EXPEDITIONS

“And then here we are, just 45 min­utes away from El Nido, feel­ing ex­cit­ed for our im­mi­tent ar­rival (or over­whelmed from our re­cent vis­it to it). This place, Ta.…Taytay, is prob­a­bly worth one day or two as we are too tired to continue…”

Well, you guys couldn´t be more wrong, since “that place” you are about to over­look is in­deed the par­adise you have long been look­ing for. And we say this not only be­cause of its desert is­lands, white sand beach­es, jun­gles and coral reefs, but be­cause it re­mains un­touched by mass tourism, and can still be en­joyed with no crowds, no noise and no limits.

En­joy­ing par­adise means lis­ten­ing the si­lence, lay un­der the stars, lose track of time and con­nect again to the thythm of na­ture. This is why we pro­pose you en­gage a sev­er­al day ad­ven­ture with us.

Our ex­pe­di­tion pack­ages vary in price and du­ra­tion, cov­er­ing a wide range of land­scapes and ac­tiv­i­ties. All have been de­sign to of­fer you a life­time ex­pe­ri­ence un­der the best con­di­tions of safe­ty and comforts.

Our expedition packages include
  • GUID­ING

    best ad­vis­ing, search and nav­i­ga­tion guaranteed

  • TRANS­PORTA­TION

    from Tay­tay to sites of in­ter­est, and vice-versa

  • MEALS & DRINKS

    three meals a day, and dur­ing ocean ex­pe­di­tions un­lim­it­ed ser­vice wa­ter and hot drinks on board

  • EN­TRY FEES

    to sites of in­ter­est, if any (e.g. pri­vate islands)

  • CAMP­ING EQUIPMENT

    tents, airbed and pil­lows for ocean ex­pe­di­tions, hum­mocks with mos­qui­to net for hik­ing expeditions

  • UN­LIM­IT­ED AC­CESS TO

    snor­kel­ing gear & kayaks dur­ing ocean expeditions

  • SAFE­TY

    on board in­sur­ance, first aid kits & safe­ty gear

  • COM­FORT

    padded seats, shade roof… all you need to have a nice ocean ex­pe­di­tion. Tow­els and wa­ter shoes will also be avail­able on board.

EXPEDITIONS

“And then here we are, just 45 min­utes away from El Nido, feel­ing ex­cit­ed for our im­mi­tent ar­rival (or over­whelmed from our re­cent vis­it to it). This place, Ta.…Taytay, is prob­a­bly worth one day or two as we are too tired to continue…”

Well, you guys couldn´t be more wrong, since “that place” you are about to over­look is in­deed the par­adise you have long been look­ing for. And we say this not only be­cause of its desert is­lands, white sand beach­es, jun­gles and coral reefs, but be­cause it re­mains un­touched by mass tourism, and can still be en­joyed with no crowds, no noise and no limits.

En­joy­ing par­adise means lis­ten­ing the si­lence, lay un­der the stars, lose track of time and con­nect again to the thythm of na­ture. This is why we pro­pose you en­gage a sev­er­al day ad­ven­ture with us.

Our ex­pe­di­tion pack­ages vary in price and du­ra­tion, cov­er­ing a wide range of land­scapes and ac­tiv­i­ties. All have been de­sign to of­fer you a life­time ex­pe­ri­ence un­der the best con­di­tions of safe­ty and comfort.

Our expedition
packages include
  • GUID­ING

    best ad­vis­ing, search and nav­i­ga­tion guaranteed

  • TRANS­PORTA­TION

    from Tay­tay to sites of in­ter­est, and vice-versa

  • MEALS & DRINKS

    three meals a day, and dur­ing ocean ex­pe­di­tions un­lim­it­ed ser­vice wa­ter and hot drinks on board

  • EN­TRY FEES

    to sites of in­ter­est, if any (e.g. pri­vate islands)

  • CAMP­ING EQUIPMENT

    tents, airbed and pil­lows for ocean ex­pe­di­tions, hum­mocks with mos­qui­to net for hik­ing expeditions

  • UN­LIM­IT­ED AC­CESS TO

    snor­kel­ing gear & kayaks dur­ing ocean expeditions

  • SAFE­TY

    on board in­sur­ance, first aid kits & safe­ty gear

  • COM­FORT

    padded seats, shade roof… all you need to have a nice ocean ex­pe­di­tion. Tow­els and wa­ter shoes will also be avail­able on board.

EXPEDITIONS

“And then here we are, just 45 min­utes away from El Nido, feel­ing ex­cit­ed for our im­mi­tent ar­rival (or over­whelmed from our re­cent vis­it to it). This place, Ta.…Taytay, is prob­a­bly worth one day or two as we are too tired to continue…”

Well, you guys couldn´t be more wrong, since “that place” you are about to over­look is in­deed the par­adise you have long been look­ing for. And we say this not only be­cause of its desert is­lands, white sand beach­es, jun­gles and coral reefs, but be­cause it re­mains un­touched by mass tourism, and can still be en­joyed with no crowds, no noise and no limits.

En­joy­ing par­adise means lis­ten­ing the si­lence, lay un­der the stars, lose track of time and con­nect again to the thythm of na­ture. This is why we pro­pose you en­gage a sev­er­al day ad­ven­ture with us.

Our ex­pe­di­tion pack­ages vary in price and du­ra­tion, cov­er­ing a wide range of land­scapes and ac­tiv­i­ties. All have been de­sign to of­fer you a life­time ex­pe­ri­ence un­der the best con­di­tions of safe­ty and comfort.

Our expedition
packages include
  • GUID­ING

    best ad­vis­ing, search and nav­i­ga­tion guaranteed

  • TRANS­PORTA­TION

    from Tay­tay to sites of in­ter­est, and vice-versa

  • MEALS & DRINKS

    three meals a day, and dur­ing ocean ex­pe­di­tions un­lim­it­ed ser­vice wa­ter and hot drinks on board

  • EN­TRY FEES

    to sites of in­ter­est, if any (e.g. pri­vate islands)

  • CAMP­ING EQUIPMENT

    tents, airbed and pil­lows for ocean ex­pe­di­tions, hum­mocks with mos­qui­to net for hik­ing expeditions

  • UN­LIM­IT­ED AC­CESS TO

    snor­kel­ing gear & kayaks dur­ing ocean expeditions

  • SAFE­TY

    on board in­sur­ance, first aid kits & safe­ty gear

  • COM­FORT

    padded seats, shade roof… all you need to have a nice ocean ex­pe­di­tion. Tow­els and wa­ter shoes will also be avail­able on board.

#1 LINAPACAN:

The ul­ti­mate cast­away adventure

  • Ex­pe­di­tion type:

    is­land-hop­ping

  • Di­fi­cul­ty:

    low

  • High­lights:
    • Desert is­lands
    • White sand beaches
    • Reefs & ma­rine life
    • Man­grove
    • Feel­ing of freedom
  • Du­ra­tion:

    4 days / 3 nights

  • Kids:

    suit­able to all, un­der parental care

  • Dan­gers & annoyances:
    • Sand­flies
    • Sun­burn & dehydration
    • Sea­sick­ness
    • Jel­ly­fish­es & ven­emous sealife
    • Sea cur­rents

Lina­pacan and its satel­lite is­lands are an un­ex­plored trop­i­cal par­adise which could well be re­gard­ed as the ac­tu­al last fron­tier of the Philip­pines. Away from the crowds of mass tourism, life in Lina­pacan is still as it has al­ways been, beau­ti­ful­ly qui­et and sim­ple, and this is pre­cise­ly its main attraction.

Join our most ex­clu­sive ex­pe­di­tion and let your­self lose track of time among co­conut grooves, white sand beach­es & coral reefs.

This amaz­ing ad­ven­ture will start with a cool­ing plunge in the se­cret la­goon of Ele­phant Is­land, where first-class snorkelling is pos­si­ble. A bar­be­cue-style lunch on its white sand beach, to the shade of im­pos­si­ble lime­stone cliffs, will lead us to our next des­ti­na­tion of the day: Nabat Is­land. Nabat will of­fer more snorkelling op­por­tu­ni­ties and there, sea con­di­tions per­mit­ting, we will be able to vis­it to an­oth­er hid­den la­goon. Af­ter about one hour of nav­i­ga­tion we will fi­nal­ly reach our first camp­ing site in a desert is­land of Iloc arch­i­pel­ago.

On the sec­ond day, we will have a pleas­ant awak­en­ing on a dream desert beach, in the mid­dle of nowhere. We will nonethe­less leave ear­ly to make some is­land-hop­ping in the sur­round­ings and will lat­er trav­el fur­ther north­ward in or­der to reach the Lina­pacan arch­i­pel­ago by lunch time. In there, we will set what will be our camp­ing site for the fol­low­ing two nights, and our head­quar­ters for fur­ther ex­plo­ration across the is­lands. The af­ter­noon of the sec­ond day will pass by peace­ful­ly in our new home, as we en­joy end­less hours of bask­ing, swim­ming, and snorkelling. Kayak­ing will def­i­nite­ly be the choice for the most ad­ven­tur­ous travellers.

The third day will be a day for ei­ther re­lax or more is­land-hop­ping ex­plo­ration, at the cus­tomers’ choice. Lina­pacan is full of beau­ti­ful is­lands and all of them are def­i­nite­ly worth a vis­it. Stay­ing in our camp­ing is­land, though,  will also be a good op­tion, as this is just as beau­ti­ful and en­ter­tain­ing as the others.

Un­for­tu­nate­ly noth­ing lasts for­ev­er, and the time for our de­par­ture will fi­nal­ly ar­rive on the morn­ing of the fourth day. We will def­i­nite­ly have a tough time leav­ing our dream is­land be­hind, but the ex­cite­ment of hav­ing more ad­ven­tures ahead will serve to com­fort us. The wild beau­ty of Tamisan man­groves will await. This flood­ed for­est, with its whim­si­cal­ly root­ed trees and colour­ful king­fish­ers, will be the ic­ing on the cake of such a life­time experience.

