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Tour Operated by: World Holiday Travel & Tours

Palawan

Experience Palawan vacation on the island with crystal clear blue waters, sandy shores and a phenomenal Underground river, the idyllic Palawan archipelago easily claimed the top spot in Travel & Leisure magazine's awards " Best Island in the World". It's also not the only one as Conde Nast Traveler and National Geographic Traveler have also given the island similar award.

We Support Community based sustainable tourism:

Our mission is to give customer satisfaction, enjoyable and excellent service to our customers while we support the development of sustainable tourism in our developing city. Through sustainable tourism management, World holiday travel helps in actively fostering sustainable development and destination conservation.

THE DIFFERENCE YOU MAKE

“Community-based sustainable tourism gives travelers the chance to feel what it is like in our local communities, gain experiences from the points of view of the residents of the communities, and at the same time help them in gaining income,”

By booking the tours you help generate productive jobs and facilitate new income opportunities for the locals. You can help poverty alleviation. We support the city government focus on the promotion of its Community-Based Sustainable Tourism (CBST) projects designed to enrich the lives of residents in distant villages here.

What makes these tours more distinctive is that they are community-based — the locals manage and the income derived from these destionations goes to the improvement of their community.

All these are part of the Community-based Sustainable Tourism (CBST) that the city government of Puerto Princesa promotes. The project aims to boost the tourism industry in the city while, at the same time, helping the community develops by giving a means of livelihood to its local residents :

Batak Tribe tour in Batak Visitor Center Cultural Village

Underground river Ugong Rock And Zipline

Underground River with mangrove paddleboat tours

Iwahig Firefly Watching

Maoyon Rivercruise And Bamboo Rafting

Sabang Mangrove Paddle Boat Tour

San Carlos Floating Restaurant

Island hopping honda bay pambato reef

Underground River tour with Ugong Rock in Barangay Tagabenit, Firefly Watching in Barangay Iwahig, Pambato Reef Diving and Snorkeling in Honda Bay, San Carlos Floating Restaurant, view decks also in Tagabenit and Barangay Buenavista and Mangrove Paddle Tours in barangays Bacungan and Cabayugan.

The Tagabinet Ugong Rock Tourism Service Cooperative are composed of members who are also employees of Ugong rock Before Ugong rock become a tourist destionation. The members were engaged in slash and burn farming not caring about the preservation of nature. After the involvement of the community they embraced ecotourism by opening the Ugong rock to adventurous travelers. The activity give them enough to sustain thier everyday needs and the members could now afford to send thier children to school which they once deprived of. The people in the community were given livelihood and they communisty is now involved in the government environmental programs such as mangroove and tree planting they also help in protecting the environment and reporting any illegal activities in the area..

THE UNDERGROUND RIVER TOUR:

The first stop is the Buenavista View Deck, which stands over an elevated area overlooking the Ulugan Bay. The view here is astounding and visitors can take amazing pictures that they can take back home.

THE UNDERGROUND RIVER WITH UGONG ROCK:

For a more physical adventure, the Ugong Rock in Sitio Sabang offers hiking, spelunking and– hold your breath—ziplining.

Ugong Rock, a 75-foot limestone formation, is named as such because the columns inside its caves produce a humming reverberating sound when tapped. The sound is produced when the stalactite and stalagmite connected.

To reach the view deck at the top, which is the dropping point of the zipline, one will have to navigate the winding passageways through the Ugong Rock. At one point, you will have to scale the wall of the cave to get up. The zipline experience itself provides enough thrill on its own. Claiming to be the fastest zipline glide in the country–gliding lasts approximately 20 seconds–, the steep angle of the drop from the top looks formidable. But there is where the thrill lies.

The dolphin watching and firefly watching are under the community management of Barangay Tulingan, which is composed of fishermen formerly engaged in illegal fishing and living in nearly 10 barangays that surround the city bay.

Ugong Rock, on the other hand, is being managed by residents of Barangay Tagabenit, primarily composed of Batak and Tagbanua indigenous peoples.

UNDERGROUND RIVER WITH MANGROOVE TOUR

This is the underground river with mangrove paddleboat tour:

Finally, the mangrove paddling tour will leave you in awe of the majestic and lush mangrove areas in Sitio Sabang. One of the mangrove trees that can be found there is already 300 years old. The paddle boat ride covers approximately one and a half kilometers of the navigable part of the river that goes through the mangroves. More importantly, visitors will learn the importance of the mangroves to the ecosystem as the tour guides take time to explain it to their guests as they point to the different species of animals that inhabit the area.

The Batak Tribe Tour:

To help preserve the culture and living traditions of the Batak indegenous cultural communities and to create opportunities for livelihood from tourism activity. The Batak center was organized by Kultura Batak tourism Cooperative which sells ethnic crafts and showcases dance presentation to visitors.

The Iwahig Firefly Watching tour is a Gold PATA Awardee for ecotourism operated by Iwahig Community Ecotourism Association where visitors will be entralled by fascination sight of colonies of fireflies illumination in the riverbanks of Iwahig River at night time.

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The Underground River or St Paul Subterreanean River National Park in Puerto Princesa City Palawan Philippines is one of the UNESCO World Heritage Site is a protected area of the Philippines located about 50 kilometres (30 mi) north of the city center of Puerto Princesa, Palawan. The national park is located in the Saint Paul Mountain Range on the northern coast of the island. The entrance to the subterranean river is a short hike from the town Sabang.They also found a cave dome measuring 300 m (980 ft) above the underground river, rock formations, large bats, a deep water hole in the river, more river channels, another deep cave, as well as marine creatures and more.On November 11, 2011, Puerto Princesa Underground River was provisionally chosen as one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature. This selection was officially confirmed on January 28, 2012.

Honda Bay :

Island hopping tour. Visit Cowrie island, Luli Island and Starfish Island.

See the crystal clear waters in Honda bay Islands. Enjoy Swimming and Snorkeling.

Firefly Watching Tour

A community based Sustainable Tourism; A Gold PATA Awardee for ecotourism, operated by the Iwahig Community Ecotourism Association. Visitors will be enthralled by a fascinating sight of myriad colonies of fireflies illuminating the riverbanks of Iwahig River at night time. The presence of fireflies signify a healthy natural environment of a river ecosystem with pure unpolluted atmosphere wherein you can breathe the freshest air.

Puerto Princesa City

Puerto Princesa City is the capital of Palawan Philippines. Puerto Princesa City has become the premier tourist destination in the Philippines. Puerto Princesa City is part of Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan (MIMAROPA) Region IV and among the active players in the regional development. Its airport Puerto princesa city International Airport and seaport are among the important transport links in the Region.

It is considered one of the largest cities in the country with a land area of 253,982 hectares or 2,539.82 square kilometers stretching over 106 kilometers long with its narrowest breadth of 8.5 kilometers at Barangay Bahile. Apportioned to 66 barangays of which 35 are urban while 31 rural.

While large in size, only 1.8 percent of the area is inhabited and a forest cover of 151,405 hectares, believed to be the biggest in any city in the Philippines. Puerto Princesa is aptly referred to as the “Princess City in the Last Frontier” of the Philippines.

City tour Afternoon

This is a city sightseeing tour in puerto princesa. Half day tour of the city that starts 1:00pm -5:00 pm. This is a small group tour with other tourist in a van. The tour will visit crocodile farm (optional), bakers hill , mitra ranch, souvenir shopping, baywalk, historical plaza cuartel and cathedral. Meals are not included in this tour. This is a half day tour only. rate 600 pesos per person or 12.5$ per person

FromUSD 12.50