Taytay El Nido
Taytay and El Nido share a border, so this is the shortest of the mainland corridors we quote and the final stretch of the northbound highway up from Puerto Princesa. It matters more than its length suggests, because it is the leg for everyone whose Palawan trip does not start in the city: coming ashore from an island resort in Taytay Bay, landing at Taytay’s own airfield, or breaking the long northbound drive at the fort before carrying on to Bacuit Bay. Both ends of this transfer are already offered here — this is the page that explains it.
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.
If you are the one running late — a slow checkout, a breakfast that ran on — message us while it is happening rather than afterwards, using the reply path on the written confirmation sent before you travel: on the morning it is something we can relay to the driver and re-time around where the day allows, and afterwards it is not. We publish no waiting window and nothing is settled in cash at the kerb, but we will not pretend a delay is free of consequence either: a leg somebody else holds — a permit slot, a ferry, a flight — keeps its own clock, and a long hold can re-price the day, which we would tell you rather than spring on you.
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.
This is a long run on the road, and stopping on the way is a normal part of one: the vehicle is yours for the leg rather than a shared van on its own turnaround, so the driver can pull over where it is safe for a toilet, for food or just to get out of the seat, with your bags staying aboard. If anyone travelling needs to stop more often, needs to eat at a set time, or travels badly on winding roads, say so in the notes on the quote form and we plan the leg around it.
A private transfer has no second van behind it, so it is fair to ask what happens if this one fails on the road: it stays ours to sort out rather than becoming yours — the driver reports it to us rather than leaving you to work it out, nothing is settled at the roadside, and where part of the trip did not happen the rebook-or-refund position on our terms applies for our reason exactly as it does for the weather.
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 El Nido to Taytay is quoted on exactly the same basis as Taytay to El Nido.
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. The two municipalities share a border on mainland Palawan — Taytay is bounded by El Nido to the north — and the national highway running north from Puerto Princesa passes through Taytay on its way to El Nido. It is a road transfer, not a boat or a flight.
In two legs. The resorts off the Taytay coast, including Apulit Island, are reached by boat from the mainland rather than by road, so you come ashore first and the transfer to El Nido starts at the jetty. Tell us the crossing you are booked on and the vehicle is timed to meet it.
Yes, and it is usually the better way to see it. Taytay sits on the highway between the two, so Fuerza de Santa Isabel — begun in 1667 and completed in 1738 — can be a break in a transfer you were already taking rather than a separate trip. Ask for it when you request the quote and it is built into one itinerary.
Yes. Taytay has its own airfield, Cesar Lim Rodriguez Airport (IATA: RZP) in Barangay Sandoval, owned by the Province of Palawan, and we quote pickups there through to El Nido. If you are flying into El Nido itself that is Lio Airport (ENI) — include the code with your flight so we quote the right end of the corridor.
Yes. We quote the southbound leg either as a one-way transfer or as a day trip from an El Nido base, with the driver waiting while you visit the fort and the old provincial capital, then returning north the same day.
Yes. It is the same corridor travelled the other way, and we quote it the same way. Tell us your pickup in El Nido and where you need to be in Taytay, 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.