Beaches of Palawan
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The city beach of El Nido (El Nido Beach
El Nido Beach is located in the heart of the main resort of Palawan town of El nido, stretches along the central part of the city for almost a kilometer (El Nido beach on the map). Although it is a beach, it is not really a beach. There is practically no swimming here, you can only sit on the beach to sunbathe, or go in to wet your feet a little. There are boats on the shore, the coastal strip is also dotted with boats, there is a large marina on the left side of the beach, from where hundreds of boats go on island tours. But in the evening there are many cafes and restaurants, including seafood, and in general the whole evening party in El Nido takes place here.
Korong Beach / Corong Beach
Korong Beach is another urban beach in El Nido. It is no longer located in the city center, but a kilometer along the main highway (Korong beach on the map). There are also hotels and infrastructure here, but much weaker than in the center, and there is no such party and fun in the evenings. And, by the way, the cheapest options for El Nido guest houses can be found here. If you stop here, you can even walk along the road to the center.
But swimming at Korong Beach will not work at all. Firstly, the whole coast is crowded with boats, and secondly, it is very shallow here, at low tide the water goes hundreds of meters. But in the evening, cafes also work along the coast and it's nice to walk along the beach along the water's edge, but only at high tide. And then there are "witty" sunsets.
Las Cabanas Beach / Las Cabanas Beach
This beach Las Cabanas Beach is also also called Marimegmeg Beach and Vanilla Beach. In fact, all three beaches are located on the same coast in the same bay, four and a little kilometers from the center of El Nido (Las Cabanas on the map). In our opinion, this beach and the area is the coolest place if you are going to El Nido to relax on the beaches and at the same time "hang out" in the center and swim on island tours. It has its own tourist area with infrastructure and even the only McDonald's in El Nido is located here, but if you want to be in the center of events and fun, it's easy to get from here to the center by tricycle or rented motorbike. Well, the most important thing is that you don't need to go anywhere or go to relax on the beach.
Las Cabanas beach is not very large, its length is about 500 meters. Everywhere on the shore there is clean fine sand, the beach is cleaned, there is a rental of kayaks and sap surfers, cafes work. The cool thing here is that there are several hotels along the coast on the first line. It's also cool that you can walk along the shallows at low water to the neighboring island. There is perhaps only one minus – at low tide the water goes out, it is impossible to swim.
Lio Beach / Lio Beach
This is another beach and the area of El Nido, great for a beach holiday. True, it is already far from the center, 7 kilometers here (Lio beach on the map). You can come here to rest from the center during the day, or you can stay right here for the whole rest. Entrance to the beach and travel to the area is free, parking is also free. Almost the entire area along the beach is occupied by hotel areas, you can get to the shore only from the free parking of motorbikes, signs lead to it.
This area is considered more fashionable and expensive than Las Cabanas, and of course much more suitable for a beach holiday than the center of El Nido. But you need to understand that this is an area with its own characteristics, something like a "tourist reservation". I.e. the whole area shares several hotels with the territory, and apart from them there is almost nothing here. If you stay here in a hotel and want to take a walk or have a cheap meal, you will have to go to the center by taxi or tricycle, because there is almost nothing outside the hotels. By the way, El Nido Airport is located in this area.
Well, now let's talk about the beach itself. It's cool, sandy and very long. Only its main part is two kilometers, and you can go even further beyond the cape, and there will be another beach. There is a lot of greenery on the shore, there is shade, beautiful palm trees. Sun beds and umbrellas are available only at hotels, there is a cafe at the exit to the beach from the parking lot. There is nothing else on Leo Beach.
But there is one huge disadvantage that we have encountered here – these are sand flies, or in our opinion - midges. These are very biting bloodsuckers, they leave rashes and blisters, everything itches. Repellents have almost no effect on them. Of all the beaches of El Nido, which we toured, we met these creatures only here. Perhaps the reason is that the territory here was not processed in time and because there are a lot of streams and standing water in the forest along the beach, so it is not necessary that you will also encounter them in such large numbers as we do, but keep in mind...
