9-Day Palawan Island Escape with Manila

Welcome to the Philippines! Upon arrival in Manila, be greeted and transferred to your hotel. After check-in, spend the rest of the day at leisure.

Overnight: Manila

After breakfast, start your Manila tour with the Casa Manila, a museum in the walled city of Intramuros showcasing the Filipino lifestyle during the Spanish colonial times. Proceed to the opposite UNESCO-listed San Agustin Church. Ride a “calesa”, a traditional horse-drawn carriage, to the Manila Cathedral. Proceed to Fort Santiago and the Rizal Shrine. Continue to the bizarre Chinese Cemetery. After that, head to Quiapo, the oldest district of Manila. Walk to the vibrant Binondo district, the world’s oldest Chinatown.

Return to your hotel and freshen up. Later, be taken to the Makati city, a major cultural and entertainment hub in Metropolitan Manila. The Bonifacio Global City (also known as The Fort) is also easily accessible from here.

Overnight: Manila
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

After breakfast, be transferred to the airport for the flight to Puerto Princesa. Upon arrival, be greeted and transferred to your hotel. After check-in, take a Puerto Princesa city tour which includes visits to the Palawan Museum, Plaza Cuartel, the beautiful Immaculate Conception Cathedral, the Palawan Wildlife Rescue and Conservation Center (formerly Crocodile Farming Institute), and the Iwahidg Prison and Penal Farm. You may have dinner (at your own expense) at the Ka Lui Restaurant, a popular local seafood restaurant where you dine sitting on the pillows with barefoot. After dinner, you might enjoy a firefly watching tour along Iwahig River before transferring back to the hotel.

Overnight: Puerto Princesa
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

After breakfast, transfer to San Rafael and start to trek to explore the Batak Tribe community, the oldest indigenous tribe in the Philippines. It’s believed by researchers that the Batak people arrived in the Philippines about 50,000 years ago. Facing threats to their existence, there are only several hundred of them left today. En route to the tribe, you may buy a bag of rice, sugar, and coffee to donate to the tribal folks. Have lunch together with the Batak people. After that, transfer back to the hotel.

Overnight: Puerto Princesa
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

This morning, drive to Sabang to explore the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River. Famed as one of the “New 7 Wonders of Nature”, it’s an 8.2km long underground river that flows directly to the sea! Its lower half is still subjected to tidal influence and the cavern presents remarkable rock formations. Apart from admiring the natural beauty, you can also enjoy bird watching, mountain trekking, and go paddling to explore deeper. Have lunch at your hotel and spend the rest of the day at leisure.

Overnight: Puerto Princesa
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Have breakfast at the hotel. After that, drive 5 hours to the El Nido town and transfer by a 45-minute boat ride to your hotel in the resort. After lunch at the hotel, the resort provides island-hopping activities of visiting enchanting lagoons and exploring remote islands & mysterious caves, you may join in.

Overnight: El Nido
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Enjoy a free day in El Nido. You may join in various resort-programmed activities or chill out at beachside.

Overnight: El Nido
Meal: Breakfast

Enjoy your free time in El Nido till being transferred to the airport for the flight to Manila. Upon arrival, our representative will meet you up and escort you to your hotel. After check-in, spend the rest of the day at leisure.

Overnight: Manila
Meal: Breakfast

Enjoy the rest of the time in Manila till our representative picks you up and transfers you to the airport for your flight back home. Bon Voyage!

Meal: Breakfast