1 day

About this activity

The tour starts with an early pick up from your preferred hotel in Puerto Princesa City. Enjoy a 2.5 hour drive to Sabang with a picturesque view of other natural attractions. From Sabang you will take a motorized Bangka (which is a small motorize local boat) going to the Entrance Beach, a wonderful forest area home to a number of indigenous species, containing a set of naughty Macaque's. See and experience a close encounter with monkeys and monitor lizards in a rain forest setting.

From there, enter the exotic and breathtaking world of the underground river by paddle boat for 45 minutes to 1 hour. Explore the pitch-dark inner recesses of the cavern. The Underground River is one of the longest navigable underground rivers in the world, with a total length of 5 miles (8km).

Witness the stalagmite-pillared interiors and different rock formations and doomed amphitheaters which took thousands of years to form, and the Swift and Bat populations that inhabit the cave.

Upon your return to the Sabang port your guide will bring you to a local restaurant where you will be provided a buffet lunch.

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Included

Hotel pickup and drop-off within Puerto Princesa City (town proper)
Round-trip shared transfer
Services of Licensed Tour Guide
Tourist Boat Transfers
Permits and Environmental Fees
Travel Insurance
Audio Tours
Buffet lunch at Gusto Restaurant

Not included

Gratuities

Additional

Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
Children must be accompanied by an adult

Features

Tourism

85%

Original

50%

Cultural

40%

Reviews

4.5

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Terrance M

4 | 2018-03-05

The core of the trip is the 45M boat ride in the underground river but the entire trip is roughly 6.5H. The 1.5H ride up was through green country with some small roadside villages en route. Being with a guide saved lots of procedural unknowns. One next took a less than 15M bangka ride to the area of the river. A further 5M walk to you to the entrance area and your boat. Supplied items were lifejackets worn on the bangkas and the underground river boat trip plus a hard hat and audiotape for the underground river boat trip. The audiotape was very good. The cave is not a Disney production. There is minimal lighting from the boat captains. After a second bangka ride, it was time for lunch at the Gusto Grill. Same was no more than average. Lots of nodding off on the way home. This was by and large an enjoyable visit to a unique World Heritage Site.

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David S

1 | 2017-11-06

This package is over-priced. We paid US50 per person thinking we will get better quality for this tour. They squeeze 10 travelers in the van making the entire 1 1/2 hour journey extremely uncomfortable. We met a family of 6 in the hotel we were staying and they only paid Php1800 equivalent to US36 per person. When we reach the pier waiting for the boat ride, we realized the family of 6 came in the same type of Van as ours, will be riding the same type of boats as ours. They even have the same lunch buffets just like our. Basically, regardless, who ever you buy your tour package from, you get the same quality from the local operators.

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Jonathan C

5 | 2016-09-23

Very good well organised tour, pick at hotel was on time, all went smoothly. boats were all safe Underground river is the 8th wonder of the world, well worth the trip, the buffet lunch had plenty of choices so no need to go hungry, even included a soft drink.

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Charity H

5 | 2016-07-28

Such a spectacular visit to this nature-made site! No words or pictures can truly describe the beauty - this is a must-visit for everyone!!! And our guide made our tour extra fun and interesting with his ad-lib, even my teenager enjoyed it as much as me.

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