#1 LINAPACAN:

The ul­ti­mate cast­away adventure

  • Ex­pe­di­tion type:

    is­land-hop­ping

  • Di­fi­cul­ty:

    low

  • High­lights:
    • Desert is­lands
    • White sand beaches
    • Reefs & ma­rine life
    • Man­grove
    • Feel­ing of freedom
  • Du­ra­tion

    4 days / 3 nights

  • Kids

    suit­able to all, un­der parental care

  • Dan­gers & annoyances:
    • Sand­flies
    • Sun­burn & dehydration
    • Sea­sick­ness
    • Jel­ly­fish­es & ven­emous sealife
    • Sea cur­rents

Lina­pacan and its satel­lite is­lands are an un­ex­plored trop­i­cal par­adise which could well be re­gard­ed as the ac­tu­al last fron­tier of the Philip­pines. Away from the crowds of mass tourism, life in Lina­pacan is still as it has al­ways been, beau­ti­ful­ly qui­et and sim­ple, and this is pre­cise­ly its main attraction.

Join our most ex­clu­sive ex­pe­di­tion and let your­self lose track of time among co­conut grooves, white sand beach­es & coral reefs.

This amaz­ing ad­ven­ture will start with a cool­ing plunge in the se­cret la­goon of Ele­phant Is­land, where first-class snorkelling is pos­si­ble. A bar­be­cue-style lunch on its white sand beach, to the shade of im­pos­si­ble lime­stone cliffs, will lead us to our next des­ti­na­tion of the day: Nabat Is­land. Nabat will of­fer more snorkelling op­por­tu­ni­ties and there, sea con­di­tions per­mit­ting, we will be able to vis­it to an­oth­er hid­den la­goon. Af­ter about one hour of nav­i­ga­tion we will fi­nal­ly reach our first camp­ing site in a desert is­land of Iloc arch­i­pel­ago.

On the sec­ond day, we will have a pleas­ant awak­en­ing on a dream desert beach, in the mid­dle of nowhere. We will nonethe­less leave ear­ly to make some is­land-hop­ping in the sur­round­ings and will lat­er trav­el fur­ther north­ward in or­der to reach the Lina­pacan arch­i­pel­ago by lunch time. In there, we will set what will be our camp­ing site for the fol­low­ing two nights, and our head­quar­ters for fur­ther ex­plo­ration across the is­lands. The af­ter­noon of the sec­ond day will pass by peace­ful­ly in our new home, as we en­joy end­less hours of bask­ing, swim­ming, and snorkelling. Kayak­ing will def­i­nite­ly be the choice for the most ad­ven­tur­ous travellers.

The third day will be a day for ei­ther re­lax or more is­land-hop­ping ex­plo­ration, at the cus­tomers’ choice. Lina­pacan is full of beau­ti­ful is­lands and all of them are def­i­nite­ly worth a vis­it. Stay­ing in our camp­ing is­land, though,  will also be a good op­tion, as this is just as beau­ti­ful and en­ter­tain­ing as the others.

Un­for­tu­nate­ly noth­ing lasts for­ev­er, and the time for our de­par­ture will fi­nal­ly ar­rive on the morn­ing of the fourth day. We will def­i­nite­ly have a tough time leav­ing our dream is­land be­hind, but the ex­cite­ment of hav­ing more ad­ven­tures ahead will serve to com­fort us. The wild beau­ty of Tamisan man­groves will await. This flood­ed for­est, with its whim­si­cal­ly root­ed trees and colour­ful king­fish­ers, will be the ic­ing on the cake of such a life­time experience.

#1 LINAPACAN:

The ul­ti­mate cast­away adventure

  • Ex­pe­di­tion type:

    is­land-hop­ping

  • Di­fi­cul­ty:

    low

  • High­lights:
    • Desert is­lands
    • White sand beaches
    • Reefs & ma­rine life
    • Man­grove
    • Feel­ing of freedom
  • Du­ra­tion

    4 days / 3 nights

  • Kids

    suit­able to all, un­der parental care

  • Dan­gers & annoyances:
    • Sand­flies
    • Sun­burn & dehydration
    • Sea­sick­ness
    • Jel­ly­fish­es & ven­emous sealife
    • Sea cur­rents

Lina­pacan and its satel­lite is­lands are an un­ex­plored trop­i­cal par­adise which could well be re­gard­ed as the ac­tu­al last fron­tier of the Philip­pines. Away from the crowds of mass tourism, life in Lina­pacan is still as it has al­ways been, beau­ti­ful­ly qui­et and sim­ple, and this is pre­cise­ly its main attraction.

Join our most ex­clu­sive ex­pe­di­tion and let your­self lose track of time among co­conut grooves, white sand beach­es & coral reefs.

This amaz­ing ad­ven­ture will start with a cool­ing plunge in the se­cret la­goon of Ele­phant Is­land, where first-class snorkelling is pos­si­ble. A bar­be­cue-style lunch on its white sand beach, to the shade of im­pos­si­ble lime­stone cliffs, will lead us to our next des­ti­na­tion of the day: Nabat Is­land. Nabat will of­fer more snorkelling op­por­tu­ni­ties and there, sea con­di­tions per­mit­ting, we will be able to vis­it to an­oth­er hid­den la­goon. Af­ter about one hour of nav­i­ga­tion we will fi­nal­ly reach our first camp­ing site in a desert is­land of Iloc arch­i­pel­ago.

On the sec­ond day, we will have a pleas­ant awak­en­ing on a dream desert beach, in the mid­dle of nowhere. We will nonethe­less leave ear­ly to make some is­land-hop­ping in the sur­round­ings and will lat­er trav­el fur­ther north­ward in or­der to reach the Lina­pacan arch­i­pel­ago by lunch time. In there, we will set what will be our camp­ing site for the fol­low­ing two nights, and our head­quar­ters for fur­ther ex­plo­ration across the is­lands. The af­ter­noon of the sec­ond day will pass by peace­ful­ly in our new home, as we en­joy end­less hours of bask­ing, swim­ming, and snorkelling. Kayak­ing will def­i­nite­ly be the choice for the most ad­ven­tur­ous travellers.

The third day will be a day for ei­ther re­lax or more is­land-hop­ping ex­plo­ration, at the cus­tomers’ choice. Lina­pacan is full of beau­ti­ful is­lands and all of them are def­i­nite­ly worth a vis­it. Stay­ing in our camp­ing is­land, though,  will also be a good op­tion, as this is just as beau­ti­ful and en­ter­tain­ing as the others.

Un­for­tu­nate­ly noth­ing lasts for­ev­er, and the time for our de­par­ture will fi­nal­ly ar­rive on the morn­ing of the fourth day. We will def­i­nite­ly have a tough time leav­ing our dream is­land be­hind, but the ex­cite­ment of hav­ing more ad­ven­tures ahead will serve to com­fort us. The wild beau­ty of Tamisan man­groves will await. This flood­ed for­est, with its whim­si­cal­ly root­ed trees and colour­ful king­fish­ers, will be the ic­ing on the cake of such a life­time experience.

#2 ILOC:

A piece of heav­en on earth

  • Ex­pe­di­tion type:

    is­land-hop­ping

  • Di­fi­cul­ty:

    low

  • High­lights:
    • Desert is­lands
    • White sand beaches
    • Reefs & ma­rine life
    • Lime­stone cliffs & lagoons
    • Man­grove
  • Du­ra­tion:

    2 days / 1 night

  • Kids:

    suit­able to all, un­der parental care

  • Dan­gers & annoyances:
    • Sand­flies
    • Sun­burn & dehydration
    • Sea­sick­ness
    • Jel­ly­fish­es & ven­emous sealife
    • Sea cur­rents

If you are short of time or bud­get and yet you don’t want to give up to par­adise, you may want to opt for this short­er, bud­get ver­sion of the pre­vi­ous expedition.

The is­lands of Iloc group are in­deed as beau­ti­ful and en­joy­able as those of Lina­pacan, al­though they are lo­cat­ed much clos­er to Tay­tay. White sand and the ex­pe­ri­ence of camp­ing in a desert is­land are equal­ly avail­able in Iloc.

As it could­n’t be oth­er­wise, this trip will have in Pa­bel­lon Is­lands its best pos­si­ble start­ing point. In Ele­phant Is­land, the most promi­nent of the twin mono­liths, we will be able to vis­it a hid­den la­goon and en­joy snorkelling on a first-class fring­ing coral reef. We will then head to Nabat Is­land, a tru­ly un­in­hab­it­ed islet with fan­cy lime­stone walls and white sand creeks, which is bet­ter ex­plored by kayak. We will leave Nabat by mid-af­ter­noon, with time enough to ad­dress the hour of nav­i­ga­tion sep­a­rat­ing us from our camp­ing site in Iloc arch­i­pel­ago. Upon ar­rival:  camp­fire sto­ries on the beach, shoot­ing stars, and fire­flies.

And then you wake up on a dream white sand beach on the tip of a trop­i­cal is­land, in the mid­dle of nowhere. You are sur­round­ed by a lush rain­for­est and co­conut trees, and your walk over the sand is only dis­rupt­ed by shells and a few creep­ing vines with beau­ti­ful­ly coloured flow­ers. Def­i­nite­ly there is no­body around, only the song of ex­ot­ic birds breaks the si­lence. This is just about you and the is­land.

Still re­cov­er­ing from such an awak­en­ing, we will hop into an­oth­er is­land for a quick “good­bye” plunge, as from this point we will al­ready turn south­wards head­ing back to Tay­tay Bay. But a last ad­ven­ture will await in Tamisan man­groves, where we will un­der­take some kayak ex­plo­ration in search of wildlife.

#2 ILOC:

A piece of heav­en on earth

  • Ex­pe­di­tion type:

    is­land-hop­ping

  • Di­fi­cul­ty:

    low

  • High­lights:
    • Desert is­lands
    • White sand beaches
    • Reefs & ma­rine life
    • Lime­stone cliffs & lagoons
    • Man­grove
  • Du­ra­tion

    2 days / 1 night

  • Kids

    suit­able to all, un­der parental care

  • Dan­gers & annoyances:
    • Sand­flies
    • Sun­burn & dehydration
    • Sea­sick­ness
    • Jel­ly­fish­es & ven­emous sealife
    • Sea cur­rents

If you are short of time or bud­get and yet you don’t want to give up to par­adise, you may want to opt for this short­er, bud­get ver­sion of the pre­vi­ous expedition.

The is­lands of Iloc group are in­deed as beau­ti­ful and en­joy­able as those of Lina­pacan, al­though they are lo­cat­ed much clos­er to Tay­tay. White sand and the ex­pe­ri­ence of camp­ing in a desert is­land are equal­ly avail­able in Iloc.

