Arrival Puerto Princesa

• Puerto Princesa

  4 hoursAdmission Ticket Free

  Upon arrival at Puerto Princesa (preferably arrive before noon), you will be met from the airport and transported to your hotel. In the afternoon we'll proceed for a half-day sightseeing of Puerto Princesa. This sightseeing tour aims to show you within a few hours the main landmarks of Puerto Princesa City. Puerto Princesa is the capital of Palawan province and serves as the main gateway to visitors that are on their way to visit Underground River, El Nido, and San Vicente. This tour will take you along a route passing the City Hall, the Immaculate Conception Cathedral, the Boulevard, the Eulalia Park and the Plaza Cuartel, a restored ruin of a Japanese military base built during the World War II. The tour continues to Palawan Wildlife Rescue and Conservation Center (formerly known as Crocodile Farm), where you can see the captivating reptiles, ranging from babies to full-grown giants.

• Puerto Princesa City Baywalk Park

  15 minsAdmission Ticket Included

  Well-known seaside promenade lined with palm trees drawing walkers, bicyclists and joggers.

• Immaculate Conception Cathedral

  15 minsAdmission Ticket Included

  This cathedral is a historical landmark where Puerto Princesa's first mass was held in 1872. At that time, the Spanish expedition also proclaimed that the Immaculate Conception of Mary is the patroness of Puerto Princesa.

• Princess Eulalia Park

  10 minsAdmission Ticket Included

  Princess Eulalia Park where Don Jose Sostao, head of the colonizing expedition, read the decree of the Foundation of Puerto Princesa on March 4, 1872. The monument of a princess serves as a marker of the event. The park was titled after the same Spanish princess to whom Puerto Princesa was also named after.

• Plaza Cuartel

  10 minsAdmission Ticket Included

  Outdoor park and site of a formal penal colony, where 150 U.S. soldiers were burned by the Japanese.

• Palawan Wildlife Rescue and Conservation Center

  20 minsAdmission Ticket Included

  Formerly the Crocodile Farming Institute, and still referred to by locals as the "Crocodile Farm," is a tourist attraction and a national research institute devoted to crocodiles. About 30 to 40 minutes from the city center, the Croc Farm also has a mini-zoo, which features some of Palawan's endemic species of wildlife.
• Accommodations

  Centro Hotel in Puerto Princesa (4 Star) or similar