Entrance to the Puerto Princesa Underground River
No. of Pax: 4 pax
Budget: P5,300 – airfare and airport terminal fees not included
Duration: 4 days – 3 nights
Estimated Start: Day 1 – 9:00AM Arrival at Puerto Princesa
Estimated End: Day 4 – 5:00PM flight out of Puerto Princesa
Lodging: Fan Room
Activities:
- City Tour
- Iwahig Firefly Watching
- Honda Bay Island Hopping
- Ugong Rock Caving
- Puerto Princesa Underground River
- Mangrove Paddle Boat Tour
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| Day 1 | |
| 0900 AM | Arrival at Puerto Princesa |
| 0910 AM | Walk outside of the airport premises; Ride tricycle to Underground River Booking Office (P8/pax) |
| 0915 AM | Get permits for the Underground River on 3rd day afternoon (P175/pax) |
| 1100 AM | Ride arranged tricycle to Badjao Seafront Restaurant; (P150/tricycle) |
| 1115 AM | Arrival at Badjao Seafront Restaurant; Tricycle should wait for you |
| 1215 PM | Ride arranged tricycle to lodging |
| 1230 PM | ETA lodging; Check-in and prepare for City Tour |
| 0100 PM | Start of City Tour via Tourism Accredited Tricycle (P600/tricycle) |
| City Tour includes Crocodile Farm, Rancho Mitra, Baker’s Hill, Butterfly Garden, Baywalk, Cathedral and Plaza Cuartel | |
| 0500 PM | End of City Tour; Back at Lodging; Rest for a bit and get ready for Iwahig Firefly Watching |
| 0600 PM | Ride Tourism Accredited Tricycle to Iwahig for Firefly Watching (P700/tricycle) |
| 0645 PM | ETA Iwahig; Register for Firefly Watching Paddleboat Tour (P600/boat; 3 pax/boat) |
| 0700 PM | Start of Iwahig Firefly Watching Paddleboat Tour |
| 0830 PM | End of Iwahig Firefly Watching; Ride tricycle back to Town Proper; Drop at Kinabuch |
| 0915 PM | ETA Kinabuch; Late Dinner; Try Tamilok |
| 1030 PM | Ride tricycle to lodging |
| 1040 PM | Back at Lodging; Freshen-up and sleep |
| Day 2 | |
| 0600 AM | Breakfast at Jollibee/Chowking/Dunkin Donuts |
| 0715 AM | Ride Tourism Accredited Tricycle to Honda Bay Port (P600/tricycle); Ask to stop somewhere to buy snacks & packed lunch; The tricycle will go back for you when the Honda Bay Island Hopping Tour ends |
| 0745 AM | ETA at Honda Bay Port; Register for Island Hopping (P1,500/boat) |
| 0800 AM | Start of Honda Bay Island Hopping Tour |
| 0400 PM | End of Honda Bay Island Hopping |
| 0415 PM | Ride tricycle back to Town Proper |
| 0445 PM | Back at lodging; Freshen up & Rest |
| 0630 PM | Ride tricycle to Kalui (P10/pax) |
| 0635 PM | ETA Kalui; Dinner and art tripping!!! |
| 0800 PM | Ride tricycle back to lodging |
| 0805 PM | Back at Lodging; Freshen up & Sleep |
| Day 3 | |
| 0550 AM | Check-out of lodging |
| 0600 AM | Breakfast at Jollibee/Chowking/Dunkin Donuts |
| 0700 AM | Ride multicab to San Jose Terminal (P12/pax); Tell the driver to drop you off at Lexus Shuttle Service |
| 0720 AM | ETA San Jose Terminal; Ride Lexus van going to Sabang Port; Don’t forget to reserve your seat |
| 0730 AM | ETD to Ugong Rock intersection at Tagabinet |
| 0845 AM | ETA Ugong Rock intersection; Walk to Ugong Rock |
| 0855 AM | Arrival at Ugong Rock; Register & have your BP taken (P200 Caving + P250 Zipline) |
| 0910 AM | Start of Ugong Rock Climb & Zipline |
| 1030 AM | End of Ugong Rock Climb & Zipline; Ride pre-arranged tricycle to Sabang Port (P700/tricycle); Don’t forget to stop in front of Lion’s Cave |
| 1130 AM | ETA Sabang Port; Eat-All-You-Can Lunch!!! (P200/pax) |
| 1230 PM | Walk to lodging & Check-in; Freshen up & Rest; Get ready for Underground River Tour |
| 0130 PM | Register at Tourist Information Center for Underground River Tour; Bring IDs; Arrange pumpboat (P700/boat) |
| 0200 PM | Ride Pumpboat to Underground River Jumpoff |
| 0215 PM | ETA Underground River Jumpoff; Walk to Paddle Boats |
