Puerto Princesa Taytay
Taytay is the stop on the El Nido highway that most itineraries drive straight past. It was the capital of the whole province long before Puerto Princesa was, and its Spanish stone fort still stands on the shore in the middle of town. Because it sits on the national highway rather than off it, this transfer is the same northbound drive you would already be taking — ending in Taytay instead of continuing to Bacuit Bay. It is also the road leg for anyone booked on an island resort out in Taytay Bay, where the drive has to line up with a boat rather than simply arrive.
We do not run this boat, so we will not pretend we can refund someone else’s sailing — but we will not leave you paying for a vehicle that has nowhere to be either. If the crossing is suspended or your boat does not go, the transfer we quoted is re-timed or rebooked for when it does.
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.
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.
Not booked your accommodation yet? Ask anyway — the town or the area you are aiming for is enough for us to quote the leg and tell you whether it works. The exact property belongs to the confirmation, not the enquiry: send it by reply as soon as you have it, and if the final address changes the trip materially we re-quote it rather than finding out on the day.
A hotel or resort pickup is arranged in advance like an airport one: the written confirmation sent before you travel names the pickup point and time and carries the driver and vehicle details, so nothing has to be arranged at a front desk on the morning. The vehicle is yours rather than a shared shuttle, so it runs at your time.
Stopping somewhere on the way is normal here, not a separate booking: the vehicle and driver stay with you through the stop and your luggage stays aboard, so list the stops in order on the quote form and we plan the day around them rather than leaving it to the roadside.
Need it both ways? Tick the return trip on the form and give the return date, and the two legs are quoted together and booked as one arrangement. A same-day wait-and-return is one held day; a return on a later date is its own leg on that date — the vehicle is not held idle in between — and each leg is priced on its own date, so a return weeks later can come back at a different figure, which we will tell you rather than matching them silently.
We publish route guidance, not generic fares or timings. Your quote is based on the actual date, pickup, accommodation, passenger count, luggage and vehicle needed.
Same corridor, travelled the other way. The planning notes above apply in either direction — the pickup and drop-off points simply swap over, so Taytay to Puerto Princesa is quoted on exactly the same basis as Puerto Princesa to Taytay.
Travelling both ways? Ask for the return at the same time and both legs are planned as one itinerary rather than two unrelated bookings.
Yes. Taytay sits on the national highway between Puerto Princesa and El Nido, so a northbound road transfer runs through it either way. That means you can book this as a transfer that ends in Taytay, or as a stop built into a Puerto Princesa → El Nido transfer you were already taking — just say which when you ask for the quote.
In two legs. The road leg runs north from Puerto Princesa to the mainland, and the resort itself — Apulit Island and the others out in Taytay Bay — is reached by boat rather than by road. We quote the drive and time it to the crossing you are booked on, so the two line up instead of leaving you waiting at the jetty.
That is yours to decide, but the reason people stop is Fuerza de Santa Isabel — the stone fort on the shore in the town centre, begun in 1667 under the Augustinian Recollect fathers, completed in 1738 and named in honour of Queen Isabella II of Spain. Its small chapel and cannons are still intact and the municipal government looks after it. Taytay was also the provincial capital from 1818, long before Puerto Princesa.
The town has its own airfield, Cesar Lim Rodriguez Airport (IATA: RZP) in Barangay Sandoval, owned by the Province of Palawan. Most travellers still arrive by road from Puerto Princesa (PPS) and we quote that transfer in either direction, but we also cover RZP pickups and drop-offs if you are flying part of the itinerary.
Yes. Both sit off the same northbound corridor, so either can be added as a stop or an overnight on the way to Taytay. Tell us what you want to include and we quote it as one multi-stop itinerary rather than separate transfers.
Yes. It is the same corridor travelled the other way, and we quote it the same way. Tell us your pickup in Taytay and where you need to be in Puerto Princesa, and it is priced on the same fixed, all-in basis. If you need both directions, ask for them together and they are planned as one itinerary rather than two unrelated bookings.
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.