Underground River

Planning for this trip to palawan was made easy by my wife weng. She did all the airline booking, not to mention that she did some re-bookings as well. I swear, we wouldn't risk our travel with Air Philippines anymore, never again. Anyway, some little troubles in the beginning spiced up our great travel to palawan.

Upon arriving in puerto princesa, our friend from Hotel Fleuris (Bench) arranged our transfer to the hotel. My daughter ingrid was mesmerized by the size of our room and with all its luxurious amenities inside, it was the best room though, room 306. The hotel was very nice, staff were so friendly and courteous, service was great, and the location was the best i've known in the city. Ingrid enjoyed dipping in the pool late in the afternoon since she needs to rest half of the day to recover from the dizzy feeling brought about by our bumpy airphil ride. Our first day commenced with a very good dinner at ka Lui.

Second day: We woke up early for our Underground River Adventure, people in palawan termed it as UR Adventure. We left the hotel at around 6:30 and arrived at Sabang at around 8:30. The roadtrip was made comfortable and fun by our tour guide Jasper, a seemingly witty and intelligent guide in palawan, and very popular at that. What the other tourists percieved as a long and boring roadtrip was never hard at all. So erase that thought that the landtrip will be hard, it wasn't at all hard. We didn't wait that long till we were called to board the boat that will take us to the beach where the Underground river is. A 20 minute boat ride and we were there. We walked through a little forest (not the actual forest that you would think of) for a little less than 10 minutes before we get through the mouth of the Cave, registration Area. After the registration, we waited till we get board the paddle boat that will take us inside the Underground River.

The excitement is slowly unfolding, our curiosity is waiting to be satisfied and what used to be a thing seen only in Tv is about to be unveiled before our very eyes. My wife and daughter were both very eager to see for themselves this beauty of nature.

Finally, our boatman and guide kuya toting paddled us inside the cave. Complete darkness welcomed us all, only the light from our boat showed us through. I couldn't help but be mesmerized by this holy work unfolding before me. The feeling was totally unexplainable, enchanting, and unbelievable.

Kuya Toting made this trip inside the cave very memorable for all of us. I highly recommend that you patiently wait for him to guide you through. Forget about the discomfort of not being able to go first inside the cave. Just wait for him and i assure you that your tour inside will be unforgettable.

The tour inside lasted for almost an hour, it was all worth it.