DIY Honda Bay PPC
Initial Plan
Itinerary:
900am – Arrive, PPC Airport
930-1000am – Check-in Lodging (Own Cost)
1000-1015am – Tricycle Transfer To PPC Market Area. Buy Packed Lunch (Own Cost)
1015-1045am – Tricycle Transfer To Sta Lourdes Wharf
1045am-500pm – Honda Bay Tour: Starfish Island, Snake Island, & Pambato Reef
500-530pm – Tricycle Transfer To PPC/Lodging. End of DIY tour.
Tour Cost, Peso/Person
minimum 5pax = 700
Includes:
Tricycle Transfer from PPC-Sta Lourdes Wharf, DIY style
Boat Rent for Honda Bay Tour
Entrance Fee during the tour
Snorkel Mask Rent
Me, as your coordinator
How Do We Do This:
- Buy a plane ticket to Puerto Princesa City, arriving on or before May 28, 2011.
- If CebuPac, avail Flight 5J 637 (ETD 0810H). If AirPhilExpress, avail Flight 2P 0941 (ETD 0730H). If PAL, avail Flight PR 0195 (ETD 0800H).
- We meet at the MNL/PPC Airport. Upon Arrival, we check-in to our lodge (own cost). We must have a common or adjacent lodge, for better logistics. Better if we could avail lodging with free airport transfer.
- We ride a public tricycle going PPC market area, to buy our packed lunch. There is Mang Inasal, Mcdo, Jollibee, Chowking, and Carinderias.
- We take a tricycle going to Sta Lourdes Wharf.
- If we have the number (say 10 pax), we could hire a van or a jeep for this purpose. If it is more expensive, we just take the tricycle.
- At Sta Lourdes Wharf, we rent a boat. We’ll go the Starfish I, Snake I, and Pambato Reef. We take lunch at Snake I. Activities here: Snorkeling, White Beach relaxing, and Sight seeing.
- I will bring the Snorkel Mask to be used.
- After the Boat Trip, we will take a tricycle/jeep/van going back to PPC, to our lodging.
- End of tour
How To Join:
- Have your plane ticket first.
- Email me at owenferrer@gmail.com if you are interested joining. We will discuss this through email.
- Make a reservation deposit – P200/person to my BPI account. Just to be sure we are serious about joining.
- I will confirm your deposit and joining.
Note: We can customize or incorporate some cost component of the tour (lodging, food, etc.), to make it as one package cost.
gusto ko ito. medyo malayo pa kaya pwede pa pag-ipunan. may beach trips na kasi kami ng jan, feb at march. will tell norbert and andy.
tara lets, irene.
Hello Owen. I’m interested on joining your DIY tour. I’m just concerned on my group’s itinerary coz it’s our first time to go in Palawan.
We’ll be in Palawan from May 27 – May 30. Any suggestions? We wanna go see the Underground River and Port Barton as well.
I’m thinking of this IT:
May 27
Arrival (7.30 AM)
UR
May 28
Honda Bay Tour
May 29
Port Barton
May 30
City Proper
Departure to MNL
Thanks
hi xy, i have been to port barton. you should allot 3days for this minimum. better if you can spend 5-6days for this. the 2 days here is for travel PP-PB and PB-PP. i would suggest that you do PB, Roxas, San Vicente on some other longer vacation. getting tours in PP from agency is very easy. there are lots of them. so your UGR is easy to book there. just alot 1 day for this. other thing you can do at PP: dolphin watching, firefly watching, dos palmas daytrip, city tour… with regards to DIY Honda Bay. I will email you about this. Or we can discuss it here. let me know if you have questions about DIY Honda Bay.
Thanks so much Owen. Yup, it seems that Port Barton would have to wait the next time we go to Palawan.
We can go ahead and discuss tour details here (except your account details, if it’s okay, to also help other brave souls like us that prefer DIY tours.
My officemates tell me that Lola Itangs is good choice for lodging because of its practicality. If you have any suggestions about lodging, we can also consider that. We don’t mind staying in a 2-star hotel as long as it has aircon. (my friend is asthmatic)
Thanks again!
hi xy,
lola itangs’s is ok with me. although there is no free airport transfer i think. but we can ride the tricycle going there from airport. i think the fare is P10. haven’t stayed there, but i can sure try there. it is also near the market. hope they have free wifi.
actually i would just like to try any lodge… as long as there is free wifi.
question:
- how many are you going to PP?
- all have plane tickets?
Not sure about WIFI in Lola Itangs. Accdg to their website, they have free one way airport transfer (from airport lang).. haven’t booked lodging yet.. we’re giving ourselves until the end of feb to decide and book.. so if u have stayed on one of the “okay” hotels.. we can also consider.
Airline tickets booked for 5 persons, but not sure na ung 1.. so malamang 4 lang kami.. we are still persuading him to go with us. We ‘ll be in PP na as early as 27 May. 7.30AM Zest air flight.
I’m still researching about the other tours.
hi xy,
i think i am ok with lola itang’s. pero if you would like other lodging just let me know. i would realy like to try other lodging. i have only lodged at deloro inn.
i have been busy with diycoron lately, pero i will make updated computation for DIY Honda Bay tour cost, given your numbers.
until then. keep in touch.
Hello!
My Friends and I will be there from May 5-8! We really want to do the Honda Bay tour! will email you our schedule!:)
Hi Maria, I will not be in PP on your dates. but you may use the itinerary I drafted and follow the tips I posted.
Hi Owen! I am so excited on my first DIY Tour! I have been reading other sites as well so we can also do Underground River DIY Style. Anyway, by when do u need the deposit again so i can inform my groupmates? most likely, we will be 6 in the group.
Thanks
Will email you now.
Hi! Me and my husband will visit PPS from Nov. 10-15! We are on a tight thats why Im trying to do planning myself. Hope you could help us out! Thanks in advance!
hi danggit,
you may use the tip i made here. you can do DIY for Honda Bay that for sure. proven and tested. for DIY UGR, i will still have to test it maybe on August.
i will not be at PPC on your dates. what I can do is just post your travel dates in my DIY Trip Calendar in hope that others could join you – just in case.
Hi, Owen!
Love your blog, thank you! It’s very informative ^_^
My family and some friends are going to Puerto Princesa and El Nido next month. I can’t seem to get DIY information on Dolphin Watching in PPS. Any tips?
thanks, aisha. i really haven’t tried to look around for boats for the dolphin watching. i can think of 2 possible places to rent boat for this 1) sta lourdes wharf, 2) puerto princesa port or just along the seaside – but i am not really sure.
Hello Owenferer.
Magkano po rent ng boat at fare papunta Sta Lourdes Wharf? 2 persons lang po kasi kami eh. Mura kaya kung DIY for 2persons kaysa package from hotel na 1100/person?
Thanks po.
hi lovely, yes mas mura pag DIY kayo… at pag may kashare kayo sa boat rent…. it can go as low as 700/person. boat rent dun ay 1500 (i think), pero standard naman ang boat rent doon sa sta lourdes wharf.
Hi Owen, your blog is very informative =) Would you know if we can still hire a boat for a Honda Bay Island Hopping if we take it around lunchtym na? Let’s say around exactly mga 12NN na? ty!
hi gracey,
yes i think there are still boats for hire at 12nn.