UNESCO World Heritage Site: Palawan Underground River Tour
On his return trip, however, he made the Palawan Underground River tour that started with a visit to the Palawan Underground River Booking Office on Rizal Avenue right after visiting a resort on Honda Bay to reserve his slot.
The day, his group left their "hideout" in Puerto Princesa and went to Sabang, Puerto Princesa and scheduled a boat trip to the world-famous Palawan Underground River (also called Puerto Princesa Subterranean River).
Pictures of Palawan Underground River Tour:
Tutubi's boat that took his group to Palawan Undergroung River. trip only took about 15 minutes
a boat ride at Palawan Underground River consists of 7 people, including the driver. life vests and hardhats required for the cave tour for the usual safety precautions (you don't need them but just to be safe)
the dark and dingy interiors of Palawan Underground River is really not scary. Just don't create much movement so your boat won't tip over. The boatman doubles as tour guide who narrates funny stories to brighten up the dark (and scary to some) underground river and cave. Stalactites (limestone formations from the cave ceiling going down), stalagmites (formations on the ground going up) and columns (formations joining the ground and ceiling) were given descriptive names and stories.
Palawan underground river tour allows you to see amazing formations called stalactites, stalagmites and columns
an interesting stalactite formation called Sharon StoneThe 45 minutes tour of the longest navigable river in the world was a pleasant experience that Tutubi vowed to return there again probably with Tutubi Jr. and his grandparents, if Tutubi's budget can accommodate them all.
Palawan Underground River is one of Palawan's pride inscribed in UNESCO World Heritage sites, the other one being Tubbataha Reef. Recent news also trumpeted an amazing discovery in some unexplored chambers of the cave where fossils of extinct animals that existed at least 20 million years ago before civilization came on earth were unearthed by a team of Italian scientists who condected the scientific survey, as revealed by Puerto Princesa City Mayor Edward Hagedorn.
Coming Up: Palawan Underground River Tour Tips for the "cheapest Palawan Underground River package tour" you can have with the latest Palawan Underground River rates and bus, jeepney fares from Puerto Princesa.
Related posts on Palawan:
Puerto Princesa Airport
How to get to El Nido from Sabang
How to Get to Puerto Princesa Underground River
Labels: Caves, Mimaropa, Palawan, Rivers, Southern Tagalog, UNESCO
posted by backpacking philippines @ 8:14 PM,
9 Comments:
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At Apr 6, 2011 12:33:00 AM,
Photo Cache said...
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Oh I'd love to go on this tour too. What a wonderful natural resource.
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At Apr 6, 2011 11:35:00 AM,
tina said...
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being there is really an amazing experience.. and all those stalactite formations were equally mystical. :) love the place!
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At Apr 7, 2011 11:50:00 PM,
bw said...
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awesome. I'd like to visit is amazing caves someday !
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At Apr 8, 2011 8:27:00 PM,
docgelo said...
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my parents left me (and my family) when they went there to enjoy that underground river a couple of years ago. di bale, bullet-day (balang-araw!) mararating din namin yang palawan, hehe.
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At Apr 9, 2011 1:10:00 PM,
Lyndsay said...
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Wow, I didn't know we won the spot at UNESCO! Sweet! I haven't been here but I surely will soon!
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At Apr 12, 2011 8:56:00 PM,
Faith said...
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This is another place i will surely visit!
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At Mar 12, 2012 9:32:00 AM,
said...
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hi, i'm happy that you posted about the palawan underground river. it would be nice if you can also give us an idea how to go there and the budget perhaps, :)
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At Mar 12, 2012 2:54:00 PM,
backpacking philippines said...
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anonymous, there is a post on how to get there under
the related posts. just look for it above :) -
At Apr 26, 2012 3:02:00 PM,
Netherland said...
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I'm so happy when I found out that the underground river was one of the seven wonders of the world. I voted actually that's why I'm so happy!
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