6D/5N Puerto Princesa and El Nido Palawan Itinerary

Palawan is one of the most famous tourist spot in the Philippines. So when Cebu Pacific introduced their new route from Iloilo to Palawan with a seat sale, I took the opportunity right away. Our flight was originally dated December 5-10, 2012. But because of super typhoon Pablo affecting almost all areas in the country, our flight was cancelled. We then moved it to December 7-12, 2012.

I have lots of stories and photos to share soon. For now, you may watch our El Nido Fun video which will give you an idea on how much we enjoyed our trip. heheh Here's our itinerary, too. Hope this will be of good help to those who are planning to visit Palawan soon. :D

6days/5nights Puerto Princesa and El Nido Itinerary

December 7

8:50AM ETA in Puerto Princesa
9:00-11:00 AM Hotel Check-in and Rest
11:00-1:00 PM Lunch at Badjao Seafront Restaurant
1:00 PM Puerto Princesa City Tour
It was already dark when the tour ended.

December 8

8:00-9:00AM ETD for Puerto Princesa Underground River Tour with Ugong Rock Side Trip
6:00-7:00PM ETA from the tour

December 9

10:00 AM ETD from Puerto Princesa
3:00-4:00 PM ETA in El Nido
4:00 PM onwards: Free Time

December 10

8:00 AM El Nido Island Hopping Tour A

December 11

8:00 AM El Nido Island Hopping Tour C
10:00 PM ETD from El Nido

December 12

3:00-4:00 AM ETA in Puerto Princesa
4:00-6:30 AM stayed at McDonald's
6:30-8:00 AM Bought Pasalubong
9:20AM ETD from Puerto Princesa
10:25AM ETA in Iloilo International Airport

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The Sagada Trip: An Overview

My post about our Sagada Trip is long overdue. Lol I've been very busy this past month and I have so many back logs at work and here in my blog as well. Anyway, since I don't know how to start talking about the Sagada trip, let me just summarize it first in this post.

As usual, I booked our airline tickets during a seat sale event months before our trip. I came up with our Sagada itinerary based on online research. We weren't able to follow everything on our itinerary though due to unavailability of some destinations. This was our itinerary, instead:

Friday

Arrived at Sagada (12:00 PM )

Checked-in at George Guest House

Had lunch at Lemon Pie House

Echo-Valley Tour

Saturday

Bomod-ok Falls (Cancelled - Falls was closed because it was a holiday for the Igorots)

Lumiang and Sumaging Cave Connection (took us 5 hrs!)

Lake Danum ( No sunset because it was foggy)

Sunday

Kiltepan Peak (Sunrise Watching)

Orange Picking

Sagada Tour 

Banaue Rice Terraces

Back to Manila

On our Echo Valley Tour, we were lucky to join a group who were also staying at George Guest House. Little did we know that it would be the start of our friendship with them. Our tour guide, Ezra, told us that it would be a better idea if we join them on our tour the next day. So we did and the caving adventure was so much fun that it took us 5 long hours to finish it. Normally, the cave connection tour can be finished in 3-4 hours. 

We were very thankful that they welcomed us in their group because we were able to ride in their vehicle going to Kiltepan Peak and Rock Inn Cafe. To add to our luck, they also allowed us to hitch going to Nueva Ecija where they're headed so that we can just ride a bus from there going to Manila. Lesser expenses and hassle for both of us. We even had the chance to stop by a number of Rice Terraces view points in Banaue.

I'll be publishing detailed posts about our specific tours, experience, etc. about this trip so stay tuned! :)

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Sagada Itinerary (in the making)

When planning to go for a trip, I always want to squeeze in a number of places in a short period of time. But always end up cancelling one destination due to time constraint: We weren't able to visit Caramoan when we went to CamSur and our Camiguin trip was also cancelled when we went to CDO.

Right now, I'm drafting an itinerary for Sagada. We booked a ticket to Manila months before so I'm hoping we'll be able to see the rice terraces this time. I wanted to visit the tattooed women in Kalinga for this trip but upon researching on travel time, transportation, etc., it seems that it won't be possible again if we are to visit the tourist spots in Sagada.

Here's my itinerary so far:

Thursday

10:00 PM  ETD Manila-Banaue (9hrs)

Friday

7:30 AM   ETA Banaue

8:30 AM   ETD Banaue-Bontoc (3hrs)

11:00 AM ETA Bontoc

12:00 NN  ETD Sagada

1:00 PM    ETA Sagada

1-2:30 PM Lunch & Rest

2:30 PM    Echo Valley Tour + Mt. Ampacao Trek via Lake Danum

Saturday

4:30 AM   Kiltepan View (Optional)

7:00 AM   Breakfast

8:00 AM Spelunking

12:00 NN Lunch + Orange Picking

2:00 PM     Bomod-ok Falls

Sunday

4:30 AM    Kiltepan View

7:00 AM    Breakfast

7:30-8 AM ETD Sagada-Baguio (5-6 hrs)

2:00 PM    ETA Baguio + Lunch

3:00 PM    Tour (strawberry farm,camp john hay, etc)

10-12:00    ETD Baguio-Manila

As usual, this is not final yet and I guess it will never be finalized.lol

I welcome tips and suggestions for this trip. Thank you!

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Getting Ready For My SummerScape

This month is full of summer trips for me. I'll be going to Cebu tomorrow and I've been busy packing my bag and preparing for all needed information such as contact numbers, hotels, and maps. 

Planned Itinerary:

Friday (April 13)

8:30am Departure (From Iloilo Int'l Airport)

9:10am Arrival (Mactan Cebu Int'l Airport)

10:00am SM City Cebu/Ayala Center Cebu

1:00pm South Bus Terminal

4:00pm Osmena Peak

*overnight stay at a lodge in Mantalongon, Dalaguete

Saturday (April 14)

5:00am Go to Tan-awan Oslob 

after Tan-awan, go to Badian Beach

*Overnight stay at Terra Manna Beach Resort

Sunday (April 15)

7:00am Go to Kawasan Falls

9:00am Back to Cebu City

11:00am/12:00pm check in at Sampaguita Suites

Cebu City Tour in the afternoon

4:00pm Go to Cebu Tops

Monday (April 16)

10:00am hotel checkout

10:00am - 4:00pm malling

4:00pm Mactan Cebu Int'l Airport

7:05pm Departure 

7:55pm Arrival (Iloilo Int'l Airport)

I just made this itinerary by myself so this is not 100% sure yet. I don't know how to get to Badian from Tan-awan yet. I hope everything goes well in this trip. ^^

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