THE PHILIPPINES · SHORE EXCURSIONS
One spare day and too many options. These 10 shore excursions justify the slot, priced and timed so you can settle it over breakfast.
Review of Puerto Princesa’s Honda Bay island-hopping tour, with Cowrie, Lu-Li, and Starfish islands, lunch, snorkeling, costs, and practical tips.
“We were in a tour package when we sailed and snorkled around this bay... Honda Bay honda or hondo is a spanish word that means deep waters... Bring your own water sandals, snorkle equipment, some old bread for fish feeding to save soRead more”
Review of Puerto Princesa’s private Honda Bay island hopping tour, with snorkeling, lunch, two island stops, port pickup, and free cancellation.
“We had a remarkable guide for our private tour for 6 people (we aren’t spring chickens), TJ Echo spoke perfect English (Spanish, too), stopped for what we needed, informed us of marine life, considered safety judiciously, and taught us many iPhone photo tricks. The lunch was lovely..”
Explore Manila’s Intramuros, Fort Santiago, Rizal Shrine, and Casa Manila on a story-led half-day tour from the cruise port.
“We spent several hours touring Intramuros with our excellent guide Anne... walking, riding an open bus. She gave us so much interesting information about the Spanish walled city of Manila. We saw the cell where Jose Rizal was imprisoned, Read more”
Review the Puerto Princesa Underground River shore excursion, with cruise-port transfers, lunch, guides, pricing, timing, and practical booking advice.
“Excellent service as picked up and drop off to port gates. Our guide Roman was really friendly and informative. The underground cave was just amazing and the buffet meal afterwards super tasty. I would definitely recommend booking if you're on a cruise.”
Review of Puerto Princesa’s Cowrie, Luli, and Starfish island tour, with costs, timing, snorkeling tips, lunch, transport, and booking advice.
“Terrific experience. We had sp much fun swimming and snorkeling. The beach was so clear and clean. Pur guide Jake was an absolute master of local activities. He kept us safe and sound.”
Review of Manila’s four-hour cruise shore tour, covering Intramuros, Rizal Park, the American Cemetery, guides, traffic, price, and practical tips.
“A lot to see but see it we did with an enthusiastic guide who collected us from the cruise terminal and had a car and driver with her/us throughout. The turbulent history, the beautiful buildings and the beautiful flower market. Such a lot in a short time - thank you.”
Review of Puerto Princesa’s 8-hour Underground River tour, with private transfers, boat rides, lunch, permits, guide service, and practical booking advice.
“We had an enjoyable day cruising the Underground River of Palawan. However, we would like to point out that there was a mis-communication between the tour company and our tour guide: our guide and driver were not aware of the fact thaRead more”
Review of Manila’s private half-day shore excursion, with Intramuros, Fort Santiago, Chinatown, guide quality, timing, price, and cruise-port tips.
“This is a good tour at a good price. (Our cruise wanted to charge quite a bit more for a group tour.) Aimee was a fantastic guide. She is knowledgeable, funny, & relates a lot of interesting info in a conversational way. Aimee was at the Read more”
See Puerto Princesa’s top sights in four hours, from Baker’s Hill to Plaza Cuartel, with a guide, air-conditioned transport, and ship-safe timing.
“Guide was knowledgeable, saw most of the high points of the City in the shower time we were on the island.”
Review of a private Tagaytay shore excursion from Manila, with Taal Volcano views, glass art, an organic farm, lunch, and port pickup.
“It was a cloudy day when we went to Tagaytay, so we could not see Taal Volcano very well; nevertheless, we had a pleasant time visiting a local organic farm and glass museum.”
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