A sweet treat of Puerto Princesa

2 Oct 2008

A special surprise travel to puerto princesa for us since it was my parents’ Silver Wedding Anniversary. A blend of excitement and queasy feelings for a sweet-trip-treat for my family. Another gainsay to a sweet dad who has a colleague in Puerto Princesa to help him do all the preparations for the trip. Ecstatic. Off we go to Puerto Princesa!

We stayed in Puerto Pension Bed and Breakfast Inn located along Malvar St in Puerto Princesa. What’s nice about this Pension house is its great location. Settled in the heart of the City, my parents were delighted in going back and forth to the City Market to the Pension house. My parents also loved the nearby river park/bay where they trotted in the morning as if they were local residents. What is more, for a free breakfast, free airport transfers and a good deal of discount for the duration of our stay. I just love being near the city market for cashew nuts (roasted, fried, cashew brittle). It is really important to like the place you’re staying on holiday. Especially if the weather is bad! If you’re staying somewhere nice, you don’t mind as much if it rains. You can relax, playing bingo online, reading or just hanging out with friends and family. Puerto Pension Bed and Breakfast is the kind of place that puts you at ease and makes you feel at home.

Upon arrival at the airport, our tour guide Kuya Pepito greeted us with a big smile, he brought us to Badjao Seafront restaurant for our lunch, and then brought us to Honda Bay for island hopping. On the second day and third day, another tour guide Kuya Danny brought us around Puerto Pricesa. We’re blessed to meet him as he was very helpful and courteous, he’s the kind of guy that will show you the best places to buy from and just won’t allow us to not get the best out of our trip.

Sharing with you our itinerary and food explorations:

First Day: Badjao Seafront Restaurant , Honda Bay & Kinabuchs

Second Day: Underground River and Tribal Restaurant at Sabang Beach

Third Day: Puerto Princesa City Tour and Haim’s Chicken Inato

More Information:

Puerto Pension Bed & Breakfast Inn
#35 Malvar St., Puerto Princesa City Palawan Philippines
Contact numbers: +63(048) 4332969 or 4334149

For van rentals:

Kuya Danny Abad (tell him Jeff and Edz recommended him)
0910-6661767

Tags: Palawan, puerto princesa

32 Responses to A sweet treat of Puerto Princesa

tin

March 23rd, 2009 at 8:16 am

Hi,

approximately, how much did you spend on this palawan trip? I wanted to go to palawan but I am totally clueless as to how much it would cost. thanks.

Edz

March 26th, 2009 at 2:17 pm

Hi Tin! The expenses vary depending on the number of persons joining the trip, hotel accommodation & whether you’ll travel during peak & lean season, oh! not to mention if there’s an on going promo of airfare that equates to huge discount. As per our expenses, let’s just say that we spend roughly Php5,000-Php6,000 a day (you may check my post of the price of van rental & minimal entrance fees we have paid) since we did not avail of any travel agency packages. I apologize If I could not give you a rough estimate of the entire cost we spent. If you are currently planning it, I suggest you list down the places you wanted to visit & call Kuya Danny at (0910-6661767) you may ask him to help you out scout for nice & pocket friendly accommodation and rent him out to be your tour/guide driver.

God is Great!

God bless,

marissa

April 8th, 2009 at 5:32 pm

Can you tell me some more options for eating places please.
I have been to Ka Lui and Badjao Seafront and aside from these places, what else can I recommend to my friends?
Thank you.

April 13th, 2009 at 10:42 am

Hi Tita Marissa,

Thank you for visiting our site.
I have listed some of the food places in Puerto Princesa that you and your friends might want to try.

For Pinoy seafood aside from Ka Lui and Badjao Seafront
Balinsasayaw offers (cheap grilled value meals at P69)

For Gerry’s type kind of Pinoy grilled foods
Kinabuchs
Haim’s Chicken Inato
Jo’s Chicken Inato

For Vietnamese food:
Rene Saigon
Vietville (a bit far from the city)
Chao Long in Bona’s

For Chinese cuisine:
Ong’s Maki House
Edwin’s

For drinks:
Kinabuchs

For coffee:
Kamarikutan Kape & Galeri
Itoy’s

Baked Goodies:

Baker’s Hill (crinkles, Ube hopia, pianono)
Sans Rival at Divine Sweets (sometimes also available at Itoy’s Coffee Shop)

Hope that helps.

