Puerto Princesa’s east coast, reached through Sta. Lourdes wharf
A Honda Bay day has two separate moving parts: the road transfer from Puerto Princesa to Sta. Lourdes wharf, then the boat trip into the bay. We can put both into one quote, with a private vehicle sized for your group and the boat arranged through a licensed local operator.
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.
The vehicle is sized around the whole load, not the head count alone, so send the real bag count with the group size: where the luggage is what one vehicle cannot comfortably take we go up a class, or run more than one vehicle kept together on a single booking, rather than finding out at the 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.
Unless you are already staying nearby, yes. Island-hopping departures use Sta. Lourdes wharf, so every boat day begins and ends with a road transfer from Puerto Princesa. We can put the vehicle and the boat into one quote.
The bay contains multiple islands and sandbars rather than one single attraction, and which ones are available on a given day depends on local access and operating conditions. That is confirmed locally on the day rather than promised in advance.
No. They are separate days. Honda Bay is on the east coast of Puerto Princesa, while the Underground River is reached from Sabang on the west coast and uses a completely different departure point.
The boat portion is handled by local licensed operators at the wharf, while the city-to-wharf leg is an overland transfer in a private vehicle sized for your group and day bags.
Then you do not pay for a day you did not get. Where we chartered the boat day for you, it is rebooked for later in your stay or refunded — the part that did not happen, not the whole trip, and not knock-on costs such as a missed onward flight. The road transfer to Sta. Lourdes wharf is quoted as its own leg, so the vehicle can simply take you somewhere else that day: a Puerto Princesa city itinerary or a Sabang run are both road-based and are not affected by the sea.
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.