Private Underground River Day Tour with Lunch from El Nido

Beautiful, scenic drive leading up to Sabang Pier. We booked a private tour so we were the only ones on the boat. Once you reach the beach, you walk through the rainforest where you are greeted by monkeys. Hold on to your hats/bags/belongings. They are known to snatch loose items. Don’t show your teeth since monkeys consider this a sign of aggression. Then you ride a banca (canoe) where you are given headsets to listen to a recorded narration on the history of the caves. You will see small bats hanging on the walls. The restrooms are clean. The foot wash was helpful. Lunch is served back at the pier. The buffet includes a variety of authentic, Filipino dishes. Yummy!

My partner and I had an incredible time exploring the Underground River of Puerto Princesa. The beauty of the river and its cave formations left us in awe. Echo, our guide, was amazing—super funny and full of energy, making the ride to the river so enjoyable. Her warmth and knowledge made the experience even more special, and she shared fascinating insights about the river’s history and geology. The whole trip was seamless, and we couldn’t have asked for a better experience. Thank you so much for making this adventure unforgettable!

The trip was nice because the cave is incredible but if you are going to book this tour bear in mind the following: 1. We had to wake up at 2.30 am. 2. The drivers stopped a few times, totally normal but one of the stops was more than 30 minutes. 3. We had to wait for the guide to come for mora than an hour. That means, we could have departured 1.30h later and not wake up so early. 4. Once the guide arrived, he stopped us in a viewpoint for 10 minutes which we didn't really wanted to stop. 5. In the van, he told us we we're late so we had to wait for about 1-2h for a permit to visita the cave. 6. So that we didn't have to wait doing nothing, he offered altenative activities which we had to pay. We did the manglar one but we didn't like it. 7. The cave was awesome but we we're really tired so we didn't have a good time. I recomend you to got to bed very early the day before if you're thinking of doing this tour. We had a not very pleasant experience because we wastwd a lote of time doing nothing and half an hour on the manglar activity which we didn't enjoy. Eventhough the guide was good.