Palawan Travel Guides
Practical guides to getting around Palawan — routes, transfers, tours and trip planning for Puerto Princesa, Sabang, Port Barton, San Vicente and El Nido, written by the team that runs the vans.
Itineraries
10 Days in Palawan
A 10-day Palawan itinerary from Puerto Princesa to El Nido and Coron via Sabang and Port Barton — van transfers, island tours and honest timing advice.
24–48 Hours in Puerto Princesa
How to spend 24–48 hours in Puerto Princesa — chaolong and the Baywalk, the Iwahig firefly river, Underground River vs Honda Bay, and the errands to do before heading north.
Getting Around
El Nido to PPS Airport: Van Timing
How to time the El Nido to Puerto Princesa airport van: backward-planning table by flight time, what goes wrong on flight days, and when to travel the day before.
El Nido to Coron: Ferry vs. Flight
Ferry or flight from El Nido to Coron? The open-water crossing explained — weather reality, booking tactics, when flying wins, and when to skip Coron entirely.
How to Get to El Nido
Travel Guide on how to get to El Nido, Palawan. Learn the best ways to travel to El Nido by air, land, and sea. Find out the best transportation options to El Nido.
Puerto Princesa to El Nido: Transfers Compared
Every way to travel from Puerto Princesa to El Nido compared — shared van, private van, bus and the Underground River tour combo, with prices, schedules and travel times.
Getting to Port Barton
How to get from Puerto Princesa to Port Barton — direct van vs bus, the San Jose Junction trap ~22 km short of the beach, prices, schedules and honest advice.
Getting to San Vicente & Long Beach
How to get to San Vicente and Long Beach — private vans from Puerto Princesa or El Nido, the Port Barton hill-road tricycle, the airport, and what awaits.
Getting Around Locally
How local transport works in Palawan — tricycle fare etiquette, when habal-habal makes sense, scooter rental rules and risks, and the local mix town by town.
Destinations
San Vicente Beyond Long Beach
San Vicente past the famous 14 km: the tandem skydive over Long Beach with real prices, Bigaho Falls, Boayan Island banca days, and the Port Barton connection.
Coron vs. El Nido
Coron vs El Nido, compared honestly: lagoons vs wrecks, beaches, crowds, access and cost — which to pick for your first Palawan trip, and when to do both.
Port Barton vs. El Nido
Port Barton vs El Nido compared honestly: pace vs spectacle, crowds, cost, boat tours and nightlife — who should pick which, and why doing both usually wins.
Where to Stay in El Nido
Where to stay in El Nido, compared honestly: town vs Corong-Corong vs Las Cabanas vs Nacpan (and Lio) — boats, noise, sunsets and the commute each one costs.
Trip Planning
Palawan With Kids
Palawan boat tours ranked by kid-fit — Honda Bay and the Underground River for any age, Port Barton and Tour D for young swimmers, and when Tours A and C make sense.
Palawan Month by Month
The best time to visit Palawan, month by month — amihan vs habagat, when island-hopping boats actually run, typhoon risk, crowds and honest low-season advice.
Underground River Permits & Sabang
How Underground River permits and daily caps really work — booking windows by season, day trip vs a night in Sabang, and the transfer-with-tour stopover trick.
What Palawan Actually Costs
An honest Palawan budget guide — real transfer prices, how tour costs structure, the cash-only fee drizzle, tipping norms, and a method that survives contact.
Cash, ATMs & Connectivity
The practical Palawan guide: where ATMs actually work, how much cash to carry, Globe vs Smart signal reality, hotel Wi-Fi truth, and living with brownouts.
Activities
Diving the Coron Wrecks
The Coron wreck fleet explained — Okikawa, Irako, Akitsushima and the rest, what each certification level unlocks, seasons, and fitting dives into the corridor.
El Nido Tours A–D Compared
El Nido's Tours A, B, C and D compared stop by stop — what's actually on each, which to book first, which to skip, and the combo and private-boat upgrades.
Coron Tours Compared
Coron's tour packages decoded — Ultimate vs Island Escapade vs Reefs & Wrecks, what's actually at each stop, and the right combination for one, two or three days.
Skydiving in Palawan
How to get to Skydive Palawan at San Vicente Airport from Puerto Princesa, El Nido and Port Barton — van transfers, travel times and all-in skydiving packages with the tandem jump included.