Private Underground River Tour From El Nido

This private Underground River Tour from El Nido will take you to one of the 7 New Wonders of Nature. In your private air-conditioned van, you will travel for about 5 to 6 hours from El Nido to Sabang. From there, you will reach the protected national park where you will discover the Underground River and its National Park.

After the tour, your private van will drive you to Puerto Princesa City, about 2 hours from Sabang, where it will drop you off at your hotel in town. Optional pickup in an area other than El Nido is available for an additional fee.

With this tour, you can avail the Extended Tour Option. This is an awesome way to discover this wonder of nature as it will take you where very few tour operators bring their guests… Instead of the short 1.5 km tour, you will go up to 4.3 km inside the subterranean river. After the turning point of the public tours, you will most likely pass very few other boats. This is truly a unique experience to appreciate the famous Underground River

Program and Itinerary

This tour package has an approximate duration of 12 hours. You will find the main events and activities programmed for this tour listed below. Note that if you select the Extended Tour option, the schedule will vary and that the optional swim as well as the stop on the road will be shorter or skipped in order to allow you to enjoy the long tour inside the river.

5:30 AM Your tour guide will come to pick you up at your hotel in El Nido or Corong-Corong. Our air-conditioned van will than bring you to Sabang. The drive will take 5 to 6 hours.

11:30 AM While your tour guide processes the permits to go to the National Park, you’ll be able to roam around Sabang Beach and watch the local cultural performances.

12:00 PM The lunch buffet will be served in a local restaurant, with variations of different Filipino dishes, including vegetarian options.

1:00 PM A 25 minutes boat travel will bring you from Sabang Wharf to the Subterranean River National Park. You’ll land on the beautiful Saint Paul Beach.

2:00 PM Within the National Park, you’ll witness a lot of wildlife: monkeys, monitor lizard (bayawak) and squirrels. While waiting for your turn to enter the river on the municipality managed boats, please be advised to keep plastics bags or packages hidden and to pay close attention to your belongings: the monkeys might get interested in them and take them from you.