As it could­n’t be oth­er­wise, this trip will have in Pa­bel­lon Is­lands its best pos­si­ble start­ing point. In Ele­phant Is­land, the most promi­nent of the twin mono­liths, we will be able to vis­it a hid­den la­goon and en­joy snorkelling on a first-class fring­ing coral reef. We will then head to Nabat Is­land, a tru­ly un­in­hab­it­ed islet with fan­cy lime­stone walls and white sand creeks, which is bet­ter ex­plored by kayak. We will leave Nabat by mid-af­ter­noon, with time enough to ad­dress the hour of nav­i­ga­tion sep­a­rat­ing us from our camp­ing site in Iloc arch­i­pel­ago. Upon ar­rival:  camp­fire sto­ries on the beach, shoot­ing stars, and fire­flies.

And then you wake up on a dream white sand beach on the tip of a trop­i­cal is­land, in the mid­dle of nowhere. You are sur­round­ed by a lush rain­for­est and co­conut trees, and your walk over the sand is only dis­rupt­ed by shells and a few creep­ing vines with beau­ti­ful­ly coloured flow­ers. Def­i­nite­ly there is no­body around, only the song of ex­ot­ic birds breaks the si­lence. This is just about you and the is­land.

Still re­cov­er­ing from such an awak­en­ing, we will hop into an­oth­er is­land for a quick “good­bye” plunge, as from this point we will al­ready turn south­wards head­ing back to Tay­tay Bay. But a last ad­ven­ture will await in Tamisan man­groves, where we will un­der­take some kayak ex­plo­ration in search of wildlife.

#2 ILOC:

A piece of heav­en on earth

  • Ex­pe­di­tion type:

    is­land-hop­ping

  • Di­fi­cul­ty:

    low

  • High­lights:
    • Desert is­lands
    • White sand beaches
    • Reefs & ma­rine life
    • Lime­stone cliffs & lagoons
    • Man­grove
  • Du­ra­tion

    2 days / 1 night

  • Kids

    suit­able to all, un­der parental care

  • Dan­gers & annoyances:
    • Sand­flies
    • Sun­burn & dehydration
    • Sea­sick­ness
    • Jel­ly­fish­es & ven­emous sealife
    • Sea cur­rents

If you are short of time or bud­get and yet you don’t want to give up to par­adise, you may want to opt for this short­er, bud­get ver­sion of the pre­vi­ous expedition.

The is­lands of Iloc group are in­deed as beau­ti­ful and en­joy­able as those of Lina­pacan, al­though they are lo­cat­ed much clos­er to Tay­tay. White sand and the ex­pe­ri­ence of camp­ing in a desert is­land are equal­ly avail­able in Iloc.

As it could­n’t be oth­er­wise, this trip will have in Pa­bel­lon Is­lands its best pos­si­ble start­ing point. In Ele­phant Is­land, the most promi­nent of the twin mono­liths, we will be able to vis­it a hid­den la­goon and en­joy snorkelling on a first-class fring­ing coral reef. We will then head to Nabat Is­land, a tru­ly un­in­hab­it­ed islet with fan­cy lime­stone walls and white sand creeks, which is bet­ter ex­plored by kayak. We will leave Nabat by mid-af­ter­noon, with time enough to ad­dress the hour of nav­i­ga­tion sep­a­rat­ing us from our camp­ing site in Iloc arch­i­pel­ago. Upon ar­rival:  camp­fire sto­ries on the beach, shoot­ing stars, and fire­flies.

And then you wake up on a dream white sand beach on the tip of a trop­i­cal is­land, in the mid­dle of nowhere. You are sur­round­ed by a lush rain­for­est and co­conut trees, and your walk over the sand is only dis­rupt­ed by shells and a few creep­ing vines with beau­ti­ful­ly coloured flow­ers. Def­i­nite­ly there is no­body around, only the song of ex­ot­ic birds breaks the si­lence. This is just about you and the is­land.

Still re­cov­er­ing from such an awak­en­ing, we will hop into an­oth­er is­land for a quick “good­bye” plunge, as from this point we will al­ready turn south­wards head­ing back to Tay­tay Bay. But a last ad­ven­ture will await in Tamisan man­groves, where we will un­der­take some kayak ex­plo­ration in search of wildlife.

#3 MANGROVE FIREFLIES:

Where the jun­gle meets the ocean

  • Ex­pe­di­tion type:

    kayak­ing

  • Di­fi­cul­ty:

    low-medi­um

  • High­lights:
    • Fire­fly display
    • Wildlife
    • Land­scapes
    • Feel­ing of adventure
  • Du­ra­tion:

    2 days / 1 night

  • Kids:

    suit­able from grade­school­ers onward

  • Dan­gers & annoyances:
    • Sand­flies & mosquitoes
    • Ven­emous wildlife
    • Get­ting lost
    • Sun­burns & dehydration

The beau­ty of Palawan goes be­yond its white sand beach­es and this ex­pe­di­tion is def­i­nite­ly the proof. We pro­pose you ex­plor­ing one of the its largest and best pre­served man­grove forests, and go in search of its most mag­i­cal in­hab­i­tants: the man­grove fireflies.

This ad­ven­ture, though, would not be com­plete with­out do­ing some is­land-hop­ping. We will thus be­gin our trip by vis­it­ing Ele­phant Is­land, where we will be able to en­joy snor­kel­ing and cool up a bit on its hid­den la­goon. We will also have the time to chill out on its beau­ti­ful white sand beach, and pre­pare some grilled dish­es for our lunch. In the af­ter­noon we will head our main des­ti­na­tion in Tamisan man­groves. Our first con­tact with the for­est will be a qui­et but ex­cit­ing ride up­stream along Tamisan riv­er, still on our pas­sen­ger boat. From a com­fort­able po­si­tion, we will cer­tain­ly have good op­por­tu­ni­ties to spot lo­cal wildlife, while feel­ing some­what like old-time Ama­zon explorers.

We will soon reach our moor­ing site deep into the flood­ed for­est. Be­cause man­grove soils are not suit­able for camp­ing, the boat it­self will serve as base­camp for overnight and fur­ther ex­plo­ration. We will sim­ply sleep on the boat deck, but airbeds and shade roofs will en­sure our com­fort for the rest of the night.

Upon ar­rival and be­fore dusk we will take sev­er­al hours to ex­plore the sur­round­ing man­grove. Kayaks will al­low us to move smooth­ly through the tan­gle of roots and ap­proach wild an­i­mals. Long-tailed macaques, fish ea­gles and king­fish­ers will def­i­nite­ly be on our list. At night, a co­pi­ous din­ner and tons of sto­ries will di­rect­ly dri­ve us to the fire­fly time.

#3 MANGROVE FIREFLIES:

Where the jun­gle meets the ocean

  • Ex­pe­di­tion type:

    kayak­ing

  • Di­fi­cul­ty:

    low-medi­um

  • High­lights:
    • Fire­fly display
    • Wildlife
    • Land­scapes
    • Feel­ing of adventure
  • Du­ra­tion

    2 days / 1 night

  • Kids

    suit­able from grade­school­ers onward

  • Dan­gers & annoyances:
    • Sand­flies & mosquitoes
    • Ven­emous wildlife
    • Get­ting lost
    • Sun­burns & dehydration

The beau­ty of Palawan goes be­yond its white sand beach­es and this ex­pe­di­tion is def­i­nite­ly the proof. We pro­pose you ex­plor­ing one of the its largest and best pre­served man­grove forests, and go in search of its most mag­i­cal in­hab­i­tants: the man­grove fireflies.

This ad­ven­ture, though, would not be com­plete with­out do­ing some is­land-hop­ping. We will thus be­gin our trip by vis­it­ing Ele­phant Is­land, where we will be able to en­joy snor­kel­ing and cool up a bit on its hid­den la­goon. We will also have the time to chill out on its beau­ti­ful white sand beach, and pre­pare some grilled dish­es for our lunch. In the af­ter­noon we will head our main des­ti­na­tion in Tamisan man­groves. Our first con­tact with the for­est will be a qui­et but ex­cit­ing ride up­stream along Tamisan riv­er, still on our pas­sen­ger boat. From a com­fort­able po­si­tion, we will cer­tain­ly have good op­por­tu­ni­ties to spot lo­cal wildlife, while feel­ing some­what like old-time Ama­zon explorers.

We will soon reach our moor­ing site deep into the flood­ed for­est. Be­cause man­grove soils are not suit­able for camp­ing, the boat it­self will serve as base­camp for overnight and fur­ther ex­plo­ration. We will sim­ply sleep on the boat deck, but airbeds and shade roofs will en­sure our com­fort for the rest of the night.

Upon ar­rival and be­fore dusk we will take sev­er­al hours to ex­plore the sur­round­ing man­grove. Kayaks will al­low us to move smooth­ly through the tan­gle of roots and ap­proach wild an­i­mals. Long-tailed macaques, fish ea­gles and king­fish­ers will def­i­nite­ly be on our list. At night, a co­pi­ous din­ner and tons of sto­ries will di­rect­ly dri­ve us to the fire­fly time.

#3 MANGROVE FIREFLIES:

Where the jun­gle meets the ocean

  • Ex­pe­di­tion type:

    kayak­ing

  • Di­fi­cul­ty:

    low-medi­um

  • High­lights:
    • Fire­fly display
    • Wildlife
    • Land­scapes
    • Feel­ing of adventure
  • Du­ra­tion

    2 days / 1 night

  • Kids

    suit­able from grade­school­ers onward

  • Dan­gers & annoyances:
    • Sand­flies & mosquitoes
    • Ven­emous wildlife
    • Get­ting lost
    • Sun­burns & dehydration

The beau­ty of Palawan goes be­yond its white sand beach­es and this ex­pe­di­tion is def­i­nite­ly the proof. We pro­pose you ex­plor­ing one of the its largest and best pre­served man­grove forests, and go in search of its most mag­i­cal in­hab­i­tants: the man­grove fireflies.

This ad­ven­ture, though, would not be com­plete with­out do­ing some is­land-hop­ping. We will thus be­gin our trip by vis­it­ing Ele­phant Is­land, where we will be able to en­joy snor­kel­ing and cool up a bit on its hid­den la­goon. We will also have the time to chill out on its beau­ti­ful white sand beach, and pre­pare some grilled dish­es for our lunch. In the af­ter­noon we will head our main des­ti­na­tion in Tamisan man­groves. Our first con­tact with the for­est will be a qui­et but ex­cit­ing ride up­stream along Tamisan riv­er, still on our pas­sen­ger boat. From a com­fort­able po­si­tion, we will cer­tain­ly have good op­por­tu­ni­ties to spot lo­cal wildlife, while feel­ing some­what like old-time Ama­zon explorers.

