El Nido Island Hopping: Explore Towering Limestone Cliffs, White Sand Beaches & Vibrant Marine Life
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El Nido

El Nido presents majestic limestone formations, pristine beaches of white sand, diverse underwater fauna, breathtaking sunsets, and an energetic town resort vibe. Recognized as one of the Philippines’ undiscovered treasures, this excursion will allow you to explore a variety of the town’s islands and shorelines.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Secret Lagoon Beach - The Secret Lagoon is hidden within an island with a pristine white beach and crystal clear water. You go there to enjoy the view from the beach, the beach itself and to explore the Secret Lagoon.
What's Included
  • Local guide
  • Lunch
  • Boat transfers
What's Not Included
  • El Nido Eco-Tourism Development Fee (200 PHP). This amount shall be collected before the group leaves for the tour
  • Kayak, snorkel equipment and aqua shoes (available for rent)
  • Gratuities
  • Entrance fees to Premium Stop destinations: Big Lagoon
Location
Marber's
Meet up is at Marber's Restaurant
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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James_t
Mar 23, 2024
Worth every penny... - Not perfect but what a memorable experience. Just boarding the boat at the beginning was extreme! Wading thru chest high water to the ladder! First 1/2 of the trip was spectacular. Unfortunately I'm not a kayaker and felt it a waste of time. It was a enic enough but navigating thru 100 other kayakers was too much. Somehow we missed out on wear to rent water shoes. I got several cuts from sharp coral even though I was wearing good flip flops. Also renting snorkeling gear is important. Even if you have never snorkelled before, do it! Worth every penny. By lunch time I was starving. Lunch was adequate, but bring some snacks for in-between.
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Zoe4eva
Mar 6, 2024
Loved ig - Great lot of people to tour with. Sadly our tour was pretty windy but was still a great day out. Would highly recommend wet shoes and lots of sunscreen.
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455percyc
Jan 17, 2024
Tour A is a great way to start El Nido experience - The islands are amazing and the crew was so helpful. Great value for group the tours. Will definitely come back.
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Cosmopolitan481235
Jan 1, 2024
Highly Recommended. - The best thing about the Tour was the staff. A great guide who cared about us at all times. He took photos of us, took us to the Big Lagoon when there were fewer people. I would definitely repeat with them.
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Duncanhendry
Mar 21, 2024
Trip A el nido - Would have been a 5☆, but there are so many boats doing the exact same trip. There are literally 100's of people doing what you are! Take away that issue, and the trip is great with a lot to do and see
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Demi
Jan 28, 2024
Spectacular scenery and worth a visit - It is a very busy tour and our tour guide did his best to give us the best opportunity to see everything possible. There were a lot of us on the boat which made it crowded at times.
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Mariawf4948my
Dec 30, 2023
Fantastic trip - Came with the family we asked for tour A Wild Rose.tour It was very good the tour guide were fantastic very helpful and accommodating. Lunches were delicious but not much choices for vegetarians. Before we went to five islands the organiser has informed us exactly where we going to the destination and he was very funny. One member of the crew was very helpful when I was a bet struggling to swim to the shore ready for lunch on one of the island but the downside was they never showed how to put my life vest properly on and to those people who are not good swimmers are not good for this trip not to recommend Over all the trip was fantastic and enjoyable for those people who loved swimming and snorkeling.
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Armost2198
Feb 17, 2024
Very, very crowded - We liked seeing the area, and the mountains and seas I Northern Palawan are gorgeous. Unfortunately, El nido has become VERY crowded and popular, there must be over 100 boats do8ng tours each day. On our lunch stop on one Beach there were 29 boats on the beach and we couldn't go to the beach. At the kayaking stop there were 26 boats and Hundreds of people on kyaks in the water. I would arrange a private tour next time to steer around the crowds. Also, I got sick from the lunch provided. It may be best to bring you own food
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Mantaray009
Jan 13, 2024
The worse of what mass tourism can offer - If you want to go to El Nido to go island hopping, think again and do not expect your trip to be like the Instagram photos you may have seen. It is so crowded that it ruins the experience. Are the islands and secret, hidden or palm-fringed beaches beautiful? Absolutely ! The problem is that you are arriving with so many other boats that if you want to be a bit in the water you will be just next to many boats. Boats are queuing at every stops and it just gets ridiculous. You will be on a small beach for less than 20 minutes with 200 other persons. We stopped in very average snorkelling spots and the last beach we visited was beautiful but arriving a bit before 3PM meant it was already all in the shade, but still very crowded. Unfortunately, all companies and all tours (A, B, C, D) are just facing the same issue: El Nido is victim of its own success and you are just better off going somewhere else if you truly want to have a beautiful day discovering beaches.
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Chriskennedy100
Jan 9, 2024
Terrible service, no communication - Having been to Palawan twice before, we planned this trip well ahead and did everything we could do to do everything right in order to avoid disappointment. We booked a private tour so that we wouldn't waste hours waiting for late participants. We booked directly with Corazon, not only this tour, but all four of our tours, hopefully so that they would place higher value on our patronage. In the end, it didn't matter, our tour was still doomed. The agent Aina never gave us the operator's contact, and the operator said that she never gave them our contact either. Even worse, in the morning when we could not connect with the operator, Aina and Corazon were unreachable via Whatsapp. So we stood around for 90 minutes before finally meeting our guide, and ended up being the last boat to depart the wharf, meaning we had to wait in long queues at every stop. They made no special accommodation for our 70-year parents. In fact, we got the smallest, hardest to access boat in the bay (Annanya). They ignored our request for fish to be included in our meal. Despite paying a "premium fee" that was supposed to cover our snorkel gear and kayak usage, we had to pay separately at the beach to rent snorkel gear, and our boat was not equipped with kayaks. We had to wait 90 minutes at the Big Lagoon to rent kayaks there. Our guide Angelo was friendly and helped to mind our 2-year old son, but he provided absolutely no information about the islands at all. Compare this to our first tour in El Nido in 2018 where the guide told us all about the history of the islands and their names, and told us about the importance of Sawsawan sauce and the way it complements Filipino cuisine, all while he was carving up a fresh pineapple; on this trip, we didn't even get any Sawsawan sauce or pineapple. Not even any calamansi or cold drinks. Only warm bottles of water. The food was absolutely terrible. If I were going to do it again, I would wait and book through my hotel. That way you have someone working on the tour that has your best interests in mind, and someone you can communicate with. Our hotel said they use Discover El Nido and their guests are always happy.
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