Nakpan Beach / Nacpan Beach
Nakpan Beach is another beautiful sparsely populated beach and a small quiet area where you can not only come for a day, but also stay for a few days in one of the hotels and guest houses on the first line. Located 20 kilometers from the center of El Nido (It is located on the map). You can get here by tricycle or rented transport. Blogs say that this is a paid beach. Indeed, 50 pesos are charged for parking at the main exit to the beach. But to be honest, we parked in the village a little further from the shore and went to the beach for free. In general, there are several exits / exits to the beach, and you can drive in other places besides the main exit, where homemade signs lead. True, there are many places where the road has been blocked with fences, you still have to look for a place to drive.
Nakpan district or village is a very peaceful place. If we compare it with the center of El Nido, then this is a village by village, there is nothing to do except relax on the beach at all. During the day, all vacationers in Nakpan lie down on the beaches, and in the evening everyone flocks to the cafe to drink beer and cocktails. There are several cafes on the beach and in the village, there is a motorcycle rental.
The beach itself is gorgeous here. Its width is even 50 meters at high tide, and even wider at low tide, while you can swim at low tide. And all this on three kilometers of sandy beach. We didn't find any entertainment here. Deck chairs are rented for a crazy 500 pesos (approximately 8.62 rub.)!!!, but some cafes give them for free if they have something to order.
Duli Beach / Duli Beach
Duli or Dali Beach / Duli Beach) is one of the farthest beaches in the El Nido area, located far away almost on the server of the island of Palawan (Duli beach on the map). You can get here only by arednovannoe transport or taxi / tricycle. Go from the center of El Nido 25 kilometers, the last 4 of them on a dirt road, and at the very end in front of the beach will have to overcome a steep climb. In principle, in good weather, you can safely ride a motorcycle or any car. At the entrance to the beach there is free Parking next to the cafe.
Dooley Beach itself is gorgeous. There are very few people here, the water is clean, the sand is shallow. Nearby, in a palm grove, you can pick up fresh coconuts for free. If you don't know how to open them yourself, ask the local guys at the cafe, they will help.
The length of the Dooley is more than one and a half kilometers, so you can safely find a secluded place. True, there is very little shade here, there is almost no hiding in the heat of the day. Just next to the main entrance to the beach next to the cafe there are a few trees and umbrellas made of palm leaves. From the infrastructure there is a small cafe with drinks and local fast food, surfboards and training are also offered for rent there.
Mariposa Beach / Mariposa Beach
Mariposa Beach is a completely wild and very remote beach, almost 30 kilometers from El Nido to here (Mariposa on the map), of which the last 6 kilometers are very dusty and difficult to pass for ordinary cars primer. Even on a motorbike it's not so easy to get here, if you have little experience, we wouldn't advise you to go.
Mariposa Beach is so wild that there is not even a road to the shore, and rare passages through bushes and forest are closed with a wire fence. But if you really want to, you can get on it. The transport will have to be left on the road and squeeze through the holes in the fence, and then to the shore along the path in just a couple of minutes. As a result, you will get to 1 kilometer of the most beautiful sandy beach, where there will be no one else but you. And by the way, there are also a lot of free coconuts here.
Dagmay Beach / Dagmay Beach
Next after Dooley beach and Mariposa there is another very beautiful and clean Dagmai beach. It is 30 kilometers from the center of El Nido, and more than 7 kilometers along a dusty primer (Dagmai on the map). Moreover, the last kilometer will be a real test for both the driver and the equipment. We wouldn't have gone here by car for sure, and it was very difficult to go by motorbike because of the very steep ascents and descents. In several places, I even had to disembark a passenger. The problem is also that dust and small stones on the road create a slippery surface like ice, so it's very easy to lose control on the descent. Be very careful, and do not drive here at night!!!
So, Dagmai beach is located in a small sparsely populated village. Despite this, it is almost wild, tourists get here very rarely (and not surprisingly with such a road). When we were here, we saw traces of an "abandoned civilization": the closed guest house Verde Safari, a cafe on the beach, even a couple of abandoned deck chairs and umbrellas. Apparently, someone wanted to develop Dagnamai Beach, but it didn't work out and everything was abandoned. But after that there were free sun loungers and shade. Surprisingly, in the village near the beach, you can even rent accommodation in the houses of local residents, although you can't book it in advance, just come and rent on the spot.
