El Nido
Northern tip of mainland Palawan, on Bacuit Bay
Limestone karst islands, lagoons and the classic lettered island-hopping tours.
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Destinations
Where we go in Palawan
Palawan stretches a long way, and not every famous name is on the same landmass. It is three travel areas that do not connect to each other by road, so the area a place sits in decides whether reaching it is a drive, a boat or a flight. They are grouped that way below — each page says where the place actually is and how you get there, then you can ask us for the price.
The mainland
All joined by road, so these can be combined along one northbound corridor rather than travelled between separately.
Puerto Princesa airport transfers
Palawan’s capital and main gateway city, on the east coast of the mainland
Where almost every Palawan trip starts — and where the long drives north begin.
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Underground River (Sabang)
Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park, Sabang, west coast
A UNESCO World Heritage site with a daily visitor cap — plan it, don’t wing it.
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Port Barton
A barangay of San Vicente municipality, on the west coast north of Puerto Princesa
A quiet fishing village on Pagdanan Bay, on the same road that continues on to El Nido.
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San Vicente & Long Beach
Palawan’s north-west coast, between Puerto Princesa and El Nido
A quieter mainland base with a long west-facing beach and its own airport gateway.
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Honda Bay island hopping
Puerto Princesa’s east coast, reached through Sta. Lourdes wharf
Pair the road transfer to the wharf with an island day through a licensed local boat operator.
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Nacpan Beach
Sitio Nacpan, Barangay Bucana — mainland El Nido, north of the town proper and reached by road
A mainland beach day for travellers who want sand and sunset without boarding a boat.
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Taytay
North-eastern mainland Palawan, on Taytay Bay — on the highway between Puerto Princesa and El Nido
Palawan’s old capital and its 17th-century stone fort, sitting on the road almost every northbound transfer already drives.
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The Calamianes
A separate island group with no road link to mainland Palawan. Reached by air or sea, and a resort stay can add a boat leg after the airport transfer.
Coron
Busuanga Island, in the Calamian Islands — no road link to mainland Palawan
Lakes, lagoons and WWII wrecks, in a separate island group reached by air or sea.
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Busuanga & Calamianes resorts
Northern Palawan’s island group — Busuanga, Coron, Culion and Linapacan — reached through Francisco B. Reyes Airport (USU) on Busuanga Island
One airport, four island names and two different Corons. Plan the airport road transfer and the resort boat as two connected legs.
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The far south
A long southbound mainland drive to Buliluyan Port in Bataraza, then a sea crossing — in each direction.
Before you book
Work out the shape of the trip first, then ask us for the quote.
Palawan trips go wrong when a road leg, a sea crossing and a permit day get planned as if they were the same thing. These guides answer the planning questions — which airport, how many nights, which season, what is a drive and what is not — so the trip you describe in the form is the trip you actually want.
Tell us your Palawan trip. We will price it properly.
Free, no obligation, and no payment to ask. If a leg does not make sense on your dates, we will say so rather than sell it to you.