El Nido Private Speedboat Tour C

Helicopter Island (Dilumacad), Hidden Beach, Star Beach, Matinloc Shrine and Secret Beach — the outer-island route, with the long crossings cut short. Stop lineups rotate with local regulations and daily conditions.

Tour C is where the boat matters most: it runs furthest out, so on an outrigger a large part of the day is travel. A speed boat converts that time into swimming and snorkeling, gets you into Hidden Beach and Secret Beach ahead of the fleet, and has you back at the dock around 3:00 PM. The boat takes a maximum of 8 guests and is private to your group; the tour is operated in collaboration with Alexus Travel and Tours.

The price covers the private speed boat with licensed crew and fuel, lunch, drinking water, life vests and safety equipment, and hotel pickup within the pickup area. On the day you pay cash for the ₱400 El Nido Eco-Tourism Development Fee per person and any snorkel gear or aqua shoes you rent.

Departures run at 8:00, 8:30 and 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 3:00 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 C is the first route suspended when the swell picks up, whatever the hull. If the outer islands are closed, the Cadlao beaches of Tour D usually 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. Speed boats throw spray, so a dry bag matters more here than on an outrigger.

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. Secret Beach is entered by swimming through a gap in the rock; anyone who would rather not can stay aboard without holding the group up.

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. Changes are subject to availability and price adjustments. Message us early if plans shift and we will help rebook.

RR Travel El Nido operates this service.

This service has an estimated duration of 6 hours to complete.

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