We will soon reach our moor­ing site deep into the flood­ed for­est. Be­cause man­grove soils are not suit­able for camp­ing, the boat it­self will serve as base­camp for overnight and fur­ther ex­plo­ration. We will sim­ply sleep on the boat deck, but airbeds and shade roofs will en­sure our com­fort for the rest of the night.

Upon ar­rival and be­fore dusk we will take sev­er­al hours to ex­plore the sur­round­ing man­grove. Kayaks will al­low us to move smooth­ly through the tan­gle of roots and ap­proach wild an­i­mals. Long-tailed macaques, fish ea­gles and king­fish­ers will def­i­nite­ly be on our list. At night, a co­pi­ous din­ner and tons of sto­ries will di­rect­ly dri­ve us to the fire­fly time.

Rates

(per per­son)

  • 2 pax.
  • #1
    LINAPACAN
    ISLANDS

  • #2
    ILOC
    ISLANDS
  • #3
    MANGROVE
    FIREFLIES
  • 2 pax.
  • $481
    ₱26,900
    454 €
  • $231
    ₱12,900
    218 €
  • $159
    ₱8,900
    150 €
  • 3 pax
  • $349
    ₱19,500
    329 €
  • $164
    ₱9,200
    155 €
  • $116
    ₱6,500
    110 €
  • 4 pax
  • $284
    ₱15,900
    268 €
  • $136
    ₱7,600
    128 €
  • $97
    ₱5,400
    91 €
  • 5 pax
  • $249
    ₱13,900
    235 €
  • $120
    ₱6,700
    113 €
  • $84
    ₱4,700
    79 €
  • 6 pax
  • $231
    ₱12,900
    218 €
  • $107
    ₱6,000
    101 €
  • $77
    ₱4,300
    73 €
  • 7 pax
  • $213
    ₱11,900
    201 €
  • $100
    ₱5,600
    95 €
  • $72
    ₱4,000

    68 €
  • 8 pax
  • $198
    ₱11,100
    187 €
  • $93
    ₱5,200
    88 €
  • $66
    ₱3,700
    62 €
  • 9 or more
  • $184
    ₱10,300
    174 €
  • $86
    ₱4,800
    81 €
  • Not
    currently
    available

Solo trav­el­ers are ac­cept­ed, pro­vid­ed they pay the full rate for two pax, as this is the min­i­mum nec­es­sary to cov­er op­er­at­ing costs.
The PHP (₱) pric­ing shall pre­vail. Rates in USD ($) and Euro (€) cur­ren­cy are mere­ly in­dica­tive and may be sub­ject to change ac­cord­ing to mar­ket val­ue. A 5% ad­di­tion­al fee shall ap­ply to cash pay­ments made in for­eign cur­ren­cy.

 

We accept FOREIGN CURRENCY payments!

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Terms & conditions
  • WEATHER & SECURITY

    Weath­er and se­cu­ri­ty are im­por­tant when do­ing out­door ac­tiv­i­ties. The com­pa­ny shall in­form you of both the weath­er fore­cast and the dan­gers and in­con­ve­niences you might be ex­posed to dur­ing their per­for­mance. Like­wise, you must aknowl­edge in writ­ing to have been duly in­formed and vol­un­tar­i­ly as­sume the risks as­so­ci­at­ed with them, as well as re­lease and dis­charge the com­pa­ny from any and all li­a­bil­i­ties, in­juries and/or dam­ages aris­ing there­on, oth­er than those re­sult­ing from neg­li­gence or breach of duty. In­so­far as said in­for­ma­tion have pub­lic vis­i­bil­i­ty, re­gard­less of the me­dia used, any pay­ment re­lat­ed to the pur­chase of ser­vices shall con­sti­tute ac­knowl­edge­ment and ac­cep­tance of the same.

    Dur­ing nav­i­ga­tion, as well as dur­ing im­ple­men­ta­tion of re­lat­ed ac­tiv­i­ties, the boat cap­tain will al­ways have the fi­nal say on plan­ning and safe­ty matters.

  • CAPACITY

    Sail­ing ac­tiv­i­ties will gen­er­al­ly be lim­it­ed to 12 par­tic­i­pants, as this is the max­i­mum al­lowed ca­pac­i­ty of our pas­sen­ger boat. If stay­ing overnight on the boat is re­quired (e.g., man­grove tours), only 8 pas­sen­gers will be able to be ac­com­mo­dat­ed on the deck.

  • SHARING

    Shar­ing the boat with oth­er trav­ellers is not only pos­si­ble, but also the best choice in our opin­ion. By shar­ing, you will be able to meet in­ter­est­ing peo­ple, cre­ate a more pleas­ant at­mos­phere on boad, and make the trip cheap­er for all. If you have al­ready booked or are the first one to hire our ser­vices on a par­tic­u­lar day, you will be giv­en pri­or­i­ty to en­joy the boat in a pri­vate way. But we will al­ways leave the door open for oth­er pas­sen­gers to come on board last minute, as long as you give your con­sent. If you fi­nal­ly agree to share, as the num­ber of par­tic­i­pants would have change, the com­pa­ny will re­im­burse you the dif­fer­ence be­tween the rate you would have paid ini­tial­ly and the new rate applicable.

  • START TIME & DURATION

    Gen­er­al­ly, our pas­sen­ger boat de­parts from Tay­tay pier be­tween 7:00 and 8:00 a.m. How­ev­er, we are quite flex­i­ble and can mod­i­fy our sched­ule un­der re­quest. The end­ing time will vary de­pend­ing on the ser­vice provided.

  • FOOD & DRINK

    Ba­sic rates include:

    • Un­lim­it­ed ser­vice wa­ter & hot drinks on board
    • 3 buf­fet meals a day, to be served on board or dur­ing stopovers
  • SERVICES INCLUDED

    The fol­low­ing ser­vices are also cov­ered by ba­sic rates:

    • GUID­ING
    • SNOR­KEL­ING GEAR & KAYAKS (un­lim­it­ed). TOW­ELS & WA­TER SHOES.
    • CAMP­ING EQUIP­MENT (tents, airbeds, pil­lows, sheets, headtorches…)
    • ENTRY/ENVIRONMENTAL fees, if any (e.g. pri­vate is­lands, pro­tect­ed areas…)
    • On board IN­SUR­ANCE, FIRST AID KITS & SAFE­TY GEAR
  • ADD-ONS

    For an ad­di­tion­al fee, you may also enjoy:

    • AC­TION CAMERA
    • DRONE film­ing (in­clud­ing piloting)
  • CUSTOM SERVICES

    We or­ga­nize CUS­TOM ITIN­ER­ARIES upon re­quest. In such cas­es, the price will have to be arranged in ad­vance be­tween the par­ties, ac­cord­ing to the ser­vices provided.

  • ORDER & PAYMENTS

    The pay­ment of the ba­sic rate must be made in ad­vance and be com­plet­ed, the lat­est, on the eve of the day the ac­tiv­i­ty is to take place.

    To make a reser­va­tion, a 30% de­posit is required.

    We ac­cept pay­ments in the fol­low­ing currencies:

    • SOUTH KO­RE­AN Won (₩)
    • 新臺幣 New TAI­WAN Dol­lar (NT$)
    • 港幣 HONG KONG Dol­lar (HK$)
    • SIN­GA­PORE Dol­lar (S$)
    • JAPAN­ESE Yen (¥)
    • EURO (€)
    • UNIT­ED STATES Dol­lar (US$)
    • שֶׁקֶל חָדָשׁ IS­RAELI New Shekel (₪)
  • CANCELLATIONS

    In the event of can­cel­la­tion by the cus­tomer, whether for health or oth­er rea­sons, good or not, the com­pa­ny shall re­tain any and all amount paid in ad­vance by the customer.

    In the event of can­cel­la­tion by the com­pa­ny, the client shall be en­ti­tled to a full re­fund of any ad­vance pay­ment made.

    In the event of can­cel­la­tion at­trib­ut­able to nei­ther par­ty, such as by weath­er, force ma­jeure, or se­cu­ri­ty rea­sons, the fol­low­ing shall be considered:

    • If can­cel­la­tion oc­curs af­ter the 30% de­posit has been paid, this shall be re­fund­ed in full to the client
    • If can­cel­la­tion oc­curs af­ter the ba­sic rate has been paid, but pri­or to be­gin­ning the ac­tiv­i­ty, the com­pa­ny shall re­tain 30% of such amount to cov­er prepa­ra­tion costs, while the re­main­ing 70% shall be re­fund­ed to the client
    • If can­cel­la­tion oc­curs dur­ing the course of the ac­tiv­i­ty, the com­pa­ny shall be en­ti­tled to re­tain the ba­sic rate paid in ad­vance by the client, as well as any add-on he/she may have en­joyed so far

    CAN­CEL­LA­TION POL­I­CY (% to be re­im­bursed to the client)

    At­trib­ut­able to… 30% de­posit paid 100% of ba­sic rate paid Dur­ing the activity
    CLIENT 0% 0% 0%
    COM­PA­NY 100% 100% 100%
    EX­TER­NAL CAUSE 100% 70% 0%
  • DISCOUNTS

    The fol­low­ing dis­counts shall apply:

    • Freeser­vice for chil­dren 5 years-old and un­der50% dis­count on the reg­u­lar rate for chil­dren from 6 to 7 years-old30% for from 8 to 9, and 15% from 10 and 12, in­clu­sive. Above 12 years-old reg­u­lar fees will apply.
    • If can­cel­la­tion oc­curs pri­or to the be­gin­ning of the ac­tiv­i­ty due to harsh weath­er or force ma­jeure, the client shall be en­ti­tled to a 10% re­duc­tion in the ba­sic rate for the same prod­uct, in a sub­se­quent at­tempt. Such re­duc­tion will be 20% if can­cel­la­tion oc­curs dur­ing pro­vi­sion of service.

