Puerto Princesa City, Palawan (Part 3)

I never expected that the this day was going to be the highlight of our trip. Yes we were able to visit the Underground River earlier than our Visitor's Entry Permit (VEP) schedule. How? Later I'll explain. 

First, we were in Sabang because we sort of got bored roaming around the city using the motorcycle we rented. Since we were excited to see the beaches of Palawan, we decided to brave through the 2 hour drive from the city to Sabang to see beaches and waterfalls.

In the morning of day 3, Marvin went to Protected Area Management Board Office just nearby to see if there are any cancellations. It is the sub-office, I think the one in the Puerto Princesa City (where we got our VEP) is the main office. It is this sub-office which finalizes the lists of persons who will tour the underground river. 

How did we know about it? Because when we talked to a local the night before, he told us to see if we could tour the UR the next day. Sometimes there are people who were given a VEP but will not push through the UR tour for whatever unknown reason. He was kind enough to give us that kind of information. I really noticed that Palawan locals are very nice to tourists (locals and foreign). Maybe he thought that since we were already in Sabang, then might as well try to see if we could go visit UR rather than wait until our schedule and comeback again. How nice of him.


To our surprise there really was a cancellation and we were in! We were given the the 2pm schedule to tour UR. We were so glad then.


We hurriedly had our breakfast then off to waterfalls before touring the UR in the afternoon.

Below are some of the photos during our trip to the waterfalls.

on our way to the waterfalls

the 30-minute walk was worth it

the water was cold

And now for my much anticipated tour - UNDERGROUND RIVER.

I'll let the picture do the talking for now. But I will make a separate post soon for Underground River alone.

Note: The pictures did not do justice to the beauty of the place. The real thing is much much bizarre, amazing  and beautiful.