Thanks & God bless!

April 13th, 2009 at 11:47 am

THANK YOU VERY MUCH EDZ! Chris told me about your call
to him:) Happy Easter and all the best! More power
to you website:)

Chared

August 21st, 2009 at 10:29 pm

by the way, i would like to ask if there are entrance fees during the city tour? thanks in advance!

Mai Flores

August 24th, 2009 at 9:40 pm

Hello! I just read your wonderful blog entries about Puerto Princesa. And I myself got more excited for my trip there this October. Your recommendations of where to go and places to dine-in are very much helpful..as it will be my first time there. I have booked my accomodations in Puerto Pension a few months ago, as I fell in-love with the look of their place. However, I wasn’t able to ask them. this.. Would you happen to know if there’s a near-by beach from Puerto Pension? If so, how long through Tricycle, or through walking (if possible?) =)….Thank You so much! Hope to hear from you soon! God speed! =)

August 25th, 2009 at 8:46 am

Hi Chared,
Thank you for visiting our blog & finding it useful.
Yes there are minimal entrance fees during the city tour, if you’re with kids they have a student discount in the Butterfly garden. Entrance fees are like Php 10 and up but not exceeding Php 50 each.

Thanks & God bless your preps!

August 25th, 2009 at 9:02 am

Hi Mai,

Thanks for your sweet message. I’m glad that you found our blog as a reference to your trip. I regret to inform you that there are no nearby beach from Puerto Pension. Sabang beach is way far from the city, but you can refer to what we did after exploring the Underground river, we spent few hours in Sabang.

Thanks & God bless your trip!

August 25th, 2009 at 9:52 pm

Thanks too! May I ask one more thing though? What can we do for our first day there? I’ve planned to set aside day 2 & 3 for the underground river and honda bay island hopping. =)

steph

September 2nd, 2009 at 3:07 pm

hi, ms. edz. I just want to thank you in advance for all the advise you gave us tourist through your blog. I’ve already call kuya danny regarding our trip this weekend. And i’m really excited about this. God Bless!!!

Karl

September 6th, 2009 at 1:27 am

If your planning to travel to Palawan and need
someone to guide and drive you, I am recomending
my bro who has a Nissan Urvan for rent. His a God
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Just contact Him at +639295062038 and look for
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catherine

October 31st, 2009 at 9:41 pm

hi.. my fiance and i are planning to have a beach wedding in puerto princesa… approx date would be 2nd week of december 2010…do you know someone who can coordinate with us? we will be having 25 guests.. so we need a hotel to stay in for 3 days and 2 nights,,, the first day would be just a lunch or dinner in ka lui .. and any added tour you can give us… the second day would be a simple beach wedding ceremony (catholic) of course by the beach… just a simple ceremony will do… a sunset event perhaps… then a dinner to the badjao seafront resto for our reception… is that possible?? and the remaining day would be a tour to the underground river, butterfly garden and crocodile farm…

John1596

January 7th, 2010 at 10:36 am

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January 10th, 2010 at 9:51 am

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charity

January 14th, 2010 at 8:44 am

hi,
I would like to ask if a one year old child is allowed at the underground river and at the honda bay.we are planning to go to palawan this coming march.please response soon.Thank u.

sns

February 2nd, 2010 at 6:46 pm

hi. thanks for this blog. very useful and informative..God bless!

julie

February 17th, 2010 at 9:16 pm

hi, thanks for your blog entries, so helpful.
we would be in palawan this coming july, just wanto to ask if you happen to know if a child – 1 1/2 yr old is allowed to underground river and honday bay?
thanks so much! keep it up!

Michelle Fernandez

March 24th, 2010 at 12:23 am

Hi guys! We created a fan page on facebook for Kuya Danny (Actually our group promised him that we’ll do that). We’re also one of his SATISFIED clients. If you happen to be one of us then please join the said page. Let’s promote Kuya Danny for his awesome service! Thanks

Fan page Name: “Tamang Trip d lang Tag-init, Tara na sa El Nido at Puerto Princesa!”

