QUICK TIPS FOR EL NIDO:

•In El Nido there are several island hopping tours grouped in categories A, B, C, & D. We took tours A & B on two separate days. There are also options for overnight camping trips available.

•Tour packages are available all around town, however we booked ours right next to Rico's with Dan Dan. He gave us a great package...1600pesos for tour A and 1800pesos for tour B. Both included a fresh grilled fish lunch with fruit and salad. We went in a group of four, however the average rate per person is around 500-700 depending on the tour.

•Tour A includes Big and Small Lagoons on Miniloc Island, Secret Lagoon, Simizu Beach, and Seven Commando

•Tour B includes Panglasian Island, Snake Island, Cudugnon Cave, Pinagbuyatan Island, and Cathedral Island

•There is a 200peso per person environmental fee that is good for 10days in El Nido.

•El Nido lodging and food tends to be a little more expensive than the rest of Palawan. Bring plenty of cash as there are no ATM's in town. Art Cafe does accept credit cards for food, but most other places do not.

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Wow... 2 girls in palawan... seems very exciting...

I did tour C... in Feb 2010!

http://insidemybackpack.blogspot.com/2010/02/palawan-philippines-last-frontie...

I’m planning my visit to Palawan for 2 more weeks. I am going to start from Coron, then make my way down to Puerto Pricessa.

At the moment,looking for the means of transportation to get to El Nido from Coron. How did you find your ferry ride from El Nido to Coront? How much did you pay? How frequent does it run? Whom do I contact?

Thank you!

Hi Jeremy, you can easily find a boat that will take you to El Nido-Coron and vise versa. In Coron, you can book at SeaDive Resort (where the ferries arrive/depart) or we just went next door to a small restaurant where we saw a sign. There are many places that will advertise the tickets. In El Nido, we booked The Princess Welia boat, we got to Coron in approx. 6 1/2 hours. We asked a local guy and he helped us book the tickets. In El Nido the ferries leave by the Petron gas station, a block away from ArtCafe. We recommend bringing some snacks and a sandwich as the food on the boat (if you get any) is minimal. All the ferry tickets we found were around 2000- 2200 pesos each way per person. Boats leave early in the morning around 7-8am just about everyday, arrive between 6-8 hrs depending on boat and weather. To get to PPC from El Nido we recommend taking a shuttle van, approximate 6 hrs, 600-700 pesos a person. Ask any local with a tricycle to take you to the shuttle station up the main road. Enjoy your trip, hope this helps!