Private El Nido Tour A – Big Lagoon Private Boat Tour

The same lineup as the shared Tour A — Big Lagoon, Secret Lagoon, Shimizu Island, Payong-Payong Beach and Seven Commandos Beach — but on your own boat and your own clock. Stop lineups rotate with local regulations, lagoon visitor caps and daily conditions.

The boat is yours: your own pace, no strangers aboard, and the freedom to leave before the convoy of shared boats does — the single biggest crowd-avoidance trick in El Nido. Joining tours are shared boats sold per person on a fixed departure. On Tour A that matters most: a private boat can be first into Big Lagoon while the water is still glass, which is the single biggest reason people upgrade. The crew can also run the stops in reverse where local rules allow it, another standard way around the crowds — ask at booking so we can flag it to the operator.

The price covers the private boat and crew for your group, the grilled beach lunch, hotel pickup within the pickup area and the Big Lagoon entrance. On the day you pay cash for the ₱400 El Nido Eco-Tourism Development Fee per person, kayak hire at the lagoon, and any snorkel gear or aqua shoes you rent.

Departures run at 8:00, 8:30 or 9:00 AM with pickup at hotels inside the pickup area — El Nido town, the boat dock and Corong-Corong. The boat is back at El Nido Beach Boat Dock around 5:00 PM. Hotel drop-off is not included; a tricycle covers the last stretch cheaply.

Coast Guard cancellations are a normal part of an El Nido season, and a refund or a rebooking to another day is standard practice when the day is called off. Tour A sits in the middle of the cancellation ranking: Tour C is suspended first when the swell picks up, and Tour D near Cadlao is the most likely to still run.

Reef-safe sunscreen, a towel, a dry bag, water shoes (the karst is sharp) and small bills for the fees collected at the stops. A phone in a waterproof pouch replaces most of the camera kit people haul. The crew handles lunch, so you need less than you think.

Yes, as long as you say so at booking. Life vests are standard and required at most stops, and the crews are practiced with nervous swimmers — tell them and they keep an eye out. A private boat helps here too — the crew can shorten a stop or skip the kayaking if someone in the group would rather stay aboard.

Full payment is taken at booking. Cancellations made up to 7 days before the tour date are refunded in full; inside 7 days a 50% cancellation fee applies, and no-shows or cancellations within 24 hours are not refunded. If you cancel a booking paid by card or PayPal, the 5% payment processing fee is not refunded. Cancellations by the operator or due to weather are refunded in full. Changes are subject to availability and price adjustments — message us early if plans shift and we will help rebook.

This service has an estimated duration of 8 hours to complete.

Available activity slots are 8:00 AM, 8:30 AM, 9:00 AM daily.