Beach Baby

Yes its officially summer, and that means spending the next few months chasing the beautiful beaches of this beautiful tropical country. Swimming in this clear blue water of Palawan, I'm finding it so hard to step out. 

Cadugnon Cave

This Mysterious cave is said that it was used by some of our natives as a hiding place for Japanese who occupied our country during World War II. You must need to pass through a small opening to get inside the Cudugnon Cave. It was surprising that from that so little entrance comes a place like this.

need to climb a little to reach the top

Snake Island

The fine sand, white beaches, majestic limestone cliffs, clear sea waters and long sandbars, this are just some of the things I will miss and attracts me to come back in Palawan. 

Part of our tour B, and also one of the reason why I chose this tour is because it will include the Snake Island. It has a sand bar that connects the small islet known as Vigan island and main land El Nido. 

It was raining while sun is up when we get to the island but it cant stop me from having fun.

 We went up to the top of the hill which showed superb view.

Palawan Itinerary and Expenses

One of the best things about living in the Philippines is that we have more than 7000 beautiful islands to choose from when we want a change of scenery. When i found that Cebu pacific has a seat sale going to Puerto Princesa, I didn't think twice and just book for a flight.

Here is our 5 days and 4 nights itinerary:

Day 1		Exp.
11:30 AM	Arrival at PPS
	PPS City Tour	250
	> Immaculate Conception Cathedral
	>Plaza Laurel
	>Baywalk
	>Crocodile Farm
	>Mitra's Ranch
	>Baker's Hill
	>Binuatan Weaving Center
6:00 PM	ETD Van to El Nido	700
	Dinner	75
Day 2
8:00 AM	Breakfast	60
9:00 AM	El Nido - Tour A with Lunch	1200
	>Secret Lagoon
	>Small Lagoon >Simizu Island
	>Big Lagoon
	>Papara Beach
6:00 PM	Explore El nido City Proper
	Tricycle	20
	Dinner at Art Café	300
Day 3
8:00 AM	Breakfast	100
9:00 AM	El Nido - Tour B with Lunch	1300
	>Entalula Island
	>Cathedral Cave
	>Cadugnon Cave
	>Snake Island
	>Sand bar
	> Pinagbuyutan Island
6:00 PM	ETD Van to PPS	700
	Dinner	100
Day 4
6:00 AM	Breakfast	100
7:00 AM	PPS Underground River Tour with Lunch	1500
	Ugong Rock	200
8:00 PM	Dinner	200
Day 5
7:00 AM	Tricycle to airport	20
9:00 AM	Departure to MNL
	Terminal Fee	200
	2 Days accommodation at Mina Grande (Php900 per night/2)	900
	2 Days Accommodation at Ezy Stay Pension (Php800 per night/2)	800
	Roundtrip Airfare- Cebu Pacific	815
Total Expenses		9440

We booked our tours through SPUR Travel and tours, their staff are really accommodating and we didn't have any issues with them.

SPUR Travel & Tours

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Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines
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Cell Phone Numbers: 0998-9845-945/0917-3033-590

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Website: spurtravelpalawan.com

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First Round: Island Hopping in El Nido ( Tour A )

Seeing the islands of El Nido is a much awaited part of our trip to Palawan. As i have already been to a lot of beaches in the country, I have a high expectation to this one. And guess what? this was the most mesmerizing place I've ever been. This is indeed a living paradise.

Here is a brief summary of our El Nido island hopping tour A.

Secret no more for this Secret Lagoon...

Simizu Island

Simizu Island was where we had our lunch and enjoyed snorkeling so much. According to our boatman, it was named after a chinese diver who unfortunately died when he was diving on an underwater cave near the island. This was my favorite in this tour. 

Small Lagoon

In the Small Lagoon, we had to go down your pump boat and use kayak towards a small opening where you can access the small lagoon walled with cliffs of rocks. You can also swim towards the lagoon.

that small opening at the back where the other tourists are entering is the entrance to the small lagoon

Big Lagoon

Here you will just pass by a big lagoon. They discourage people to swim because of the water's depth.

Papaya Beach

For our last stop, we went to Papaya Island. We were suppose to go on 7 commandos beach, however because of large number of tourist we headed to papaya beach which is just adjacent to 7 commandos.

• Island Hopping started at 9AM and ended approximately at 4-5PM. 
• All Island Hopping Tours includes a free lunch and a towel you could use during the trip.
• We paid 200 Pesos Fee for the Eco-Tourism Development Fee (ETDF).

Romantic Dinner at Art Cafe

A journey to a new place will never be complete complete without venturing into culinary culture. So on our trip to El Nido, we have to try something different. Looking around the place there were lots of sea foods, name it and they have it here. Walking on one of the alley we found this restaurant Art Cafe and me being a pasta and pizza lover, I got excited when I found out that they have it here. Sometimes being surrounded with lots of sea foods makes you wanna eat something different. 

We decided to try their Art Cafe Pizza and their Carbonara. Servings are quite huge, an order is already good for 2 with a romantic candle light dinner ambiance and a view of the Bacuit Bay.

We spent around Php600 for a large pizza and carbonara, reasonable enough for a sumptuous dinner.

other restaurant options along Bacuit Bay

Snake Island

One of the reason I chose tour B is because of the long sand bar that looks like a snake from afar, that's why its called Snake Island. It was cloudy and raining when we get to the island, but it didn't stop me from crossing the sand bar going to the other side where there are lots of mangrove trees.

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Picturesque Simizu Island

Simizu Island live a great number of vibrant corals and a lot of fishes making it a very good spot for snorkeling. You will see different kinds of fishes and corals and the view was just breath taking. We spent like 2 hours in the island as we had our lunch here. This place is just mesmerizing.