Terms & conditions
  • WEATHER & SECURITY

    Weath­er and se­cu­ri­ty are im­por­tant when do­ing out­door ac­tiv­i­ties. The com­pa­ny shall in­form you of both the weath­er fore­cast and the dan­gers and in­con­ve­niences you might be ex­posed to dur­ing their per­for­mance. Like­wise, you must aknowl­edge in writ­ing to have been duly in­formed and vol­un­tar­i­ly as­sume the risks as­so­ci­at­ed with them, as well as re­lease and dis­charge the com­pa­ny from any and all li­a­bil­i­ties, in­juries and/or dam­ages aris­ing there­on, oth­er than those re­sult­ing from neg­li­gence or breach of duty. In­so­far as said in­for­ma­tion have pub­lic vis­i­bil­i­ty, re­gard­less of the me­dia used, any pay­ment re­lat­ed to the pur­chase of ser­vices shall con­sti­tute ac­knowl­edge­ment and ac­cep­tance of the same.

    Dur­ing nav­i­ga­tion, as well as dur­ing im­ple­men­ta­tion of re­lat­ed ac­tiv­i­ties, the boat cap­tain will al­ways have the fi­nal say on plan­ning and safe­ty matters.

  • CAPACITY

    Sail­ing ac­tiv­i­ties will gen­er­al­ly be lim­it­ed to 12 par­tic­i­pants, as this is the max­i­mum al­lowed ca­pac­i­ty of our pas­sen­ger boat. If stay­ing overnight on the boat is re­quired (e.g., man­grove tours), only 8 pas­sen­gers will be able to be ac­com­mo­dat­ed on the deck.

  • SHARING

    Shar­ing the boat with oth­er trav­ellers is not only pos­si­ble, but also the best choice in our opin­ion. By shar­ing, you will be able to meet in­ter­est­ing peo­ple, cre­ate a more pleas­ant at­mos­phere on boad, and make the trip cheap­er for all. If you have al­ready booked or are the first one to hire our ser­vices on a par­tic­u­lar day, you will be giv­en pri­or­i­ty to en­joy the boat in a pri­vate way. But we will al­ways leave the door open for oth­er pas­sen­gers to come on board last minute, as long as you give your con­sent. If you fi­nal­ly agree to share, as the num­ber of par­tic­i­pants would have change, the com­pa­ny will re­im­burse you the dif­fer­ence be­tween the rate you would have paid ini­tial­ly and the new rate applicable.

  • START TIME & DURATION

    Gen­er­al­ly, our pas­sen­ger boat de­parts from Tay­tay pier be­tween 7:00 and 8:00 a.m. How­ev­er, we are quite flex­i­ble and can mod­i­fy our sched­ule un­der re­quest. The end­ing time will vary de­pend­ing on the ser­vice provided.

  • FOOD & DRINK

    Ba­sic rates include:

    • Un­lim­it­ed ser­vice wa­ter & hot drinks on board
    • 3 buf­fet meals a day, to be served on board or dur­ing stopovers
  • SERVICES INCLUDED

    The fol­low­ing ser­vices are also cov­ered by ba­sic rates:

    • GUID­ING
    • SNOR­KEL­ING GEAR & KAYAKS (un­lim­it­ed). TOW­ELS & WA­TER SHOES.
    • CAMP­ING EQUIP­MENT (tents, airbeds, pil­lows, sheets, headtorches…)
    • ENTRY/ENVIRONMENTAL fees, if any (e.g. pri­vate is­lands, pro­tect­ed areas…)
    • On board IN­SUR­ANCE, FIRST AID KITS & SAFE­TY GEAR
  • ADD-ONS

    For an ad­di­tion­al fee, you may also enjoy:

    • AC­TION CAMERA
    • DRONE film­ing (in­clud­ing piloting)
  • CUSTOM SERVICES

    We or­ga­nize CUS­TOM ITIN­ER­ARIES upon re­quest. In such cas­es, the price will have to be arranged in ad­vance be­tween the par­ties, ac­cord­ing to the ser­vices provided.

  • ORDER & PAYMENTS

    The pay­ment of the ba­sic rate must be made in ad­vance and be com­plet­ed, the lat­est, on the eve of the day the ac­tiv­i­ty is to take place.

    To make a reser­va­tion, a 30% de­posit is required.

    We ac­cept pay­ments in the fol­low­ing currencies:

    • SOUTH KO­RE­AN Won (₩)
    • 新臺幣 New TAI­WAN Dol­lar (NT$)
    • 港幣 HONG KONG Dol­lar (HK$)
    • SIN­GA­PORE Dol­lar (S$)
    • JAPAN­ESE Yen (¥)
    • EURO (€)
    • UNIT­ED STATES Dol­lar (US$)
    • שֶׁקֶל חָדָשׁ IS­RAELI New Shekel (₪)
  • CANCELLATIONS

    In the event of can­cel­la­tion by the cus­tomer, whether for health or oth­er rea­sons, good or not, the com­pa­ny shall re­tain any and all amount paid in ad­vance by the customer.

    In the event of can­cel­la­tion by the com­pa­ny, the client shall be en­ti­tled to a full re­fund of any ad­vance pay­ment made.

    In the event of can­cel­la­tion at­trib­ut­able to nei­ther par­ty, such as by weath­er, force ma­jeure, or se­cu­ri­ty rea­sons, the fol­low­ing shall be considered:

    • If can­cel­la­tion oc­curs af­ter the 30% de­posit has been paid, this shall be re­fund­ed in full to the client
    • If can­cel­la­tion oc­curs af­ter the ba­sic rate has been paid, but pri­or to be­gin­ning the ac­tiv­i­ty, the com­pa­ny shall re­tain 30% of such amount to cov­er prepa­ra­tion costs, while the re­main­ing 70% shall be re­fund­ed to the client
    • If can­cel­la­tion oc­curs dur­ing the course of the ac­tiv­i­ty, the com­pa­ny shall be en­ti­tled to re­tain the ba­sic rate paid in ad­vance by the client, as well as any add-on he/she may have en­joyed so far

    CAN­CEL­LA­TION POL­I­CY (% to be re­im­bursed to the client)

    At­trib­ut­able to… 30% de­posit paid 100% of ba­sic rate paid Dur­ing the activity
    CLIENT 0% 0% 0%
    COM­PA­NY 100% 100% 100%
    EX­TER­NAL CAUSE 100% 70% 0%
  • DISCOUNTS

    The fol­low­ing dis­counts shall apply:

    • Freeser­vice for chil­dren 5 years-old and un­der50% dis­count on the reg­u­lar rate for chil­dren from 6 to 7 years-old30% for from 8 to 9, and 15% from 10 and 12, in­clu­sive. Above 12 years-old reg­u­lar fees will apply.
    • If can­cel­la­tion oc­curs pri­or to the be­gin­ning of the ac­tiv­i­ty due to harsh weath­er or force ma­jeure, the client shall be en­ti­tled to a 10% re­duc­tion in the ba­sic rate for the same prod­uct, in a sub­se­quent at­tempt. Such re­duc­tion will be 20% if can­cel­la­tion oc­curs dur­ing pro­vi­sion of service.

Terms & conditions

WEATHER & SECURITY

Weath­er and se­cu­ri­ty are im­por­tant when do­ing out­door ac­tiv­i­ties. The com­pa­ny shall in­form you of both the weath­er fore­cast and the dan­gers and in­con­ve­niences you might be ex­posed to dur­ing their per­for­mance. Like­wise, you must aknowl­edge in writ­ing to have been duly in­formed and vol­un­tar­i­ly as­sume the risks as­so­ci­at­ed with them, as well as re­lease and dis­charge the com­pa­ny from any and all li­a­bil­i­ties, in­juries and/or dam­ages aris­ing there­on, oth­er than those re­sult­ing from neg­li­gence or breach of duty. In­so­far as said in­for­ma­tion have pub­lic vis­i­bil­i­ty, re­gard­less of the me­dia used, any pay­ment re­lat­ed to the pur­chase of ser­vices shall con­sti­tute ac­knowl­edge­ment and ac­cep­tance of the same.

Dur­ing nav­i­ga­tion, as well as dur­ing im­ple­men­ta­tion of re­lat­ed ac­tiv­i­ties, the boat cap­tain will al­ways have the fi­nal say on plan­ning and safe­ty matters.

CAPACITY

Sail­ing ac­tiv­i­ties will gen­er­al­ly be lim­it­ed to 12 par­tic­i­pants, as this is the max­i­mum al­lowed ca­pac­i­ty of our pas­sen­ger boat. If stay­ing overnight on the boat is re­quired (e.g., man­grove tours), only 8 pas­sen­gers will be able to be ac­com­mo­dat­ed on the deck.

SHARING

Shar­ing the boat with oth­er trav­ellers is not only pos­si­ble, but also the best choice in our opin­ion. By shar­ing, you will be able to meet in­ter­est­ing peo­ple, cre­ate a more pleas­ant at­mos­phere on boad, and make the trip cheap­er for all. If you have al­ready booked or are the first one to hire our ser­vices on a par­tic­u­lar day, you will be giv­en pri­or­i­ty to en­joy the boat in a pri­vate way. But we will al­ways leave the door open for oth­er pas­sen­gers to come on board last minute, as long as you give your con­sent. If you fi­nal­ly agree to share, as the num­ber of par­tic­i­pants would have change, the com­pa­ny will re­im­burse you the dif­fer­ence be­tween the rate you would have paid ini­tial­ly and the new rate applicable.

START TIME & DURATION

Gen­er­al­ly, our pas­sen­ger boat de­parts from Tay­tay pier be­tween 7:00 and 8:00 a.m. How­ev­er, we are quite flex­i­ble and can mod­i­fy our sched­ule un­der re­quest. The end­ing time will vary de­pend­ing on the ser­vice provided.

FOOD & DRINK

Ba­sic rates include:

  • Un­lim­it­ed ser­vice wa­ter & hot drinks on board
  • 3 buf­fet meals a day, to be served on board or dur­ing stopovers

SERVICES INCLUDED

The fol­low­ing ser­vices are also cov­ered by ba­sic rates:

  • GUID­ING
  • SNOR­KEL­ING GEAR & KAYAKS (un­lim­it­ed). TOW­ELS & WA­TER SHOES.
  • CAMP­ING EQUIP­MENT (tents, airbeds, pil­lows, sheets, headtorches…)
  • ENTRY/ENVIRONMENTAL fees, if any (e.g. pri­vate is­lands, pro­tect­ed areas…)
  • On board IN­SUR­ANCE, FIRST AID KITS & SAFE­TY GEAR

ADD-ONS

For an ad­di­tion­al fee, you may also enjoy:

  • AC­TION CAMERA
  • DRONE film­ing (in­clud­ing piloting)

CUSTOM SERVICES

We or­ga­nize CUS­TOM ITIN­ER­ARIES upon re­quest. In such cas­es, the price will have to be arranged in ad­vance be­tween the par­ties, ac­cord­ing to the ser­vices provided.

