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Conquering Coron: Twin Lagoon, Kayangan Lake, Siete Pecados

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Toasted. Be sure to leave the hotel will all your batteries charged. This is the ultimate camwhoring day. This is the plan: 7:00 Breakfast at the hotel 8:00 10 minutes transfer from hotel to Lambingan Bridge/Pier Twin Lagoon 20 minutes boat ride to Skeleton Wreck Swimming and snorkelling to see the skeleton wreck, fish and nearby corals 10 minutes boatride to Banol beach Swimming, camwhoring, picnic lunch Kayangan Lake Siete Pecados Swimming, snorkelling, camwhoring 6:00PM End of tour On the way to Twin Lagoon. Cheese time begins!

Conquering Coron: Calauit Safari Tour + Island Hopping

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The alarm clock goes off at 3am. Snooze. Alarm. Snooze. By 3:20, I gathered all my energy to get up and get ready. Calauit day. 4:00 2 Hours 30 Minutes boat ride to Calauit island Breakfast in the boat 7:00 Viewing and feeding of African Animals, Palawan Endemic Animals while on jeep 10:00 Leave Calauit Island 10:30 Start of Island Hopping 12:00 Lunch, Swimming Island Hopping, Snorkelling 16:00 Travel back to CoronTown Our day started really early. Our guides advised us that we should be in Calauit around 7:00am to maximize our safari experience. So we had to be ready to leave at 4:00am. No snoozing of alarms allowed. Boat ride to Calauit Island lasts for almost 3 hours. Enough time to get some shuteye on the boat. Just bring your sarong to serve as your blanket else expect to freeze. Remember...

Conquering Coron: Mount Tapyas and Maquinit Hotsprings

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Conquering Coron: Mount Tapyas and Maquinit Hotsprings This was our itinerary for Day 1: 10:00 ETA Busuanga, Travel to coron town 10:40 Lunch Check in Princess of Coron, Drop-off luggages 14:00 Coron Town Tour Horseback riding Mount Tapyas trek 17:30 Maquinit hotspring dip Hello Busuanga. Hello Coron. Prepare to be enchanted! We had lunch in some carinderia on our way to Coron town (own expense since lunch on Day 1 was not yet included in the package). We dropped off our luggage in Princess of Coron. The rooms were spacious and quite cozy. The bathroom was also pretty nice, clean and spacious. The pool was still under renovation back then. Booo. First stop - horseback riding. The last time I rode one was in Baguio – years and years ago.