Tours/Palawan/Puerto Princesa Underground River Shore Excursion
Viator · Private tour

Puerto Princesa Underground River Shore Excursion

4.9(13)Palawan1 hour
VIATOR4.8(4)TRIPADVISOR5.0(9)

Description

Visiting Puerto Princesa on a cruise ship? Book this private Underground River Tour option. Our guide will meet you outside the port's gate and will bring you to Sabang Wharf. The drive is about 90 minutes long per way. Be advised that you may become wet during boat transfers so be sure that you have a change of clothe or towel as well. be advised that you need to bring a copy of your ID to permit verification. After the cave tour, you'll be treated to a sumptuous feast of Filipino delicacies. Our driver will bring you back to the port after the tour.

Tour Options

Underground River Tour
  • Pickup included

Itinerary

Admission included360 min

Visit the Underground River once this option is chosen

Highlights

Light refreshments
Professional guide
National Park fees
Round-trip private transfer
Lunch
Environmental Management Charge (Reef Tax)

What's included

Included
Light refreshments
Professional guide
National Park fees
Round-trip private transfer
Lunch
Environmental Management Charge (Reef Tax)
Not included
Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
Gratuities

Pickup Locations & Times

You will have to walk to the gates of the port to meet your guide.

Traveller Ratings

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Important Information

  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
  • A minimum of 2 people per booking is required

Reviews(13)

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Getaway686897
March 22, 2026
Wonderful journey

We were followed throughout our journey by corazon travel. Nics and 'was wonderful and always available for all our tours and all travel to and from various places and various airports. Every day he updated us on the times and places to meet. No delay or mishap.... in short it was wonderful@ Very happy and very quiet about everything. I highly recommend this operator and I recommend even more to make you follow Nics.... and 'very good and sweet. I almost feel her a friend!!! Thank you x everything!!!

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Joe_S
February 4, 2026
Nice people but not well organised

I really wanted to give this tour 5 stars because the people are really nice and they really go the extra mile to try and please. But…it’s not very well organised and there’s a lot of waiting around. In all honesty a cruise organised excursion may be better for cruise passengers.

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42jabaril
July 7, 2025
The best tour we have done to date

"Jeff Moon" (nickname) was the best tour guide ever. Very funny, very accommodating, and very knowledgeable. The buffet was outstanding, and the underground river tour was amazing. Worth every single penny. Best driver so far to date that we've experienced on the island. I dont know his exact name, but he goes by "arvy" or maybe "rv" the great.

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Dicken_L
February 28, 2025
Great tour

Our guide nicknamed Brian gave us an excellent tour . Good information is provided throughout. Courteous and helpful. Driver was very pleasant as well . Great value when compared to our cruise organized tour. Highly recommended

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LivYorDrem
March 16, 2024
My group loved it!

Lycka for a great job arranging the tour, Rich did a great job managing my group even though he would usually have had another guide to help him, and everything went smoothly. I had gathered a group of 15 fellow cruise ship passengers the day before we arrived in the port of Puerto Princesa. On very short notice, I booked this tour and as the group grew larger, Lycka was able to find us another van to accommodate all 16 of us. The tour went smoothly, the weather was great, and even though the park had over 1000 permits issued for the day, it wasn't too long of a wait. (The cruise ship passengers on the official and much more expensive tour did get priority over everyone else. Not completely fair but I suppose you need some benefit for the money!) But we just went over to the restaurant there at the pier with a really good Filippino buffet and had an early lunch while we waited. I haven't gotten any complaints from the group and everyone has said that seeing the Subterranean River was well with the day long trip.

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Victor_L
March 16, 2024
Underground cave excursion

Excellent service as picked up and drop off to port gates. Our guide Roman was really friendly and informative. The underground cave was just amazing and the buffet meal afterwards super tasty. I would definitely recommend booking if you're on a cruise.

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Pierre_F
January 16, 2024
Princesa beauty!

Great tour to the underground River, Vel and Xander were wonderful and very informative. Vel was gracious to provide me with Wi-Fi hotspot. Totally recommend this tour!

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gilltone
January 12, 2024
Great river tour with Corazon travel

Highly recommended ! Our tour guide Tata and driver (sir Edmund ?) gave us a great tour of the subterranean river. Super friendly, knowledgeable and helpful. We were on HAL cruise and Tata met us outside the cruise port gate at 7am holding a sign with our name. It’s ~1hr 45m drive on a well paved but curvy road (bring dramamin, sea bands as needed) to Sabang. Very scenic drive imo We waited about 5m for our outrigger boat and loaded by stepping in the water (calf deep). The outrigger boat ride is fun and 20min or so. Great views of the coastline but engine is very loud —so bring ear plugs for this part. We got off the outrigger boat on a beautiful sandy beach and had a short walk to hop on our canoe to tour the cave. They gave us a hard hat and audio device for the tour. We toured 2km of the river although it’s much longer. Lots of bats you can see and hear — but not scary. They are small and 99% are sleeping the ones flying are usually far away and try to avoid you. You don’t have to paddle and the guide has a light to point out cave items. Loved all 3 parts of the tour: ride, outrigger, canoe. Would definitely use Corazon again. They are very responsive and helpful through the booking and tour process. Impressed. Also great buffet lunch. At least 15 items to choose from. We decided to skip the zip line, mangrove tour and got back to the ship around 1:45pm. Traffic was starting to get bad coming back once we hit town.

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igorjemric
December 6, 2023
Best choice among many similar trips

This was a great trip, one of the best on that cruise. The underground river is amazing and the itinerary of the trip was very good. Actually, it is more or less the same for all agencies but the critical point is how much do you wait for the boat to get to the river. I heard that most of the people were waiting there for hours and consequently had a minimal amount of time in the cave and lost the lunch as well. Unlike them, with our very capable guide we were waiting for cca 20 minutes and had a great time the whole day. So, I would really recommend Corazon Travel and Tours for this trip.

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Culture63080741500
July 31, 2023
The contact, the guide, and the driver were all professional and very accommodating!

The contact, the guide, and the driver were all professional and very accommodating! I highly recommend this tour agency.

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