Dagmai beach itself is magnificent, wide, almost a kilometer long. There are several boats in the water near the shore, but there are almost none here compared to the next even more distant Diapela Beach. In general, he is awesome cool, come here and enjoy. And, of course, there are also a lot of free coconuts here.
Diapela Beach / Diapela Beach
Diapela Beach is generally the farthest and northernmost beach of Palawan, where you can get to (Diapela on the map). There are a couple more beaches beyond it, where trails already lead, but we didn't get there. The Diapel from El Nido is 35 kilometers away, and almost 15 kilometers along the most terrible dirt road, along which you need to go to Damai Beach, but even further here. In general, if you get to Damai, you can also come here, just go further and there will be a few more descents and ascents. Given such a bad road, it will take one and a half to two hours in one direction from El Nido.
Diapela Beach is located in a bay next to a fairly large and populated fishing village. There are almost no tourists here, so you will find yourself alone on the beach, well, except that sometimes local fishermen or children appear. But still, to be honest, the beauty and purity of Diapela seemed to us less attractive than Dagamai, and the whole problem is just in the boats. There are a lot of fishing boats here, and next to them the accompanying garbage. To find a more or less clean place, you need to go to the left edge of the beach away from the village. Here you can also swim with a mask near the stones, because the water, despite the garbage on the shore, is very transparent.
Kuta Beach (Kuta Beach) at the fortress in Taytay
This tiny beach, only a dozen meters wide, is located within the city limits of the town of Taytay under the walls of the fortress on the left side (Kuta beach on the map). There is sand on the shore, there are several tables with benches installed on it, but it is unlikely that you will be able to swim and relax here. Actually, that's why it's always empty, only rare tourists come to it to take a couple of photos and go for a walk further.
Perongyawan Beach / Purongyawan Beach
Perongyavan is located just a kilometer from the center of the town of Taytai in a straight line, but to get to it, you will have to make a considerable detour along the road ( perongyawan beach on the map). You will have to drive / walk more than 3 kilometers, and with a large height difference across the mountain. We are not sure if it is worth it, because when we visited it, it looked very sad: a narrow strip of sand; garbage on the shore; a homemade sign that you need to pay 20 pesos for entering the beach (0.34 rubles, see Philippine currency and its exchange rate). You can also rent a gazebo for relaxing for 350 pesos (6.03 rub.), If you still decide to relax here. Maybe he looks better at other times, but we saw him like this:
Long Beach for Alimanguan / Alimanguan
This beach is just not named, on the maps you can see it as Boong Beach, On-Going Beach, Nagtulay Beach, Monakhov Beach and Erawan Beach, but in fact all this is one continuous sandy beach 4 kilometers long. It is located 20 kilometers from the center of San Vicente behind the Alimanguan district. The last kilometers to it is a primer along the coast to the village of Irawan (Long beach in Alimanguan on the map). You can drive to the end of the road to the village and go to the beach there, but it is more interesting to leave or go ashore along one of the paths laid between private areas along the shore. Then you will be the only people on the shore. We liked this beach because there are a lot of coconuts that can be collected from the ground, opened and drunk, if, of course, you know how to do it.
Tagpis Beach / Tagpis Beach
Tagpis beach is almost no different from the previous one, except that it is located closer to the center of San Vicente, just 11 kilometers away (Tagpis on the map). It is also long, deserted and magnificent.
Long Beach / Long Beach
This is the closest of the "Long Beach" to the center of San Vicente, it starts almost in the city and stretches continuously and endlessly for 8 kilometers (Long beach on the map). And it is also deserted, except that sometimes a few tourists accidentally appear here, and in the evenings the local kids go out to swim. If you stay in the center, you can walk to the beginning of Long Beach, but, unfortunately, in this part the coast is littered. Well, if you want to live on the beach, you can stay in one of the hotels or guest houses on the first line.