| 0230 PM | Arrival at Paddle Boats; Register & Start of Underground River Tour |
| 0315 PM | End of Underground River Paddleboat Tour; Walk back to Pumpboat |
| 0330 PM | Ride pumpboat back to Sabang Port |
| 0345 PM | Back at Sabang Port; Walk at the beach or swimming!!! |
| 0550 PM | Walk back to lodging |
| 0600 PM | Back at Lodging; Freshen Up & Rest |
| 0700 PM | Dinner at Lodging |
| Day 4 | |
| 0700 AM | Breakfast |
| 0800 AM | Walk to Mangrove Paddle Boat Tour |
| 0845 AM | Arrival at Mangrove Paddle Boat Tour; Register (P150/pax) |
| 0850 AM | Start of Mangrove Paddle Boat Tour |
| 0940 AM | End of Mangrove Paddle Boat Tour |
| 0950 AM | Slow Walk back to lodging |
| 1100 AM | Arrival at Lodging; Freshen-up & Rest |
| 1130 AM | Check-out of lodging |
| 1140 AM | Walk to Eat-All-You-Can restaurants |
| 1150 AM | Arrival at Eat-All-You-Can restaurants; Lunch!!! (P200/pax) |
| 1250 PM | Ride Lexus Van going back to San Jose Terminal (P140/pax) |
| 0100 PM | ETD to San Jose Terminal |
| 0245 PM | ETA San Jose Terminal; Ride Multicab to Town Proper (P12/pax); Tell the driver to drop you at Junction 1 |
| 0300 PM | ETA at Junction 1; Ride tricycle to Airport (P8/pax) |
| 0305 PM | ETA Airport; Check-in |
| 0500 PM | Flight out of Puerto Princesa |
* ETA – Estimated Time of Arrival
* ETD – Estimated Time of Departure
Transportation
| 8.00 | Tricycle from Airport to Underground River Booking Office (P8/pax) | Day 1 |
| 37.50 | Arranged Tricycle to and from Badjao Seafront Restaurant (P150/tricycle) | |
| 175.00 | Tourism Accredited Tricycle to and from Iwahig Firefly Watching (P700/tricycle) | |
| 10.00 | Tricycle from Kinabuch to Lodging (P10/pax) | |
| 150.00 | Tourism Accredited Tricycle to and from Honda Bay Port (P600/tricycle) | Day 2 |
| 10.00 | Tricycle from Lodging to Kalui (P10/pax) | |
| 10.00 | Tricycle from Kalui to Lodging (P10/pax) | |
| 12.00 | Multicab to San Jose Terminal (P12/pax) | Day 3 |
| 130.00 | Lexus Van from San Jose Terminal to Ugong Rock (P130/pax) | |
| 175.00 | Pre-arranged Tricycle from Ugong Rock to Sabang Port (P700/tricycle) | |
| 175.00 | Pumpboat from Sabang Port to and from Underground River Jumpoff (P700/boat) | |
| 140.00 | Lexus Van from Sabang Port to San Jose Terminal (P140/pax) | Day 4 |
| 12.00 | Multicab from San Jose Terminal to Junction 1 (P12/pax) | |
| 8.00 | Tricycle from Junction 1 to Airport (P8/pax) | |
| 1,052.50 | Total Transportation |
Lodging
| 425.00 | Puerto Princesa Town Proper – Cloud’s Inn (P450/night + P200/extra pax/night); Fan Room with private CR | 2 nights |
| 200.00 | Sabang Lodging – Blue Bamboo (P800/night for 4 pax); Big room good for 4 with private CR | 1 night |
| 625.00 | Total Accommodation |
Food
| 200.00 | Lunch at Badjao Seafront Restaurant | Day 1 |
| 200.00 | Dinner at Kinabuch | |
| 100.00 | Breakfast at Jollibee/Chowking/Dunkin Donuts | Day 2 |
| 200.00 | Packed Lunch & Snack at Honday Bay Island Hopping | |
| 200.00 | Dinner at Kalui | |
| 100.00 | Breakfast at Jollibee/Chowking/Dunkin Donuts | Day 3 |
| 200.00 | Lunch at Sabang Port – Eat All You Can | |
| 150.00 | Dinner at Sabang Port | |
| 150.00 | Breakfast at Sabang Port | Day 4 |
| 200.00 | Lunch at Sabang Port 1Eat All You Can | |
| 1,700.00 | Total Food |
Tours and Entrance Fees
| 175.00 | Underground River Permit (P175/pax) | Day 1 |
| 150.00 | City Tour via Tourism Accredited Tricycles (P600/tricycle) | |
| 40.00 | Entrance Fee to Crocodile Farm (P40/pax) | |
| 20.00 | Entrance Fee to Rancho Mitra (P20/pax) | |
| 25.00 | Entrance Fee to Butterfly Garden (P25/pax) | |
| 300.00 | Iwahig Firefly Watching Paddleboat Tour (P600/boat, 3 pax/boat) | |
| 375.00 | Boat for Honda Bay Island Hopping (P1,500/boat) | Day 2 |
| 200.00 | Caving at Ugong Rock (P200/pax) | Day 3 |
