Plan, do your research, and prepare to let go of
your plans to enjoy your travel experience completely
Planning this trip was not easy at all, I had
the dilemma of a “budget” traveler. First is of course you want to see as much
as you can with the limited budget you have. From the numerous blogs that I’ve
read, I find it quite impossible to squeeze the places we want to see within
the limited time and budget that we have. The blogs that I have been reading
were helpful, in the sense that I knew what I wanted to do would be sort of
amazing race style and of course, it’s difficult to decide whether we’d do a
restful vacation or wake up elsewhere everyday.
Initially, I planned that we’d go to less popular
destination like visit Tabon Cave in Quezon vs the more expensive Palawan
Underground River Tour, Port Barton vs El Nido. A few blogs I’ve read convinced
me that Port Barton is a better option, but circumstances led us to scrap our
original itinerary, trust that we’d be in good hands, so just go with the flow.
I was only able to picture where we’d go and
what we’d do once we’re there. But as most of you might have already
experience, it is altogether a different once you’re actually there. Anyways,
here’s our actual 2016 Palawan (PP-El Nido) itinerary along with our expenses,
to hopefully help those who’ll visit this awesome place for the first time.
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Day 1 (Manila - Puerto Princesa)
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Expenses for 2
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Particulars
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6:40 am Depart to PP via AirAsia
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6463.12
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roundtrip fare
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8:13 am Arrival PP airport, walked from airport to main road
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- rode trike to take us
for our 1st Chaolong breakfast
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255
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breakfast
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9:31 am Picked up by friends for City tour
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- Baywalk and Port
Area
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- Plaza Cuartel
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- Museum tour (this
one's located at the Town's Capitol)
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100
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entrance fee
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11:50 am Lunch at Ka' Inato
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1100
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lunch
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1:06 pm Baker's Hill
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250
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pasalubong
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1:17 pm Mitra's Ranch
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2:30 pm Check in at Circon Businessman's Inn
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900
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4:30 pm Shop for supplies at Robinson's (rode multicab)
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7:00 pm rode multicab to Baywalk, dinner at K'na Boyet
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1155
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seafood dinner
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10:00 pm Rest
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Day 2 (Underground River Tour - El Nido)
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07:54 am Depart Puerto Princesa to Sabang Port
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105
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breakfast and fare
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09:42 am Arrival Sabang Port, board banca to Underground River
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11:54 am End of River Tour, wait to board banca back to
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Sabang
port
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12:00 nn Lunch at eat all you can restaurant in Port +
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570
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food and tamilok
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Tamilok
encounter
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01:19 pm Book Lexus shuttle from Sabang to El Nido
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1400
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for 2
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04:30 pm Stopover at Roxas
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140
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dinner
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07:07 pm Arrival El Nido, Ride trike to Resort (IBR Inn)
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50
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07:46 pm Check in, rest
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2900
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08:00 pm Dinner at Coco Bar
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11:30 pm Rest
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Day 3 (El Nido: Tour B)
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08:00 am Rise and shine, walk around town proper
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-
Breakfast
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240
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09:30 am Island hopping
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3000
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03:30 pm End of Island hopping
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03:45 pm Walk around town, food trip
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07:00 pm Dinner at Coco bar
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840
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Day 4 (El Nido: Tour D)
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08:00 am Rise and shine, walk around town proper
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-
Breakfast
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320
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09:45 am Island hopping
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2900
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03:30 pm End of Island hopping
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05:00 pm Depart from El Nido to Puerto Princesa
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1000
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05:30 pm Van depart PP
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08:00 pm Roxas stop over
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240
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11:00 pm Arrival PP and hotel
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900
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Day 5 (PP to Manila)
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08:00 am Breakfast at Chaolong; buy pasalubong
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185
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09:30 am Jeep to Irawan (Crocodile Farm)
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102
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jeep fare and entrance
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12:04 pm Iwahig Penal
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12:53 pm Depart Iwahig to Binuatan Weaving
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02:03 pm Arrival at Binuatan weaving at Sta Monica PPSAT
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02:47 pm Hotel, ready for check out
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03:30 pm early check-out and dinner at Baywalk
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770
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07:45 pm bye bye PP
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TOTAL
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25885.12
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