ORDERS & PAYMENTS

The pay­ment of the ba­sic rate must be made in ad­vance and be com­plet­ed, the lat­est, on the eve of the day the ac­tiv­i­ty is to take place.

To make a reser­va­tion, a 30% de­posit is required.

We ac­cept pay­ments in the fol­low­ing currencies:

  • SOUTH KO­RE­AN Won (₩)
  • 新臺幣 New TAI­WAN Dol­lar (NT$)
  • 港幣 HONG KONG Dol­lar (HK$)
  • SIN­GA­PORE Dol­lar (S$)
  • JAPAN­ESE Yen (¥)
  • EURO (€)
  • UNIT­ED STATES Dol­lar (US$)
  • שֶׁקֶל חָדָשׁ IS­RAELI New Shekel (₪)

CANCELLATIONS

In the event of can­cel­la­tion by the cus­tomer, whether for health or oth­er rea­sons, good or not, the com­pa­ny shall re­tain any and all amount paid in ad­vance by the customer.

In the event of can­cel­la­tion by the com­pa­ny, the client shall be en­ti­tled to a full re­fund of any ad­vance pay­ment made.

In the event of can­cel­la­tion at­trib­ut­able to nei­ther par­ty, such as by weath­er, force ma­jeure, or se­cu­ri­ty rea­sons, the fol­low­ing shall be considered:

  • If can­cel­la­tion oc­curs af­ter the 30% de­posit has been paid, this shall be re­fund­ed in full to the client

  • If can­cel­la­tion oc­curs af­ter the ba­sic rate has been paid, but pri­or to be­gin­ning the ac­tiv­i­ty, the com­pa­ny shall re­tain 30% of such amount to cov­er prepa­ra­tion costs, while the re­main­ing 70% shall be re­fund­ed to the client

  • If can­cel­la­tion oc­curs dur­ing the course of the ac­tiv­i­ty, the com­pa­ny shall be en­ti­tled to re­tain the ba­sic rate paid in ad­vance by the client, as well as any add-on he/she may have en­joyed so far

CAN­CEL­LA­TION POL­I­CY (% to be re­im­bursed to the client)

DISCOUNTS

The fol­low­ing dis­counts shall apply:

  • Free ser­vice for chil­dren 5 years-old and un­der50% dis­count on the reg­u­lar rate for chil­dren from 6 to 7 years-old30% for from 8 to 9, and 15% from 10 and 12, in­clu­sive. Above 12 years-old reg­u­lar fees will apply.

  • If can­cel­la­tion oc­curs pri­or to the be­gin­ning of the ac­tiv­i­ty due to harsh weath­er or force ma­jeure, the client shall be en­ti­tled to a 10% re­duc­tion in the ba­sic rate for the same prod­uct, in a sub­se­quent at­tempt. Such re­duc­tion will be 20% if can­cel­la­tion oc­curs dur­ing pro­vi­sion of service.

Dangers & annoyances

SEASICKNESS

Sea con­di­tions can change rapid­ly. And even when these are fa­vor­able, peo­ple with lit­tle ex­pe­ri­ence tend to get sea­sick eas­i­ly. Don’t leave it to chance, bring SEA­SICK­NESS PILLS to any boat trip.

SUNBURN

Al­though our boats are pro­vid­ed with shade roofs, al­ways pro­tect your­self with SUN CREAM, a HAT, and LONG-SLEEVE CLOTH­ING. Bear in mind that the sun rays fall quite ver­ti­cal­ly over the Equa­tor and can cause se­vere in­juries in just a few min­utes of exposure.

HYDRATION

Wa­ter is al­ways the best in­vest­ment you can make. Car­ry as much as pos­si­ble, in detri­ment of food and oth­er types of loads. Hunger is an­noy­ing, it’s true, but de­hy­dra­tion can lit­er­al­ly kill you in min­utes. If you still want to bring some food with you, the small and high­ly caloric snacks, such as nuts and en­er­gy bars, are al­ways the best choice.

GETTING WET

Let’s ac­cept it, there is no room for dry­ness and com­fort in the Equa­tor, de­spite what the sports­wear man­u­fac­tur­ers may say. Even if there is no rain, your clothes and shoes will al­ways be wet due to high mois­ture lev­els or to your own sweat. In­stead, just fo­cus on keep­ing your back­pack dry and leave your rain­coat at home un­less you want to sweat dou­ble and get en­tan­gled everywhere.

On­board, be­ing wet will also be a com­mon con­di­tion, be­cause of wave splash and air mois­ture, or more like­ly be­cause you will be get­ting into the wa­ter quite of­ten. This may even make you feel cold un­der the breeze when nav­i­gat­ing. Quick-dry­ing swimwear, wa­ter shoes and tow­els will thus be of great help.

ALLERGIES

Pollen al­ler­gies are rare in moist trop­i­cal re­gions due to high di­ver­si­ty and low rel­a­tive abun­dance of each plant species. Trop­i­cal plants, more­over, have main­ly evolved to be pol­li­nat­ed by in­sects and oth­er an­i­mals, and rarely de­pend on wind for dispersal.

In­sect bite al­ler­gies and skin rash are oth­er­wise com­mon. In­deed, if you are al­ler­gic to bees or wasps per­haps it is a good idea to bring your own ep­i­neph­rine in­jec­tion with you. And, of course, wear­ing long-sleeve cloth­ing is high­ly rec­om­mend­ed in both cases.

There is also a chance that you ex­pe­ri­ence some al­ler­gic re­ac­tion to the food we pro­vide. Please, let us know about any AL­LER­GY OR SPE­CIAL DI­ETARY RE­QUIRE­MENT you may have, in­clud­ing those re­lat­ed to your re­li­gion or belief.

BLOOD-SUCKING ANIMALS

Tigers? Snakes? You bet­ter care about mos­qui­toes, they are re­gard­ed as the dead­liest an­i­mal on earth for a rea­son. Malar­ia, dengue fever, and oth­er in­sect-borne dis­eases are still en­dem­ic to Palawan. For malar­ia, pre­ven­tion drugs can be of great help, and in all cas­es long-sleeve cloth­ing, (good qual­i­ty) mos­qui­to re­pel­lent, and be­hav­ioral pre­ven­tion (main­ly, shel­ter­ing at dawn and dusk) are a must.

Horse­flies can be an­noy­ing in the coun­try­side where wa­ter buf­faloes and oth­er live­stock are present. Leech­es, in turn, are quite rare in Palawan, luckily.

Al­though in­sects are not an is­sue dur­ing nav­i­ga­tion, it is not un­usu­al to suf­fer the at­tack of mos­qui­toes and sand­flies dur­ing stopovers in beach­es and man­groves. The high­er the amount of de­cay­ing or­gan­ic mat­ter near the shore and the thick­er the sur­round­ing veg­e­ta­tion, the more abun­dant they will be.

DANGEROUS WILDLIFE

De­spite be­ing the main con­cern for most trav­el­ers, this mat­ter doesn´t de­serve as much at­ten­tion as it is gen­er­al­ly paid to it. Be­lieve it or not, you have more chances of suf­fer­ing a sprained an­kle or even hav­ing a traf­fic ac­ci­dent on the way to our boat than of be­ing hurt by a wild animal.

Large ma­rine preda­tors, such as sharks and salt­wa­ter croc­o­diles, are ex­treme­ly rare, not just be­cause they oc­cu­py the top of the food chain, but also be­cause of the ha­rass­ment they have been sub­ject­ed to for cen­turies. If you have an en­counter, any­way, just avoid be­hav­ing like a prey. Stay calm, stand still, and sim­ply let him go on his way. Af­ter all, if he has been seen is prob­a­bly be­cause he wasn’t much in­ter­est­ed in you. In the case of croc­o­diles, avoid noisy ac­tiv­i­ties near tur­bid wa­ters and nev­er ap­proach one, ei­ther in or out of the wa­ter, even from a boat, since they are very ter­ri­to­r­i­al and may charge you at any time.

Gen­er­al­ly, you will have to pay more at­ten­tion to small crea­tures, which is par­tic­u­lar­ly true on land in Palawan, where the largest preda­tor bare­ly reach­es the size of a small dog. For the lit­tle an­i­mals, both on land and in the sea, it should be enough to wear ad­e­quate cloth­ing, watch your steps, and strict­ly fol­low a “no-touch­ing” pol­i­cy.

LONG-SLEEVE CLOTHING & WATER SHOES

Yes, at the first glance it may look like a ter­ri­ble idea, but the truth is that wear­ing long-sleeve cloth­ing is the best choice in the jun­gle. This is so be­cause of a mil­lion rea­sons: sting­ing plants, hairy cater­pil­lars, thorny rat­tans, sharp pan­dans… Long-sleeve cloth­ing will not just pro­tect you from the harsh­ness of the en­vi­ron­ment, but also from the bite of mos­qui­toes, sand­flies, ants, and leech­es. And be­cause of the lat­ter two, it may also be a good idea to wear thick, tight-fit­ting socks over your pants.

In the sea, a long-sleeve swimwear will pro­tect from sun­burn and jel­ly­fish­es. Wa­ter shoes, in turn, will pre­vent you from get­ting harm by coral and will keep at bay the poi­so­nous crea­tures of the seabed, such as stone fish­es, sea urchins, and sting rays.

TOUCHING & GRABBING AROUND

In the rain­for­est, avoid lean­ing on or hang­ing from things around you. We know that the ter­rain doesn’t help to keep bal­ance, but trunks and branch­es won’t solve your prob­lem. Not just be­cause they of­ten bear thorns, resins, and sting­ing hairs, but also be­cause they are home to fire ants, cen­tipedes, snakes, and oth­er harm­ful crit­ters you don´t want to en­counter. Just watch your hands and feet, and dou­ble check the ground be­fore sit­ting on it. By the way, shak­ing the vines and the young tress is par­tic­u­lar­ly dan­ger­ous, as there could be wasp nests on the top or just plant mat­ter that would fall on you. So bet­ter for­get about do­ing like Tarzan in the mighty jungle.