Link: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Puerto-Princesa-Palawan/Tamang-Trip-d-lang-Tag-init-Tara-na-sa-El-Nido-at-Puerto-Princesa/110670332278284?v=app_6261817190#!/pages/Puerto-Princesa-Palawan/Tamang-Trip-d-lang-Tag-init-Tara-na-sa-El-Nido-at-Puerto-Princesa/110670332278284?v=wall

ann

May 23rd, 2010 at 7:21 am

hi guys,we are planning to be in palawan next week…just want to know if what is the maximum time for honda bay tour…coz we are planning to have it on our arrival date…and could probably have it after lunch time.

can a city tour be completed in 3 hours? coz we planned to take it on the day we will be leaving…and our flight is at 1130 in the morning?

hope u can enlighten me…

ty for this.

hanny

July 2nd, 2010 at 8:27 am

hi! I hust want to ask if a 1 1/2 child is allowed to underground river? How much is the fare rate of banca for a tour in honday bay? Do you have any contact person or a banca owner for honday bay because we plan to organize it by ourselves? thank you very much

anne

July 11th, 2010 at 3:03 am

hi! ask ko lang po may swimming pool po b dto sa pension? were planning to go here din kasi..thanks.:)

doris

July 15th, 2010 at 1:55 pm

can i have the contact # of Puerto Pension Bed & Breakfast Inn?

concerned palaweno

July 26th, 2010 at 10:39 am

please be careful when you refer someone.. just like what happened with a certain Mang Pepito Lunday.. a tricycle driver, Not a licensed tour guide pero recommended by guests kasi nga mura sa kanya compared to travel agencies and tour guides and okay din naman service nya.. personalized kung baga.. you can google him.. “Mang pepito lunday palawan”

Iza

August 1st, 2010 at 4:56 pm

Thank you very much for this informative blog. We will definitely be able to compare prices because you have paid so much attention to detail. Keep the posts coming!

deep gold resorts

December 10th, 2010 at 3:52 pm

palawan is sucha a beautiful place, i wanna go back again. I had wonderful memories of my last trip there.

rowena lim

January 1st, 2011 at 6:17 pm

hello! be in puerto princesa this coming January 24 to 27, 2010. We’re taking the Air Philippines flight from Manila and arriving Puerto Princesa at about 1:25pm. We have a reservation at the Asturias Plaza pero wala pa kaming bookked na mgpapasyal sa amin. Gusto ko pong ayusin lahat before arriving kaya please help me. Half day po ng 24 saan po kami pasyal kaagad? Pwede na ba kami city tour kaagad?? and the following morning ther 25th underground river naman po kami and on the 26th sa Honda Bay nman po kami. sa 27th naman is leaving pa kami after lunch for Manila. Sino po recommend nyo to guide us? kahit cellphone lang po pwede na. thanks

Shar Liz

February 26th, 2011 at 1:09 am

Hi! If it’s just me and my friend, do you suggest availing of tours or we’ll just go to Honda Bay, City Tour places, Underground river, on our own? Which is more cost efficient? Please please let me know. We’ll be leaving 2 weeks from now.

mai

July 4th, 2011 at 11:53 pm

I’m planning to visit palawan next month. Does the Inn you stayed has a free airport pick up? Is “Kuya Pepito” one of the Inn’s staff? thank you.

edwin

July 9th, 2011 at 11:45 pm

hey…. baka may gus2 sumabay para mkatipid …. sept 15 thurs, 930am flight arrival sa puerto prinsesa, right away going to sabang undrgrnd river… we already booked on mang danny’s van for 3500 and 700/boat total of 4200/hati2x na tau dun 2 na kmi!!!!! if interested pls txt 09325127738, or email bestpak_24@yahoo.com. para mkatipid going to sabang beach// mas tipid kc to compare sa tour packages na 1500/head…

August 16th, 2011 at 12:41 am

heyyy…. sept. 15, going to sabang, undrgrnd river….. mr jess already confirm na join sila…. we are already 4person, we need only 2person to join us going to undrgrnd river 3500 on van rental, 700 on boat rental, total of= 4200 hati2x na tayo dun, we alredy booked on mang danny’s van, sa mga gus2 makatipid, pls contact me 0932-512-77-38, mas tipid po sa 4200/all persons + 150/head entrance fee, compare sa 1500/head na tour package……
sched on: sept. 15, 2011
time: 9:30am
going to: sabang (underground river)
amount:4200 divided by all persons
assitional: 150pesos for entrance fee
need only: 2(two) persons to join us

Asian traveler

September 22nd, 2011 at 9:46 pm

Hi, Im planning to go to palawan, I’m trying to check for rates of resort, hotels and places to eat there. it would be very nice if you could help me out.

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