We left El Nido at around 9am and arrived at around 2pm... El Nido to Puerto Princesa is more or less 6-hour van ride.

        Checked-in at Purple Courtyard Inn which is a sister company of Marina Garden in El Nido. 🏩🏡

        Visited Baker's Hill for some food pasalubong.... 🗻 And went to souvenir shops in San Miguel area. :)

Day 6: Underground River/ Ugong Rock/ Sabang Beach

         Did caving and spelunking @ Ugong Rock.

         Had lunch at Sabang beach while waiting for our turn to go to the Underground River.

         Experienced the Underground River tour with our comedic guide/boatman... :)

Day 7: Bye bye Palawan

         .... And its time to say goodbye and back to reality mode. 

.... Thank you very much Palawan. See you gain soon!!! ❤♥❤

4D/3N El Nido-Puerto Princesa Itinerary and Expenses

This is a summary of our travel itinerary and expenses for our Palawan Trip.

Our Flight is on noon time so we arrived Puerto Princesa at around 1pm.

Day 1

12:00 -1:00 pm - Departure/Arrival to Puerto Princesa via Airphil Express
1:00 - 2:00 pm - Van Terminal to El Nido
2:00 - 8:00 pm - Travel time to El Nido (6 hours)
8:00 - 8:30 pm - Checked-in at Marina Garden Resort
8:30 - 10:00 pm - Dinner at Art Cafe Boutique
10:00 pm           - Rest

Day 2

7:00 - 8:00 am - Breakfast
8:00 - 9:00 am - Preparing for Island Hopping
9:00 - 5:00 pm - Island Hopping (Tour A)
5:00 - 6:00 pm - Checked-out at Marina Garden
6:00 - 12mn     - Travel back to Puerto Princesa via Roro Bus
12:30 am         - Checked-in at Purple Courtyard Inn
1:00 am           - Rest

Day 3

6:30 - 7:00 am - Breakfast
7:00 - 8:00 am - Preparing for Tour (Underground River and Ugong Rock)
8:00 - 10:00 am -Travel to Sabang
10:00 - 11:00 am - Ugong Rock
11:00 - 12:00 am - Sabang Beach
12:00 - 1:00 am - Buffet Lunch at Sabang Beach
1:00 - 3:00 pm - Underground River Tour
3:00 - 5:00 pm - Travel back to Puerto Princesa
5:00 - 7:00 pm - rest at the hotel
7:00 - 8:30 pm - Dinner at Kah Lui Restuarant
8:30 pm - Got some Massage and rest

Day 4

7:00 - 8:00 am - Breakfast
8:00 - 9:00 am - Preparing for City tour
9:00 - 11:00 am - Bakers Hill and Buy souvenirs
11:00 - 11:30 am - Went back to hotel
11:30 - 12:30pm - Lunch at Inato Hauz
12:45 pm - To the airport
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm - Departure/Arrival to Manila

 

EXPENSES Terminal Fee 1 person Php 200 Van Fare to El nido 1 person Php 700 El Nido Accommodation (Marina Garden Resort Twin Sharing P1580) 1 night Php 790 Island Hopping Tour A 1 person Php 700 Dinner at Art Café Boutique 1 person Php 200 Tricycle Fare El Nido Php 50 Roro Bus Fare to Puerto Princesa 1 person Php 645 Puerto Princesa Accommodation (Purple Courtyard Inn Twin Sharing P1750) 2 nights Php 1750 Underground River Tour 1 person Php 1500 Ugong Rock with Zipline 1 person Php 450 Dinner at Kah Lui 1 person Php 300 Spa Massage 1 person  Php 400 Tricycle Hire for City Tour 1 person Php 200 Tricycle fare Puerto Princesa 1 person Php 30 Terminal Fee 1 person Php 40 TOTAL 1 person Php 7755 * Airfare not included Lucky to have contacted a friendly travel agency. Here's their contact details.  HARBOUR BAY TRAVEL & TOURS Mobile 1:   +63 908 892 5477 (Smart)  Mobile 2:   +63 917 519 7722 (Globe) Mobile 3:   +63 925 722 2770 (Sun) Email:        harbourbaytravel@gmail.com Website:    www.harbourbaytravel.com

El Nido: My Happy Place

.... Day 2 of our Palawan escape!

And we've missed the sunrise!

The sun is so up at past 7am and as we went to the resto of the resort we were welcomed by a great view of the sun, sea and sand. Its really good to wake up seeing beautiful scenery. You can really say "It's a fresh new day!".

At around 9am, we hopped in our boat together with other tourist and start our journey to the islands of El Nido.

We booked Tour A which includes more or less 5 islands, buffet lunch, and a very accommodating tour guides.



1st Island: 7 Commandos

7 Commandos view from our boat

fine white sand

According to our tour guide, it was called seven commandos because 7 soldiers used to lived in the island. The island is used to be one of the location of the amazing race.

refreshing and so clear!!

Joyz and I were fascinated with the crystal clear waters and very fine sand. There's lots of coconut trees around and there's picnic tables for the tourist. And of course No littering!

We stayed for an hour in the island and just enjoying a laid back living and escaping the city life and just a stress-free day! Just plain happiness!!

.. and off to the next island!

relaxed!!! ❤ ❤ ❤

2nd Island: Entalula Island

view of the island from the boat

limestone formation

this is the restricted area... it is a private beach

Entalula is a private beach so our boatmen just guide us where were allowed to stay.

our boatmen busy preparing for our lunch

Our boatman decided to have our lunch here, so as they're preparing our buffet lunch we went to explore the island.

while waiting for our lunch

The island is surrounded with lush coconut trees and limestone rock formations.

We soooooo love the beach!! ♥ ♥ ♥ Heat of the sun didn't bother us at all. Snorkeling is best in the island.

.. and our sumptuous lunch is served! Yum..yum..yum...

crabs, crabs, crabs

Had a little rest and we're off to the 3rd island!

3rd Island: Simizu Island

Simizu Island

Simizu Island is named after a Japanese diver who died on his exploration of this island.

The island is best for fish feeding and snorkeling experience. Literally, we were swimming with the fishes. Too many fishes just everywhere. I guess, they were hungry enough to show up like that.. =)

Lots of boats are anchored in the island, maybe some tourist are still having their lunch there, so our boatmen just decided that we just stay on the boat and just do some snorkeling and swimming.

4th Island: Big Lagoon

and we are about to walk to the lagoon

Big Lagoon

Big lagoon is very popular nowadays because of the movie Bourne Legacy.

The view to Big Lagoon is just breathtaking.

big lagoon

Since, it's already low-tide our boat couldn't pass through so we just walk to the entrance of the lagoon.

big urchins

Water is so clear, and there's lots of sea urchins so always be careful.

entrance to big lagoon

... and we're all fascinated with this great view of nature!

5th Island: Small Lagoon

Small Lagoon

Awesome view!!! ☺ ☺ ☺

Small Lagoon is surrounded with rock formation. To enter the lagoon you need to swim. And our tour guide warn us that we might encounter some fish bites so better just paddle and float to the small hole and its just hard because the water is so shallow that time.

inside the small lagoon

Tour Details:
Tour A - Php 700/person