Makatombaten / Makatombaten Beach
Makatombaten is located on the outskirts of San Vicente opposite the airport (Makatombaten on the map). It would be an interesting beach if there were frequent flights from the airport, but, unfortunately, they only fly a couple of times a week. Therefore, nothing special can be said about this beach, it is the same as all the others near San Vicente: long, deserted and excellent. And on Makatombaten, alone and away from civilization, there is an expensive hotel Foxy's Beach resort, you can, if you wish and have finances, settle in it.
Kemdeng Beach / Kemdeng Beach
This beach is located in the village of Kemdeng, 10 kilometers from the center of San Vicente (Kemdeng beach on the map). It consists of two very long bays separated by a tiny cape, and the total length of the sandy strip here is almost 4 kilometers. Despite the presence of a village nearby, so far this is a pristine and deserted beach, where there is no one except boats and rare locals. But now (in 2025) large-scale work is underway there: there are several large hotels at once. If the matter is brought to an end, it will be possible to settle here and enjoy a relaxing holiday in the village, but for now you can only stay in your headscarf. Or come here for a rest from San Vicente during the day.
Mahilamonen / Mahilamonen Beach
This beach is located almost halfway between San Vicente and the Port of Barton (Mahilamonen beach on the map), and not all tricycles agree to go here. If you have a rented motorbike, you can get here yourself, you definitely won't regret it. Another way to get here is by boat from the Port of Barton with an excursion to Bigaho Waterfall, during which you will be dropped off on this shore and guided on foot to the waterfall. Mahilamonen seemed cozy and calm to us, but most of all we liked the coconuts, of which there are a lot.
Kanigaran Beach / Canigaran Beach
Kanigaran Beach is located at the end of the main street Rizal Avenue in the center of Puerto Princesa (Kanigaran beach on the map). But there is no beach at this point, but there is a pier from where the houseboats go to the shallows with the beach. The house is rented entirely for a company of up to 9 people, costs 1000 sand for the whole day. Of course, you can rent for a shorter period, the price is agreed. When you are loaded onto the houseboat, I will tow you to the boat, and in the evening or at the right time they will pick you up. Unfortunately, we didn't manage to swim on these houses ourselves, we just didn't have enough time, but judging by the photos that were shown to us here, it's pretty beautiful and you can swim there.
Nagtabon Beach / Nagtabon Beach
Nagtabon Beach is located 30 kilometers from Puerto Princesa on the opposite west coast, i.e. in fact you will cross the island in its narrowest part (Nagtabon beach on the map). Recall that in length from as much as 600 kilometers, and here there are only 30. You can get here only by taxi or rented transport, jeepneys do not go here.
Nagtabon is a great place. This is almost a kilometer of sand in a beautiful bay with palm trees near the water. There are few vacationers here, and then mostly locals from the city. The entrance here is conditionally paid – 50 pesos for parking during the day, 100 for night parking. Here you can stay overnight in a cottage for 300, 400 or 500 pesos, there are several types of cottages. There are umbrellas and deck chairs for rent for 100 pesos, gazebos with a table and grill sets for 200 pesos. In general, a cool place to come here to relax for the whole day.
Talaudyong Beach / Talaudyong Beach
If you turn left in front of Nagtabon Beach and drive another 4 kilometers, you will get to another wonderful Talodiong beach ( Talaudyong beach on the map). From the center of Puerto Princesa, as a result, it is 35 kilometers or an hour away.
Talong Beach is not only a distant semi–wild beach, but a village, and here you can stay for a few days in one of the guest houses or in homesteads (in houses with a local family). Locals charge 100 pesos to enter the beach.
Beaches in Honda Bay / Honda Bay
There are several islands with cool sandy beaches in Honda Bay. Unfortunately, it is impossible to get to these islands on your own, only with an excursion in a group tour or if you hire an individual boat. Moreover, in addition to the boat, you will also have to pay all the fees for access to the Honda Bay National Park, and the entrance fee to the islands. For more information about tours to Honda Bay and how to get there, see the attractions section below.
Sabang Beach
In the village of Sabang, famous for its unique natural attraction, the underground Puerto Princesa River, there is a beach that is quite suitable for swimming. But to be honest, it's not worth going here just for the sake of the beach. But if you decide to see the underground river, and we highly recommend doing this, then you can stay in the village for a day or two and relax a little on the beach.
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