I am so happy to share with you our El Nido, Palawan Philippines experience!
Our journey started from San Rafael Palawan we arranged our pick up thru our hotel in El nido "The Organic Spa, Bed and Breakfast", although the journey was already an hour and a half away from Palawan International Airport we were still charged the same amount just like anybody else, each of us paid P500 to the hotel. We didn't mind it as there's no better way to continue our journey to El nido with out getting stranded in the middle of the highway just because there were few or I should say almost impossible to have an empty van traveling along the road from the city, vans were full and very limited, should say that I am very happy that we plan ahead. It took about 4.5 hours drive to reach El Nido town proper or it could be less just because we had to stop 2 times due to unavoidable nature call of one of the family member traveling with us, 2nd stop was to eat lunch which took about an hour including the waiting time.
El Nido has so much to offer I recommend to stay in town for few days so you can try all the tours and enjoy some relaxing moments in the beach front.
El Nido Island hoping Tours
Tour A
- Small Lagoon
- Big Lagoon
- Secret Lagoon
- Shimizu Island
- 7 commando Beach
Tour B
- Snake Island
- Pinagbuyutan Island
- Entalula Beach
- Cudugnon Cave
- Snorkeling Site
Tour C
- Helicopter Island
- Matinloc Shrine
- Secret Beach
- Star Beach
- Hidden Beach
Tour D
- Ipil Beach
- Cadlao Lagoon
- Paradise Beach
- Pasadigan Beach
- Natnat Beach
- Bukal Beach
There are travel websites that offers combo tour for this you may want to visit the link right here the link is not related to my page in any form be careful when giving away your details. I strongly recommend to arrange your ride ahead of time to avoid inconvenience.
Private boat
Island hoping Tours normally leave as early as 7am or 8 am depending on your arrangement, it can be arrange if you're hiring a boat and you want to start your day ahead of the crowd. Speaking of renting a boat do not forget that entrance fee is not included in the rent you are just paying for the boat and the boatman I guess, you have to pay at least P100 per hear per island that you visit.
Joiner
I didn't know what joiner means until I became one of them, joiner means that you will be joining the rest of the people booked that Tour on the same day as yours, in this kind of tours your assigned boat can be as crowded as a jam pack boat of 16 people + the boat captain and 2 guide. Joined tour will help you save money however since you are with a crowd your island hopping will tend to be a little fast faced almost like you just spend 25 mins in one area including the waiting time to enter & exit the Secret Lagoon as my best example.
We regret that we didn't stayed longer in El Nido 2 nights is just not enough, I recommend staying longer so you can explore more. Our trip was just a stop over we continue our journey to Coron on our 3rd day.
Please leave your questions about our Tour in El Nido in the comment box below and I am more than happy to answer them for you.
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