Philippines · PUERTO PRINCESA
Most people treat Puerto Princesa as the airport before El Nido, which wastes the Underground River and Honda Bay entirely. These 15 tours make the stopover count.
Review of Puerto Princesa’s Underground River tour, with boat rides, Filipino buffet lunch, wildlife, optional zipline, costs, and practical tips.
“the whole experience with you guys was amazing from the guide the driver people I meet the food and the underground river was amazing was truly a great day thanks 😊”
Review of Puerto Princesa’s Honda Bay island-hopping tour, with snorkeling, lunch, three islands, optional massage, costs, timing, and practical tips.
“We visited even more than mentioned in the trip description. I didn’t remember our guide name but this guy was amazing. Very caring and with great knowledge. Highly recommended trip.”
Review the Puerto Princesa Underground River day trip, with boat rides, cave sights, audio guide, costs, waits, and practical tips.
“The whole event was well organised, with enough time for additional activities. The bus picked us up on time and the tour guide(s) were polite and helpful.”
Review of Puerto Princesa’s 10-hour Underground River, sea zipline, mangrove paddleboat tour, lunch, transport, costs, and practical tips.
“The trip was an amazing and an unforgettable experience!”
See Puerto Princesa’s cathedral, WWII fort, crocodile center, ranch, weaving studio, and baywalk, with an optional full-body massage.
“The tour its self was great! I was by myself and got added to a a family who booked the tour. After talking with them, they told me they were from Manila. They were all older with a young girl maybe in her early teens. They were all so kind to me. The tour guide was so great making me feel included and taking pictures of me at every stop. The family had me join some of their pictures as well. When we went to the crocodile farm I got to hold a baby for a picture! It was so cool! Me and the teen girl rode the big slide…”
Explore Palawan's Underground River on a 7-hour tour with hotel pickup, boat transfers, cave audio guide, wildlife, and practical tips.
“Everything was really good organised! Thank you so much! The underground river is amazing!”
Cruise Puerto Princesa Bay at sunset, enjoy dinner on board, and watch fireflies and bioluminescent plankton near the mangroves.
“Well organised. Comfortable mini-van pickup. When departing Bay Walk enormous flocks of giant fruit bats flew over us which was amazing. A full moon shone on us and we sailed across the bay. We were in the first group who joined a smaller boat for the mangrove trip and watched the tiny fireflies in the trees like tiny fairy lights. It was amazing. Just like magic one flew over to our boat and landed on it. Then we returned to our main boat and enjoyed a delicious buffet meal, whilst the second group went out to the mangrove. Great evening out. Could do with a little music on our return…”
Review of Puerto Princesa’s Underground River and firefly tour, with boat rides, local meals, hotel transfers, costs, tips, and drawbacks.
“There was a lot to see i puerto Princesa on the tour. I really enjoyed the whole experience and it gave me a good insight into the city and its history”
Review the 4-day Balabac expedition from Puerto Princesa, with island stops, tents, meals, boat transfers, costs, and practical advice.
“The islands are beautiful and the boat staff nice and helpful and some nice snorkelling, Onuk island was stunning with lots of turtles but on the whole the experience wasn’t great.”
Swim with wild whale sharks from Puerto Princesa on a 6.5-hour boat trip with guides, gear, lunch, hotel transfers, and an ethical approach.
“This was, amazing! We saw and swim with 5 whale sharks and I was just in awe. What I appriciate most is that this tour is the most ethical way to spot them, and that is super important to me. We were the only tour out on the sea spotting the whale sharks, just looking where the birds are, because underneath is fish and with that fish there might me a whale shark swimming, and there was! Apart from that we saw many dolphins who were playing with the tip of the boat and we followed them for a little bit, so beautiful! The crew is verry skilled, verry kind,…”
Review of Port Barton from Puerto Princesa, with island hopping, snorkeling, turtles, BBQ lunch, costs, transport tips, and honest drawbacks.
“alors activité moyenne dans l'ensemble.Le transport e van partage etait totalement horrible à l'aller:le chauffeur conduisait tres vite et etait anxiogèn.Un trajet stressant et horrible.Pour le retour,un peu mieux mais les chauffeurs conduisent vraiement trop vite. concernant l'activité,je n'ai ete pris en compte par aucun guide,juste placer parmi un groupe de personnes. Sur le tour en lui meme,pas trop mal mais les étoiles de mer ont l'air morte et nous n'avons pas vu ou tres peu vu de tortues. bref,beaucoup de routes et de grosses prises de risques pour une activité moyenne.A eviter ou à faire directement depuis Port Barton.”
Review of Puerto Princesa’s UNESCO Underground River tour, with boat rides, lunch, Ugong Rock, transport tips, costs, and practical advice.
“A very enjoyable tour to visit the underground river in Puerta Princessa. Our guide Benj was excellent and good fun. We really enjoyed the paddle boat through the Mangroves but wished we could have had less talking and more quiet to enjoy the peaceful surroundings. Lunch was very good.”
See Puerto Princesa’s cathedral, crocodile farm, WWII fort, weaving center, and hilltop views on an affordable half-day city tour.
“Raquel was a lovely tour guide keeping us all entertained with plenty of interesting facts. The hook up with the tour was easy and all the places visited were interesting. A very enjoyable half day and thanks to Raquel for making it a great tour.”
Watch thousands of fireflies, enjoy dinner, and cruise Puerto Princesa’s river by paddle boat on this relaxed four-hour evening tour.
“Great great tour! Very well organised and didn’t feel touristy at all. We were pretty much the only boat there until the very end and felt super private. The guide was great, very well spoken and super friendly and enthusiastic. Food was amazing. If I had the food in a restaurant I would be very happy.”
Explore Palawan’s Underground River with hotel transfers, a cave paddleboat ride, Filipino buffet lunch, and optional Sabang adventures.
“Très bonne journée, nous sommes partis à 7h30 et nous sommes revenus à 17h, les guides sont venus nous chercher à notre hôtel comme c’était notifié. Très bon guide. À savoir, nous avons fait un premier stop où il y avait une vue panoramique de quoi acheter des souvenirs, manger, s’hydrater et aller au WC. Nous avons repris la route et fait un nouveau stop pour une activité zip Line ou mangroove ou les deux, à savoir qu’il faut rajouter en plus de se que vous avez déjà payer. Ensuite nous sommes aller manger, c’était un buffet philippins, très très bon y il y a de quoi manger, dommage que…”
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