The Palawan loop
Manila → Puerto Princesa → El Nido → Coron → Manila. Three Palawan destinations on one ticket.
- · fly Manila → Puerto Princesa
- · van Puerto Princesa → El Nido
- · ferry El Nido → Coron
- · fly Coron → Manila
Most Palawan trips end up at one destination, because the flights are priced to make stitching multiple stops feel expensive. They are not. The Palawan loop covers all three of the region’s headline islands in five to seven days for less than a single direct ticket to El Nido.
The sequence
Fly into Puerto Princesa cheap (Cebu Pacific routinely runs ₱1,800 seats). Spend two days on the Underground River and Honda Bay. Shared van up the spine of Palawan to El Nido (₱700, 6 hours). Two or three days of island-hopping. Ferry across to Coron (4–6 hours, ~₱2,500 depending on operator). One or two days of wreck diving. Direct flight out of Coron back to Manila (₱2,000).
Why it works
Total transport: ~₱9,900. Total destinations: three. Direct round-trip Manila ↔ El Nido is ₱20,000 for one beach. You can do all of Palawan for half of that — and you skip the long van retracing on the way home.