In the sea, more than any­where else, you must not touch any­thing, even if you think you know what it is. Many in­no­cent-look­ing sea crea­tures are in­deed not so in­no­cent. Coral, for in­stance, is just as sting­ing as anemones and jel­ly­fish when alive, and af­ter death its cut­ting edges can cause wounds that get in­fect­ed eas­i­ly. Here noth­ing is as it seems, even a hum­ble oc­to­pus can be lethal.

When swim­ming or snor­kel­ing, avoid hit­ting the seabed with your feet, not only for your own pro­tec­tion, but also for the sake of a reef that have cer­tain­ly tak­en hun­dreds of years to develop.

LIGHTNESS

The lighter… the bet­ter. You don’t need to car­ry a mil­lion things on you to be able to en­joy na­ture. A big load will make you clum­si­er, slow­er, and nois­i­er. You will like­ly see noth­ing and sure­ly will get tired quick­ly. In­deed, all you need is wa­ter, mos­qui­to re­pel­lent and, of course, your cam­era and your binoculars!

SILENCE

Na­ture only re­veals its se­crets through si­lence. In this part of the world, life is lit­er­al­ly burst­ing out all around and just needs you to give it a chance to show it­self. Try to hold your emo­tions and stay fo­cused, you will soon feel the dif­fer­ence. Af­ter all, you didn’t come this far to just see a bunch of branch­es and leaves.

WILDLIFE SIGHTINGS

It may be ob­vi­ous, but we must in­sist on it: wild an­i­mals are un­pre­dictable by na­ture, there­on lies the beau­ty of watch­ing them. From our side, we will do our best to make sight­ings hap­pen, but we can­not guar­an­tee them either.

RESPECT

This is with­out a doubt the most im­por­tant ad­vice we can give you. Here, na­ture has a lot to of­fer but can also take much from you. Don’t be afraid, just be care­ful and al­ways fol­low the di­rec­tions giv­en by your guide. And, when in doubt, re­mem­ber that cau­tion and re­spect al­ways work fine. In oth­er words, sim­ply vis­it us, en­joy humbly, and get back home safely.

Please, always bear in mind…
  • SEASICKNESS

    Sea con­di­tions can change rapid­ly. And even when these are fa­vor­able, peo­ple with lit­tle ex­pe­ri­ence tend to get sea­sick eas­i­ly. Don’t leave it to chance, bring SEA­SICK­NESS PILLS to any boat trip.

  • SUNBURN

    Al­though our boats are pro­vid­ed with shade roofs, al­ways pro­tect your­self with SUN CREAM, a HAT, and LONG-SLEEVE CLOTH­ING. Bear in mind that the sun rays fall quite ver­ti­cal­ly over the Equa­tor and can cause se­vere in­juries in just a few min­utes of exposure.

  • HYDRATION

    Wa­ter is al­ways the best in­vest­ment you can make. Car­ry as much as pos­si­ble, in detri­ment of food and oth­er types of loads. Hunger is an­noy­ing, it’s true, but de­hy­dra­tion can lit­er­al­ly kill you in min­utes. If you still want to bring some food with you, the small and high­ly caloric snacks, such as nuts and en­er­gy bars, are al­ways the best choice.

  • GETTING WET

    Let’s ac­cept it, there is no room for dry­ness and com­fort in the Equa­tor, de­spite what the sports­wear man­u­fac­tur­ers may say. Even if there is no rain, your clothes and shoes will al­ways be wet due to high mois­ture lev­els or to your own sweat. In­stead, just fo­cus on keep­ing your back­pack dry and leave your rain­coat at home un­less you want to sweat dou­ble and get en­tan­gled everywhere.

    On­board, be­ing wet will also be a com­mon con­di­tion, be­cause of wave splash and air mois­ture, or more like­ly be­cause you will be get­ting into the wa­ter quite of­ten. This may even make you feel cold un­der the breeze when nav­i­gat­ing. Quick-dry­ing swimwear, wa­ter shoes and tow­els will thus be of great help.

  • ALLERGIES

    Pollen al­ler­gies are rare in moist trop­i­cal re­gions due to high di­ver­si­ty and low rel­a­tive abun­dance of each plant species. Trop­i­cal plants, more­over, have main­ly evolved to be pol­li­nat­ed by in­sects and oth­er an­i­mals, and rarely de­pend on wind for dispersal.

    In­sect bite al­ler­gies and skin rash are oth­er­wise com­mon. In­deed, if you are al­ler­gic to bees or wasps per­haps it is a good idea to bring your own ep­i­neph­rine in­jec­tion with you. And, of course, wear­ing long-sleeve cloth­ing is high­ly rec­om­mend­ed in both cases.

    There is also a chance that you ex­pe­ri­ence some al­ler­gic re­ac­tion to the food we pro­vide. Please, let us know about any AL­LER­GY OR SPE­CIAL DI­ETARY RE­QUIRE­MENT you may have, in­clud­ing those re­lat­ed to your re­li­gion or belief.

  • BLOOD-SUCKING ANIMALS

    Tigers? Snakes? You bet­ter care about mos­qui­toes, they are re­gard­ed as the dead­liest an­i­mal on earth for a rea­son. Malar­ia, dengue fever, and oth­er in­sect-borne dis­eases are still en­dem­ic to Palawan. For malar­ia, pre­ven­tion drugs can be of great help, and in all cas­es long-sleeve cloth­ing, (good qual­i­ty) mos­qui­to re­pel­lent, and be­hav­ioral pre­ven­tion (main­ly, shel­ter­ing at dawn and dusk) are a must.

    Horse­flies can be an­noy­ing in the coun­try­side where wa­ter buf­faloes and oth­er live­stock are present. Leech­es, in turn, are quite rare in Palawan, luckily.

    Al­though in­sects are not an is­sue dur­ing nav­i­ga­tion, it is not un­usu­al to suf­fer the at­tack of mos­qui­toes and sand­flies dur­ing stopovers in beach­es and man­groves. The high­er the amount of de­cay­ing or­gan­ic mat­ter near the shore and the thick­er the sur­round­ing veg­e­ta­tion, the more abun­dant they will be.

  • DANGEROUS WILDLIFE

    De­spite be­ing the main con­cern for most trav­el­ers, this mat­ter doesn´t de­serve as much at­ten­tion as it is gen­er­al­ly paid to it. Be­lieve it or not, you have more chances of suf­fer­ing a sprained an­kle or even hav­ing a traf­fic ac­ci­dent on the way to our boat than of be­ing hurt by a wild animal.

    Large ma­rine preda­tors, such as sharks and salt­wa­ter croc­o­diles, are ex­treme­ly rare, not just be­cause they oc­cu­py the top of the food chain, but also be­cause of the ha­rass­ment they have been sub­ject­ed to for cen­turies. If you have an en­counter, any­way, just avoid be­hav­ing like a prey. Stay calm, stand still, and sim­ply let him go on his way. Af­ter all, if he has been seen is prob­a­bly be­cause he wasn’t much in­ter­est­ed in you. In the case of croc­o­diles, avoid noisy ac­tiv­i­ties near tur­bid wa­ters and nev­er ap­proach one, ei­ther in or out of the wa­ter, even from a boat, since they are very ter­ri­to­r­i­al and may charge you at any time.

    Gen­er­al­ly, you will have to pay more at­ten­tion to small crea­tures, which is par­tic­u­lar­ly true on land in Palawan, where the largest preda­tor bare­ly reach­es the size of a small dog. For the lit­tle an­i­mals, both on land and in the sea, it should be enough to wear ad­e­quate cloth­ing, watch your steps, and strict­ly fol­low a “no-touch­ing” pol­i­cy.

  • LONG-SLEEVE & PROPER SHOES

    Yes, at the first glance it may look like a ter­ri­ble idea, but the truth is that wear­ing long-sleeve cloth­ing is the best choice in the jun­gle. This is so be­cause of a mil­lion rea­sons: sting­ing plants, hairy cater­pil­lars, thorny rat­tans, sharp pan­dans… Long-sleeve cloth­ing will not just pro­tect you from the harsh­ness of the en­vi­ron­ment, but also from the bite of mos­qui­toes, sand­flies, ants, and leech­es. And be­cause of the lat­ter two, it may also be a good idea to wear thick, tight-fit­ting socks over your pants.

    In the sea, a long-sleeve swimwear will pro­tect from sun­burn and jel­ly­fish­es. Wa­ter shoes, in turn, will pre­vent you from get­ting harm by coral and will keep at bay the poi­so­nous crea­tures of the seabed, such as stone fish­es, sea urchins, and sting rays.

  • TOUCHING & GRABBING AROUND

    In the rain­for­est, avoid lean­ing on or hang­ing from things around you. We know that the ter­rain doesn’t help to keep bal­ance, but trunks and branch­es won’t solve your prob­lem. Not just be­cause they of­ten bear thorns, resins, and sting­ing hairs, but also be­cause they are home to fire ants, cen­tipedes, snakes, and oth­er harm­ful crit­ters you don´t want to en­counter. Just watch your hands and feet, and dou­ble check the ground be­fore sit­ting on it. By the way, shak­ing the vines and the young tress is par­tic­u­lar­ly dan­ger­ous, as there could be wasp nests on the top or just plant mat­ter that would fall on you. So bet­ter for­get about do­ing like Tarzan in the mighty jungle.

    In the sea, more than any­where else, you must not touch any­thing, even if you think you know what it is. Many in­no­cent-look­ing sea crea­tures are in­deed not so in­no­cent. Coral, for in­stance, is just as sting­ing as anemones and jel­ly­fish when alive, and af­ter death its cut­ting edges can cause wounds that get in­fect­ed eas­i­ly. Here noth­ing is as it seems, even a hum­ble oc­to­pus can be lethal.

    When swim­ming or snor­kel­ing, avoid hit­ting the seabed with your feet, not only for your own pro­tec­tion, but also for the sake of a reef that have cer­tain­ly tak­en hun­dreds of years to develop.

  • LIGHTNESS

    The lighter… the bet­ter. You don’t need to car­ry a mil­lion things on you to be able to en­joy na­ture. A big load will make you clum­si­er, slow­er, and nois­i­er. You will like­ly see noth­ing and sure­ly will get tired quick­ly. In­deed, all you need is wa­ter, mos­qui­to re­pel­lent and, of course, your cam­era and your binoculars!

