El Nido

On the northern tip of the Palawan  is Bacuit Bay, home of El Nido Resorts. We found it to be the most stunning array of islands and ocean either of us  have ever experienced. Corral reefs, incredible  beautiful fish, caves, shear limestone cliffs (over 250 million years old), wild beaches, it went on and on. We stayed on Lagen Island, a very comfortable place comprised of 50 cottages. The service was excellent and  our days were filled with island touring, snorkeling, beach combing and of course meeting new people over food and drink. Probably the best indication of our pleasure being there is that we lost track of time and never bothered to comb our hair!

Lagen resort

Cathedral cave entrance

sunset view from our water cottage

Monkeys playing in the back of the resort

Cudugnon cave

Inside the cave, a former burial site of the local tribes
French survivor TV show filmed here also

another view of Lagen resort

cliffs of the small lagoon

Ipil Ipil tree and local inhabitants

Getting around the islands with the banca boys

The other island resort, Miniloc, 20 min away by banca

Entalula beach club

Lagen Island, might also be the home of King Kong

the big lagoon at Miniloc Island

sunset at Lagen,  no that is not a pyramid, its an island

Snake Island, only visible at low tide

our cottage on the right

poolside

again, our cottage, last one on the right

shuttle bus from plane to banca

that's our plane!