Corazon Travel & Tours · Hotel pickup in Puerto Princesa
The simplest way in: a van from your hotel, the boat from Sabang and the paddle boat through the cave, with the permit and the safety gear arranged. Lunch is your own choice among the restaurants on Sabang beach.
Your guide picks you up in the morning from your hotel in downtown Puerto Princesa (within about 5 km of the airport) and collects the other guests on a short loop. It is a small group of up to 13 per van. Then comes the scenic 90-minute drive to Sabang, a small community north-west of the city where the boats leave for the cave.
There is a little free time on the beach for photos or the street stalls while the guide sorts the paperwork. A motorboat then takes you about 20 minutes along the coast. Watch the trees at the cave beach for monitor lizards and macaques. Before you board the paddle boat you get a helmet and an audio device, and the tour inside lasts about 45 minutes, gliding past rock formations under the limestone.
The day adds nothing more, and that is the point: the cave only, lunch extra, at the lowest price on this site. Back at Sabang you choose from a long row of beach restaurants and the guide tells you where to meet afterwards. The permit, the licensed guide, the boats and the safety gear are in the price. Lunch, gratuities and the environmental fee of PHP 150 are not. A friendly tip: eat a proper breakfast, as the listing suggests, because lunch comes after the cave.
The guide collects you downtown, then picks up the rest of the small group.
A scenic road north-west of Puerto Princesa to the wharf.
Photos, the stalls or a coffee while the guide arranges the boat.
Along the coast to the cave beach and its wildlife.
Helmet on, audio device ready, by paddle boat under the karst.
Choose a Sabang restaurant at your own cost, then the van back to your hotel.
★★★★★very nice day and the caves were amazing. [...] the guide and driver were awesome
★★★★★It was [...] well worth it. We didn’t expect to see monkeys so that was a bonus.
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No. You choose from the restaurants in Sabang at your own cost, and the guide tells you where to meet afterwards.
Hotel pickup and drop-off, a licensed guide, the visitor entry permit, the van and boats, the audio device and safety equipment such as a helmet.
Yes. The park admits up to 900 visitors a day and enforces a no permit, no entry policy. This tour arranges the permit for you.
About 7 to 8 hours in all, with a 90-minute drive each way and about 45 minutes inside the cave. Every booking has free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
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The lowest price, with the permit, pickup and safety gear included.
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