  • SILENCE

    Na­ture only re­veals its se­crets through si­lence. In this part of the world, life is lit­er­al­ly burst­ing out all around and just needs you to give it a chance to show it­self. Try to hold your emo­tions and stay fo­cused, you will soon feel the dif­fer­ence. Af­ter all, you didn’t come this far to just see a bunch of branch­es and leaves.

  • WILDLIFE SIGHTINGS

    It may be ob­vi­ous, but we must in­sist on it: wild an­i­mals are un­pre­dictable by na­ture, there­on lies the beau­ty of watch­ing them. From our side, we will do our best to make sight­ings hap­pen, but we can­not guar­an­tee them either.

  • RESPECT

    This is with­out a doubt the most im­por­tant ad­vice we can give you. Here, na­ture has a lot to of­fer but can also take much from you. Don’t be afraid, just be care­ful and al­ways fol­low the di­rec­tions giv­en by your guide. And, when in doubt, re­mem­ber that cau­tion and re­spect al­ways work fine. In oth­er words, sim­ply vis­it us, en­joy humbly, and get back home safely.

Please, always bear in mind…
  • SEASICKNESS

    Sea con­di­tions can change rapid­ly. And even when these are fa­vor­able, peo­ple with lit­tle ex­pe­ri­ence tend to get sea­sick eas­i­ly. Don’t leave it to chance, bring SEA­SICK­NESS PILLS to any boat trip.

  • SUNBURN

    Al­though our boats are pro­vid­ed with shade roofs, al­ways pro­tect your­self with SUN CREAM, a HAT, and LONG-SLEEVE CLOTH­ING. Bear in mind that the sun rays fall quite ver­ti­cal­ly over the Equa­tor and can cause se­vere in­juries in just a few min­utes of exposure.

  • HYDRATION

    Wa­ter is al­ways the best in­vest­ment you can make. Car­ry as much as pos­si­ble, in detri­ment of food and oth­er types of loads. Hunger is an­noy­ing, it’s true, but de­hy­dra­tion can lit­er­al­ly kill you in min­utes. If you still want to bring some food with you, the small and high­ly caloric snacks, such as nuts and en­er­gy bars, are al­ways the best choice.

  • GETTING WET

    Let’s ac­cept it, there is no room for dry­ness and com­fort in the Equa­tor, de­spite what the sports­wear man­u­fac­tur­ers may say. Even if there is no rain, your clothes and shoes will al­ways be wet due to high mois­ture lev­els or to your own sweat. In­stead, just fo­cus on keep­ing your back­pack dry and leave your rain­coat at home un­less you want to sweat dou­ble and get en­tan­gled everywhere.

    On­board, be­ing wet will also be a com­mon con­di­tion, be­cause of wave splash and air mois­ture, or more like­ly be­cause you will be get­ting into the wa­ter quite of­ten. This may even make you feel cold un­der the breeze when nav­i­gat­ing. Quick-dry­ing swimwear, wa­ter shoes and tow­els will thus be of great help.

  • ALLERGIES

    Pollen al­ler­gies are rare in moist trop­i­cal re­gions due to high di­ver­si­ty and low rel­a­tive abun­dance of each plant species. Trop­i­cal plants, more­over, have main­ly evolved to be pol­li­nat­ed by in­sects and oth­er an­i­mals, and rarely de­pend on wind for dispersal.

    In­sect bite al­ler­gies and skin rash are oth­er­wise com­mon. In­deed, if you are al­ler­gic to bees or wasps per­haps it is a good idea to bring your own ep­i­neph­rine in­jec­tion with you. And, of course, wear­ing long-sleeve cloth­ing is high­ly rec­om­mend­ed in both cases.

    There is also a chance that you ex­pe­ri­ence some al­ler­gic re­ac­tion to the food we pro­vide. Please, let us know about any AL­LER­GY OR SPE­CIAL DI­ETARY RE­QUIRE­MENT you may have, in­clud­ing those re­lat­ed to your re­li­gion or belief.

  • BLOOD-SUCKING ANIMALS

    Tigers? Snakes? You bet­ter care about mos­qui­toes, they are re­gard­ed as the dead­liest an­i­mal on earth for a rea­son. Malar­ia, dengue fever, and oth­er in­sect-borne dis­eases are still en­dem­ic to Palawan. For malar­ia, pre­ven­tion drugs can be of great help, and in all cas­es long-sleeve cloth­ing, (good qual­i­ty) mos­qui­to re­pel­lent, and be­hav­ioral pre­ven­tion (main­ly, shel­ter­ing at dawn and dusk) are a must.

    Horse­flies can be an­noy­ing in the coun­try­side where wa­ter buf­faloes and oth­er live­stock are present. Leech­es, in turn, are quite rare in Palawan, luckily.

    Al­though in­sects are not an is­sue dur­ing nav­i­ga­tion, it is not un­usu­al to suf­fer the at­tack of mos­qui­toes and sand­flies dur­ing stopovers in beach­es and man­groves. The high­er the amount of de­cay­ing or­gan­ic mat­ter near the shore and the thick­er the sur­round­ing veg­e­ta­tion, the more abun­dant they will be.

  • DANGEROUS WILDLIFE

    De­spite be­ing the main con­cern for most trav­el­ers, this mat­ter doesn´t de­serve as much at­ten­tion as it is gen­er­al­ly paid to it. Be­lieve it or not, you have more chances of suf­fer­ing a sprained an­kle or even hav­ing a traf­fic ac­ci­dent on the way to our boat than of be­ing hurt by a wild animal.

    Large ma­rine preda­tors, such as sharks and salt­wa­ter croc­o­diles, are ex­treme­ly rare, not just be­cause they oc­cu­py the top of the food chain, but also be­cause of the ha­rass­ment they have been sub­ject­ed to for cen­turies. If you have an en­counter, any­way, just avoid be­hav­ing like a prey. Stay calm, stand still, and sim­ply let him go on his way. Af­ter all, if he has been seen is prob­a­bly be­cause he wasn’t much in­ter­est­ed in you. In the case of croc­o­diles, avoid noisy ac­tiv­i­ties near tur­bid wa­ters and nev­er ap­proach one, ei­ther in or out of the wa­ter, even from a boat, since they are very ter­ri­to­r­i­al and may charge you at any time.

    Gen­er­al­ly, you will have to pay more at­ten­tion to small crea­tures, which is par­tic­u­lar­ly true on land in Palawan, where the largest preda­tor bare­ly reach­es the size of a small dog. For the lit­tle an­i­mals, both on land and in the sea, it should be enough to wear ad­e­quate cloth­ing, watch your steps, and strict­ly fol­low a “no-touch­ing” pol­i­cy.

  • LONG-SLEEVE & PROPER SHOES

    Yes, at the first glance it may look like a ter­ri­ble idea, but the truth is that wear­ing long-sleeve cloth­ing is the best choice in the jun­gle. This is so be­cause of a mil­lion rea­sons: sting­ing plants, hairy cater­pil­lars, thorny rat­tans, sharp pan­dans… Long-sleeve cloth­ing will not just pro­tect you from the harsh­ness of the en­vi­ron­ment, but also from the bite of mos­qui­toes, sand­flies, ants, and leech­es. And be­cause of the lat­ter two, it may also be a good idea to wear thick, tight-fit­ting socks over your pants.

    In the sea, a long-sleeve swimwear will pro­tect from sun­burn and jel­ly­fish­es. Wa­ter shoes, in turn, will pre­vent you from get­ting harm by coral and will keep at bay the poi­so­nous crea­tures of the seabed, such as stone fish­es, sea urchins, and sting rays.

  • TOUCHING & GRABBING AROUND

    In the rain­for­est, avoid lean­ing on or hang­ing from things around you. We know that the ter­rain doesn’t help to keep bal­ance, but trunks and branch­es won’t solve your prob­lem. Not just be­cause they of­ten bear thorns, resins, and sting­ing hairs, but also be­cause they are home to fire ants, cen­tipedes, snakes, and oth­er harm­ful crit­ters you don´t want to en­counter. Just watch your hands and feet, and dou­ble check the ground be­fore sit­ting on it. By the way, shak­ing the vines and the young tress is par­tic­u­lar­ly dan­ger­ous, as there could be wasp nests on the top or just plant mat­ter that would fall on you. So bet­ter for­get about do­ing like Tarzan in the mighty jungle.

    In the sea, more than any­where else, you must not touch any­thing, even if you think you know what it is. Many in­no­cent-look­ing sea crea­tures are in­deed not so in­no­cent. Coral, for in­stance, is just as sting­ing as anemones and jel­ly­fish when alive, and af­ter death its cut­ting edges can cause wounds that get in­fect­ed eas­i­ly. Here noth­ing is as it seems, even a hum­ble oc­to­pus can be lethal.

    When swim­ming or snor­kel­ing, avoid hit­ting the seabed with your feet, not only for your own pro­tec­tion, but also for the sake of a reef that have cer­tain­ly tak­en hun­dreds of years to develop.

  • LIGHTNESS

    The lighter… the bet­ter. You don’t need to car­ry a mil­lion things on you to be able to en­joy na­ture. A big load will make you clum­si­er, slow­er, and nois­i­er. You will like­ly see noth­ing and sure­ly will get tired quick­ly. In­deed, all you need is wa­ter, mos­qui­to re­pel­lent and, of course, your cam­era and your binoculars!

  • SILENCE

    Na­ture only re­veals its se­crets through si­lence. In this part of the world, life is lit­er­al­ly burst­ing out all around and just needs you to give it a chance to show it­self. Try to hold your emo­tions and stay fo­cused, you will soon feel the dif­fer­ence. Af­ter all, you didn’t come this far to just see a bunch of branch­es and leaves.

  • WILDLIFE SIGHTINGS

    It may be ob­vi­ous, but we must in­sist on it: wild an­i­mals are un­pre­dictable by na­ture, there­on lies the beau­ty of watch­ing them. From our side, we will do our best to make sight­ings hap­pen, but we can­not guar­an­tee them either.

  • RESPECT

    This is with­out a doubt the most im­por­tant ad­vice we can give you. Here, na­ture has a lot to of­fer but can also take much from you. Don’t be afraid, just be care­ful and al­ways fol­low the di­rec­tions giv­en by your guide. And, when in doubt, re­mem­ber that cau­tion and re­spect al­ways work fine. In oth­er words, sim­ply vis­it us, en­joy humbly, and get back home safely.