| 250.00 | Zipline at Ugong Rock (P250/pax) | |
| 150.00 | Mangrove Paddle Boat Tour (P150/pax) | Day 4 |
| 1,685.00 | Total Tours and Entrance Fees |
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Budget Summary
| 1,052.50 | Transportation |
| 1,700.00 | Food |
| 625.00 | Accommodation |
| 1,685.00 | Tours and Entrance Fees |
| 237.50 | Extra Money |
| 5,300.00 | Total Budget |
- Clothes good for 4 days and 3 nights
- Swimming Clothes
- Towel
- Tissue
- Kikay Kit/Pogi Pack (Toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant, soap, etc.)
- Flashlight
- Personal Medication
- Umbrella
- Sunblock
- Camera
- Snacks for sharing
- Goggles/Mask & Snorkel
- Small bag while walking around
- Small bottle of water to be refilled once in a while
- The contact number of Clouds Inn in Puerto Princesa Town Proper is (048) 434-8925, (048) 434-2133, 0921-317-1819 or 0917-945-2346. If you want to know more options on cheap lodgings in Puerto Princesa call the Tourism Accredited Tricycle Drivers.
- The contact number of Blue Bamboo in Sabang Port can be located at my post about the lodgings in Sabang Port.
- It is best that you contact the Tourism Accredited Tricycle driver before you go to Puerto Princesa so that they could reserve you boats on Iwahig Firefly Watching and Honda Bay Island Hopping. For more information on Tourism Accredited Tricycles visit my post on Cheaper Way to Tour Puerto Princesa, Palawan
- The budget for food is a bit excessive as I want you to try the different restaurants in Puerto Princesa. If you want to go cheaper there are karinderyas around Puerto Princesa Town Proper.
- If you want to go cheaper on food at Sabang Port visit my post on my Sabang Port Food Trip.
- Contact numbers of pre-arranged tricycle drivers can be located at my post on Ugong Rock Caving and Zipline
- The cons of this itinerary is the retrieval of permit to the Underground River as there are times that the tour is fully booked because it has entered to be one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature. For more information on getting a permit for the Underground River visit my guide here.
- To get an Underground River permit in advance, reserve your lodging about 3-4 weeks in advance and ask them to secure a Underground River permit for you.
This post is part of my 12 for 2012 Travel Project which aims to document places in the Philippines to help travellers.
Follow my Puerto Princesa Series
- Cheaper Way to Tour Puerto Princesa, Palawan (Helpful)
- Environmental Enforcement Museum (Must Visit!)
- Iwahig Firefly Watching (Must Try!)
- Badjao Seafront Restaurant (Food)
- Kalui Restaurant (Food)
- Kinabuchs Grill and Bar (Food)
- Noki Nocs (Food)
- Puerto Princesa Do-It-Yourself 4D3N Budget and Itinerary (Helpful)
- Puerto Princesa, Palawan 3D2N Budget and Itinerary (Helpful)
Follow my Sabang Port, Puerto Princesa Series
- 9 Things to Do at Sabang in Puerto Princesa (Overview)
- Puerto Princesa Underground River Do-It-Yourself Travel Guide (Helpful)
- How to get an Entry Permit to the Underground River in Puerto Princesa (Helpful)
- How to get to Sabang, Puerto Princesa (Helpful)
- Lodgings in Sabang, Puerto Princesa, Palawan (Helpful)
- Sabang Waterfalls
- Mangrove Paddle Boat Tour
- Food Tripping in Sabang
- Ugong Rock Caving
I haven’t been to Puerto Princesa… This is very helpful! thanks for sharing Josiah! 🙂
You’re welcome Mervz. Come to Puerto Princesa soon. maganda dun. 🙂
is this the Clouds Inn that you mentioned here?
http://topdoha.com/clouds_inn
Yup! That’s the one. Thanks for sharing the link Rej. 🙂
akala ko whole day yung underground river according sa mga agencies, but ung senyo papatak na 1hour lang? kindly enlighten me on this. thanks!
