"You can always make money but not MEMORIES"
5D4N Trip to El Nido for 2
for only 12,595 pesos???
This is a 5 days 4 nights trip to El Nido
San ka dadalhin ng 12,595 mo? (An estimated amount and Airfare not included)
Super cheap trip to el nido. You can make it cheaper if you plan ahead since we don't have any concrete plan we just do what comes into our mind.
Day 1
6:45 Flight MNL-PPS
8:00 am: arrival at PPS (Puerto Princessa)
I contacted our van transfer going to el nido a week ahead and I got it in a very cheap price (800 php roundtrip)
*Usual price is 1000 php RT
9:30 am: depart from PPS to El nido. (4-6 hours trip)
12:00 pm: we had our stop over to have our lunch (you can bring your own lunch since their food there is very pricey)
2:30 pm: we arrived at El nido
3:30 pm: rent a motorbike going to nacpan
5:00 pm: we arrived at Nacpan beach
We have our own hammock so we did not pay for our accommodation we just pay for the use of their common CR to take a bath before heading back to El nido Town proper for our tour the next day
Expenses
Grab:75
Van transfer RT PPS-El nido: 1600 (for 2)
Lunch: 220 (for 2)
Motorbike rental and gas: 950 (2 people for each motorbike)
Dinner: 100 pesos (skyflakes and easy open) plus 1L water
Total: 2945 pesos
San ka dadalhin ng 12,595 mo? (An estimated amount and Airfare not included)
Super cheap trip to el nido. You can make it cheaper if you plan ahead since we don't have any concrete plan we just do what comes into our mind.
Day 1
6:45 Flight MNL-PPS
8:00 am: arrival at PPS (Puerto Princessa)
I contacted our van transfer going to el nido a week ahead and I got it in a very cheap price (800 php roundtrip)
*Usual price is 1000 php RT
9:30 am: depart from PPS to El nido. (4-6 hours trip)
12:00 pm: we had our stop over to have our lunch (you can bring your own lunch since their food there is very pricey)
2:30 pm: we arrived at El nido
3:30 pm: rent a motorbike going to nacpan
5:00 pm: we arrived at Nacpan beach
We have our own hammock so we did not pay for our accommodation we just pay for the use of their common CR to take a bath before heading back to El nido Town proper for our tour the next day
Expenses
Grab:75
Van transfer RT PPS-El nido: 1600 (for 2)
Lunch: 220 (for 2)
Motorbike rental and gas: 950 (2 people for each motorbike)
Dinner: 100 pesos (skyflakes and easy open) plus 1L water
Total: 2945 pesos
Day 2
We woke up early just in time for the sunrise and enjoy the beach. We drove back to town for our Tour A island hopping which we got for only 800 php (1200 usual price) for each individual. After the island hopping we immediately went to the hostel that I was able to looked for before the trip and we got it for 600 pesos per night. Of course this is a non AC room but if you like to have an AC room then you can walk around the town, there's a lot of hostel who's offering cheaper price.
After checking in and taking a bath we decided to eat dinner outside before meeting our new found friends from the tour to have some drinks.
5:30 am: say hello to Mr. Sun
6:30 am: took our shower drive back to town for our tour
7:30 am: break fast
9:00 am: start of the island hoping (Tour A) lunch included
4:30 pm: end of the tour
5:00 pm: we looked for a room
6:00 pm: checked in
8:00 pm: asked the motorbike owner if we could extend the use of the motorbike and he said yes just add 250 php
8:30 pm: dinner at BOODLE FIGHT resto
9:30 pm: we went bar hopping with our new found friends from the island hoping
Ps: don't expect too much with their night life in El nido.
Expenses
Wash room: 20 (for 2)
Breakfast buffet: 360 (for 2)
Island hopping tour A: 1600 (for 2)
Room: 600
Motorbike rental: 250
Dinner:140
Drinks: 400 (6 pale pinsen)
Total: 3310
Day 3
7:00 am: breakfast
7:30-8:30 am: drove around the town to consume our time and gas before we send back the motorbike
9:00 am: Tour C
4:30 pm: end of the tour
5:30 pm: freshen up and decided to have our early dinner
6:00 pm: dinner
7:30 pm: asked for extension on our accommodation if we can pay 300 since we need to go back to PPS (Puerto Princessa) 9am the next day and the owner said yes 🤗👌🏻
9:00 pm: meet our new found friends at boodle fight and had some talk
11:00 pm: lights off
*As you noticed, I did not included lunch in our expenses because it's free during the tour. 👌🏻😍
Expenses
Breakfast: 89 (tocilog)
120 (sisigsilog)
Tour C: 2000 (for 2)
Sunblock:96
Water 1.5L: 40
Dinner: 240
Snack:40
Accommodation: 300 (for 2)
Tricycle fare: 50 going to buddle fight resto
Tricycle fare: 50 going back to our room
Total: 3126
Day 4
7:00 am: took our shower because we are going back to PPS
8:00 am: breakfast at bulalo plaza
9:30 am: El nido -PPS
12:00 pm: stop over
2:00 pm: arrival at PPS
3:00 pm: Went to BM beach to take our lunch and dinner :)
4:00 pm: checked in at Palawan UNO Hotel
5:00-7:30 pm: swimming pool
8:00: went back to our room
Since we don't have any plans for this trip we are not aware that we need to arrive early for us to have our tour for honda bay so me and my friend just decided to book a hotel and just relax for our last day and we don't want to stress ourselves.
Expenses
Breakfast @ Bulalo plaza: 320
Tricycle going to bulalo plaza: 20
Snack: 65
Lunch and dinner: 278 (jollibee)
Tricycle fare going to BM beach: 50
BM beach going to hotel: 200
Hotel: 1800 for 2 (Uno Palawan Hotel)
Free breakfast buffet and van transfer going to the airport
Total: 2733
Day 5
6:30: breakfast
7:30: swimming
9:00: relax
10:30: going to airport
11:00: checked in
12:30: arrival at MNL airport
Expenses
Travel tax:400 (for 2)
Grab: 122
Total: 522
End of Trip to El Nido
Btw
If you love snorkeling you might want to add Port Barton on your list. It's just 3 hours away from PPS and you can arrange van transfers with the local travel agencies.
if you do have any questions please do not hesitate to ask 😊
Lesson learned: plan your trip ahead though it is more adventurous if you don't LOL