Philippines Palawan Complete Guide 2026: El Nido, Coron, Puerto Princesa, Tubbataha
Browse more guides: Philippines travel | Asia destinations Philippines Palawan Complete Guide 2026: El Nido, Coron, Puerto Princesa, Tubbataha I spent twenty-three days moving slowly through Palawan in March, starting in Puerto Princesa, dropping down to Port Barton for the quieter island days, climbing up the limestone bays of El Nido, then taking the four-hour fast ferry north across the Linapacan crossing to Coron. By the end of that arc I had snorkeled coral that looked airbrushed, swum through a thermocline that felt like stepping from a swimming pool into a hot bath, kayaked into a Big Lagoon that you literally have to duck under a rock to enter, and stood at the bottom of a karst cliff that frames the cleanest lake in Asia. This guide pulls all of it together so you can plan a Palawan trip without losing days to logistics, and so you can do it for less money than almost any other tropical archipelago on the planet. TL;DR: Palawan in 500 Words Palawan is the long, skinny is...