Hi Zay. Whether you do the DIY or take the tour of the agencies the time you will be inside the underground is only up to an hour. Kaya whole day yung sa mga agencies kasi kasama yung transportation to Sabang at maghihintay pa kayo dun sa allotted time niyo. I hope this has enlightened you. 🙂
hi, i will be going to PP this july 1-4,all of your post are very much helpful to us… thanks a lot po!!!
tag ulan na po kaya ng time na yun?
Hi Monique! I’m glad that my blog is helping you. Yes! tag-ulan na by July so be ready to have fun under the rain. Keep on travelling! 😀
Thank you for sharing this! Super helpful for our income trip. I’d like to ask though if we can rent a car for two? Do you have any contacts for this?
Hi Rinabellz, yes you can rent a transpo. More of a van actually. You can try contacting the travel agencies for the rent.
I sincerely appreciate your detailing and passion to share the information. You can’t imagine how much convenience you bring to traveler like us who never have been to Philippines. Thanks a ton and GOD bless you. 😛
I’m glad that my blog is helping you PradeepPandey! God bless to you too! 😀
Hi! Your site is very helpful. My family and I will be going to PP this May on a 4D3N tour. Is it possible to go to Mangrove Paddle boat tour, Ugong Rock Caving and Underground River tour in 1 Day? Thanks! God bless!
Thanks Olives! I think you can do the 3 said activities in a day. You’ll just have to squeeze your schedule a little. Enjoy your trip to Palawan! 😀
Hi! Your blog is really helpful. But Im sure you get that a lot 🙂 Anyway, so the boat for the Honda Bay tour is P1500? Not P1500 per person? Also the tricycle is P600 to and fro? Kasi I was scouting for accommodations and I read from some sites that they charge the same fees PER PERSON. Also, do you recommend us not to take the undergound river tour for P1340? (Again, some sites claim it’s P1340 per person) Based dun sa itinerary niyo for Day 3, we’ll be able to do more that way. Thanks! 🙂
Thanks so much for sharing all these. Bound for PPS in June with family. Our trip budget will go a long way with these DIY tips. Thanks again!
Noemi
I don’t know how to say thanks with you. Your info is most helpful.
😛
hi! your blog is very helpful.
just want to ask regarding Cloud Inn, ok po ba don kahit fan room lang? wala kasi akong makitanga pictures sa net… I’m trying to cut kasi our possible expenses.
thanks again.
Hi Cora, yung nagstay po ako dun ayos naman po sila.
hi,your blog is very helpful to me and my family pupunta kasi kami sa pp this coming xmas and i am looking for cheap accomodations and tour packages.i just wanna ask hindi pa mahirap kumuha ng permit sa underground river kasi most of the travel agencies na nka usap ko limited daw un?thanks in advance god bless 😆
Appreciated the details and calculations 🙂
Really helpful!
Keep posting Josiah!
thanks for your informative blog, it really helps a lot..i have some questions is mangrove paddle boat and underground river can be make it in one day?
thanks
Thank you very much for this detailed and informative travel blog Sir. This really made me more excited to travel to Puerto Princesa. Keep posting more locations and on how we could go there and experience a low budget yet fun trip. God Bless!
Hi. do you have contact number for the Honda Bay Island Hopping Tour? Thank you.
You can contact any tour agency at Puerto Princesa.
Hello from Romania Josiah!! Me and my girlfriend are going to Palawan from 17 to 23 of January 2016..we want to stay the first 2 nights in PP and the in El Nido…we are planning to go on 19th of January to Sabang in the morning, do the Underground River by ourselves and then catch the 14:00 bus to El Nido. Do you think that is possible? Is there any place where we cand leave our luggages in Sabang for 2-3 hours when we visit the Underground River? Thank you in advance!
Hey Andrei, I think your itinerary is possible for the Underground River Tour. You might want to consider riding the van transfer of Lexus Shuttle Service from Sabang to El Nido. Unfortunately, I do not know of any place where you can leave your luggage while you go do the Underground River Tour. You might try asking the accommodations around Sabang, I do hope they would allow you to leave your belongings there.