Located in Brgy. Sabang in Puerto Princesa City in the province of Palawan, Mangrove Paddle Boat Tour is another must-try activity in the city.
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Mangrove Paddle Boat Tour Details
Mangrove Paddle Boat Tour is the brainchild of the slain environmentalist Jerry Ortega. Its aim is to help the locals via sustainable tourism. Aside from earning, the locals also help their community by educating visitors about the importance of mangroves.
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Mangrove Paddle Boat Tour - Puerto Princesa City, Palawan
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| Tourists seem to enjoy the Mangrove Paddle Boat Tour. |
This tour is a great secondary tour or side tour if you are planning to do the Puerto Princesa Underground River. The Mangrove Paddle Boat Tour takes about less than an hour and is located just a few kilometers from the port. If you want more adventure, you could start a jungle trek from an area in the mangrove forest that would take you to the beach near the underground river's opening.
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| Welcome to the Mangrove Paddle Boat Tour |
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| Please be reminded... |
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| You can follow this path to reach the underground river |
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| Let's go on tour! |
So what does one expect from the Mangrove Paddle Boat Tour? Well, to summarize, you'd expect that you'd ride a boat that is paddled by one or two guides and you'd see hundreds of mangroves.
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| Here's our boat. |
Removing the sarcastic tone to it, Mangrove Paddle Boat Tour teaches visitors the importance of mangroves to the ecosystem of Palawan. You'd be surprised at how knowledgeable your guides are. However, don't expect that they'd speak fluent English but you'd see that they try.
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| Mangroves line up both sides of the river |
We were lucky because our guide was an energetic person. Despite having more foreigners than locals in the boat with her, she still tried her best to relay to them the important details about the mangroves. She also had sharp eyes pointing to monitor lizards and snakes hiding in the mangroves. Not only that, she even sang for her guests a song about mangroves.
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| Try finding the hiding monkey in this picture |
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| Our local guide |
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| Well, check this one out... it's a beach! |
The sad thing about the tour was that during our trip, we were not able to try out the infamous tamilok. Our guide said they were not able to locate one that morning. Despite this, I was still satisfied with the tour primarily due to the knowledge that I learned and secondarily because I was sitting in the front part of the boat which gives me the opportunity to snap plenty of beautiful pictures.
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| That's a bayawak AKA monitor lizard |
I got to try the Mangrove Paddle Boat Tour with my siblings as part of our side trip while waiting for an available boat that would bring us to the beach near the Puerto Princesa Underground River.
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| My sister Aya tries out the Mangrove Paddle Boat Tour |
Overall, you have to shell out P350 pax to join this side trip. Don't worry though because this trip is optional and you won't be forced to join it. However, I suggest you should try it out!Mangrove Paddle Boat Tour Rates:
You need to pay 350 pesos per person to join this tour.
Why join the Mangrove Paddle Boat Tour?
Joining this tour helps the locals earn extra income. It also promotes conservation of the mangroves in the area. Aside from that. you would surely enjoy another nature side trip before heading to Puerto Princesa Underground River.
Getting to Puerto Princesa Mangrove Paddle Boat site:
Barangay Sabang is usually reached by van from Puerto Princesa City. It is also included on the side trip for those visiting the Underground River.
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