Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
PORT BARTON
Highlights
1
Dining out in Puerto Princesa
Palawan's
best eating destination boasts tasty mangrove
worms, top-notch seafood and authentic
Vietnamese noodles.
See p.375
2
The Underground River
Take a boat
trip under limestone cliffs and through
sepulchral chambers, along a subterranean
river that's said to be the longest in the world.
See p.380
3
Port Barton
Laidback and convivial beach
town with simple accommodation, rustic
nightlife and a pristine bay of reefs and
untouched islands.
See p.381
4
Long Beach
Enjoy one of the nation's most
alluring stretches of bone-white sand - and get
there before the developers arrive.
See p.384
5
Bacuit archipelago
Explore the majestic
limestone islands, beaches and lagoons that
stud the bays around El Nido.
See p.386
6
Scuba diving around Coron
Some of the
wildest diving in Asia, on sunken Japanese
World War II wrecks.
See box, p.395
7
Lake Kayangan
Arrive by bangka at a
hidden blue lagoon off Coron Island, from
where you scramble uphill to this dazzling
volcanic lake.
See p.395
HIGHLIGHTS ARE MARKED ON THE MAP ON P.372
