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El Nido and Puerto Princesa Underground River Itinerary 8 days

During the last week of November to first week of December, I traveled back to Palawan to revisit Puerto Princesa Underground River and El Nido found at the northern half of the mainland. During the first half of the trip, I traveled with my travel mates. We hired a travel agency (packaged tour) to take us to the PP Underground River and then three full days of beach/island hopping tours in El Nido.

On the second half of my 8-day itinerary in Northern Palawan, I traveled solo (DIY) in El Nido town proper and then back to Puerto Princesa to kick start my exploration of Tabon Caves in Southern Palawan.

Route map of 8-day El Nido and PP Underground River itinerary

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PP Subterranean River National Park Tour Palawan; PPUR to El Nido

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I traveled solo during my first visit to the Puerto Princesa Underground River in Palawan. I did it on a do-it-yourself (DIY) itinerary and to save on costs, walked the 5-kilometer jungle trail to the cave’s mouth.

It was one of those early moments when I got to experience how it is to “backpack” my way to exotic places in the Philippines.

I would still love to do the jungle trail over again but on my revisit to Palawan, me and my travel buddies took the more convenient package tour option.

I traveled to the same destination but the experience couldn’t be more different.

Traveling with friends to the Puerto Princesa Underground River

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Puerto Princesa City to Manila

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Around Puerto Princesa City, Palawan

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Bonton Falls Trek

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Banwa Art Pension House; Iloilo to Puerto Princesa, Palawan Flight via Manila

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My second visit to Palawan happened nearing the end of 2011. I had been thinking of revisiting El Nido since June, roughly one year since the first time I stepped foot in that beautiful paradise.

During those 12 months, I was occupied by my desire to backpack extensively around the Philippines. The plan was to see the beauty of our country first and then start visiting the rest of the world.

The experience of traveling to places I’ve always craved to visit in the Philippines (but didn’t have the freedom because I was either still in school or didn’t have enough money for it) was nothing short of amazing. It was personally fulfilling to live the life that I wanted at the time.

Before starting anew with the new year, my enthusiasm at moving on to “the next step” was dampened by, simply put, decisions. Living a free spirited life was something I dreamed about growing up. I’ve just arrived at mid-20s now and a lot of me (my perspective of things) feels different.

I wouldn’t change how I spent my life so far but I was feeling disconnected because I didn’t know if it (living a nomadic life) is still something I would find fulfillment exhausting my time and effort over the next few years.

I wanted to retrace my steps in Palawan … back to places I visited when I was just starting to travel/backpack. This time, I didn’t plan every moment of my itinerary. I just wanted to discover how I’d react to things that happen and make plans along the way.

Boarding an early morning flight from Iloilo to Manila

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Rediscover Palawan: Tabon Caves, El Nido, Puerto Princesa in 13 days

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I was back where I started.

Some things remained as I had left them … a lot of new developments around … perhaps the biggest change I noticed during my revisit to Palawan was how much of me feels different.

The last time I traveled to Palawan was one of my personal milestones. It was my first attempt to go solo backpacking. A taste of the life I was setting myself up for the next 19 months … almost two years ago, yikes!

I fell in love with the natural landscapes of Palawan especially El Nido. No place I’ve visited still compared.

Before moving on to the new year, I craved to go back. I was feeling disconnected and needed to get in touch with how I was before so I could better understand what traveling means to me now.

Rediscover Palawan (Tabon Caves, El Nido, Puerto Princesa) in 13 days

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Photo Series: Tropical Tundra in the Last Frontier

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During an early morning flight to Palawan, I was looking out the window and saw a flat sheet of cloud covering most of the landscape and with the sunrise breaking out of the horizon. It seemed like we were flying above the sea ice of the Arctic Ocean … and so I thought of capturing this idea in a photo series called “Tropical Tundra.”

I and couple of friends went to El Nido, at the very tip of Palawan Island. It was already my second time to visit El Nido but she still looked just as beautiful as when I first laid eyes on her towering limestone mountains and alluring waters.

The idea behind this photo series was seeing things in a new light and achieving greater possibilities out of our circumstances.

I want to fly and never come down.