Busuanga Island, in the Calamian Islands — no road link to mainland Palawan
Coron is the trip most people underestimate. Coron town is not on mainland Palawan at all — it sits on Busuanga Island in the Calamian group, with open sea in between. Get the connection right and the rest is straightforward.
If the sea is too rough to sail, or the operator calls the day off, the boat day we chartered for you is rebooked or refunded — you are not left paying for a day you did not get. The road transfer either side is quoted as its own leg, so you keep the vehicle you still need.
Arriving or leaving by boat? Tell us in the notes which crossing you are booked on and the vehicle is timed to meet it rather than to a clock, with the pickup point and time named on the written confirmation we send before you travel. We do not track a sailing the way we track a flight, so if the boat runs late or you are moved to another one, message us while it is happening and we re-time the driver rather than leaving you to sort it out at the pier.
An island day runs on a bangka chartered through the licensed local operator at that wharf, so tell us on the form who is travelling — ages, anyone who does not swim or is uneasy in deep water, anyone needing a hand into a small boat — and we pass it to the operator before the day rather than leaving it to the wharf. How much swimming a day asks of you depends on the stops: some are a wade onto sand and others a step off into deep water, and which ones your day actually includes is set by the operator on the morning. We will not promise you what is aboard either, because the equipment is theirs to confirm rather than ours to guarantee; what we will do is tell you honestly which days suit your group and which we would steer you off.
Travelling with dive kit, a board bag or other bulky equipment? Say so on the quote form — it travels inside the vehicle with you, so it is the load rather than the head count that decides which vehicle we send.
Airport pickups are met in the arrivals area with a name board rather than at the kerb, and the written confirmation sent before you travel carries the driver and vehicle details.
The departure leg is quoted the same way: send the flight you are catching and the pickup is worked back from it rather than guessed, and where the timing is tight we will say plainly whether it works.
If the name board is not there when you land, stay in the arrivals area and message us rather than leaving the terminal or taking a taxi — the written confirmation sent before you travel carries the driver and vehicle details, so save it offline and use it. We would rather sort it out while you are standing there than hear about it afterwards.
Everything we arrange is in English, and we are the English-speaking end of it on the day as well as before it — if something moves, message us rather than trying to settle it at the roadside. We do not promise a particular driver’s fluency; instead the written confirmation carries the pickup, the driver and vehicle details and the shape of the day, so it is settled in writing rather than negotiated at a kerb.
We publish facts, not fares. Prices depend on the vehicle or boat, your group size, waiting time and the season, so every trip is quoted individually — free and with no obligation.
No. Coron town is not on mainland Palawan at all — it sits on Busuanga Island in the Calamian Islands, with open sea in between, so the connection is by air or by sea. We quote the road transfers at both ends and can help you plan which crossing option fits your dates.
No, and this is the most common Coron mix-up. Coron town is on Busuanga Island; Coron Island is a separate island to the south and is the ancestral domain of the Tagbanwa people. Kayangan Lake and Barracuda Lake are both on the island, reached by boat and a short climb.
Francisco B. Reyes Airport (USU) in Busuanga. Coron town is served overland from there, so a USU arrival transfer is a road leg across Busuanga Island rather than a boat trip.
Coron Bay holds a group of Japanese vessels sunk during a United States air raid in September 1944, which is what put the area on the map for wreck divers.
Yes. Say so on the quote form and we size the vehicle around the load rather than the head count — with kit bags that is what decides it, because our vehicles are standard road vehicles, so the kit travels inside the cabin with you. Two caveats worth knowing before you book. The boat out to the wrecks is chartered through the licensed local operator, so we pass your equipment on to them rather than promising space aboard ourselves. And Francisco B. Reyes Airport (USU) is served by smaller regional aircraft with tighter baggage allowances than a mainline flight, and each airline sets its own rule for dive equipment — that one is between you and the airline.
Anything specific to your dates, group or pickup point is answered on the quote — that is where the actual vehicle, timing and fixed all-in price come from.
Free, no obligation, and no payment to ask. If a leg does not make sense on your dates, we will say so rather than sell it to you.