El Nido is one on my bucket list and supposedly, I should have gone here last year already but canceled it. But finally this year, I have decided to book again with my little sister who is coming home from Australia to celebrate her birthday as well.
El Nido is known for its beautiful beaches, limestone mountains, caves, lagoons, and marine life. Many people want to visit El Nido to experience its beauty, but they often think it is expensive. However, that turned out to be wrong when we went there with only ₱10,000 as pocket money for two people for 4 days and 3 nights. With our El Nido travel guide, we hope to help you plan your future trip more easily.
As I’ve mentioned, we only spent 5,000 each for the expense without miscellaneous and airfare ticket. You can refer below.
We arrived in Puerto Prinsesa at 5:00 in the afternoon and took a van for El Nido which is located just beside the airport. For 500 pesos, you’ll arrive there in just 5 hours.
Where to Stay?
We stayed in Bacuit Bay Sands Inn and the photo above is your view once you wake up. Only 600 pesos for fan room and 1300 pesos for air-conditioned room.
The next day, we walk around their small city to look for breakfast.
Then we prepared for our Island Hopping. Unfortunately, due to a low pressure in Palawan area, Coast Guards didn’t allow us to go to Tour C. As safety precautions, we must follow their advise and should be back by 2:00 in the afternoon. So we had Tour A instead for our first day. For only 2000 pesos + 200 pesos for environmental fee, we can already choose 2 tours for 2 days. Not bad!
Tour A Island Hopping consists of the following spots:
- small lagoon
- big lagoon
- shimizu island
- secret lagoon
- commando beach
We started the tour in Commando Beach
Big Lagoon
Then we had our lunch in Shimizu Island
el nido
Then my favorite — Small Lagoon. I enjoyed a lot here because I was able to swim and played with the stand up paddle board. Supposedly, it should be 500 pesos for an hour but our tour guide actually lend it to me for free. Yay!!!
First day was so fun and we wrapped it up by having dinner with this superb view.
The next day, we woke up hoping to have Tour C but, again, the weather got worst instead. In our second day, we had Tour B that consists of the following:
- cathedral cave
- snake island
- hidden beach
- pinagbuyutan beach
- pangulusian beach
Then went to the cathedral
Had lunch with my new friends for that day lol
Then had fun free diving on the underwater cliff lol
The best part of the trip? To experience these kind of weather on our way to the mainland. Apparently, this is not the first time I experience this kind of waves. It’s not even that big compared to what we’ve experienced during the Ofelia typhoon in Malapascua. But since, I’m responsible for my little sister then it’s stressing me out. lol! But thank heavens we’re just safe!
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Next time, I’ll prolly visit El Nido during summer so I can try Tour C and go to Nacpan Beach!
Til next time El Nido!
1 thought on “El Nido Travel Guide”
hi ming,
what a lovely adventure you had in my cousin’s domain. she’s a mermaid and she told a lot of good things about her place. i hope i can pay her a visit this days. Anyway, i had fun looking at your pictures. Your world definitely has a lot of intriguing things. Hope you can visit my place (Biringan City) the soonest.
love,
TOANAKS