Our Blog-Together: El Nido - Apulit Island 1

This is just a little snapshot of our wonderful trip to Apulit Island.

View from our balcony! It was like being in a postcard!

Ok, so this update is sadly overdue! We decided to go on a dream vacation - once in a lifetime kind of thing - and found our way to Apulit Island. It's part of the El Nido group of resorts.

At the airport.

The aircraft we flew in was a 19 seater Dornier aircraft. It was hot and tiny, but halfway through the flight the a/c kicked in :-) We had straw fans to cool ourselves down until the a/c really got going.

Our Plane - 19 seater Dornier

Every seat was window seat just about :-)

View from the plane.

Another view

The plane doesn't go as high as a jet engined plane would. The view was incredible.

Reefs in Palawan

The airport we landed at was on mainland Palawan. The runway was dirt and was surprisingly smooth to land on. The jeepney that takes you to the boat actually rides in on the runway too!

C.L.Rodriguez airport - dirt runway :-)

C.L.Rodriguez airport

Airport Transfer :-) More fun in the Philippines.

The boat ride over to the island was really beautiful. We got to see our first sunset at the island. The boat dock is up the river, and you have to go all the way downriver to even start the trip across the small span of ocean to get to the island.

More airport transfer

Sunset on the boat ride to the island.

The island is surrounded by reef, so the boat can't go in close. It anchors in the bay and a small launch comes to pick you up and take you to the island. When you get to the island the staff are waiting. They sing a lovely welcome song :-) After which you get your island orientation talk - only about 5 minutes. The island is powered by diesel generator, and the sewage system is obviously self contained too, so there are a few house keeping things you need to know when staying on the island.

View of one side of the bay.

View of other side of the main bay

We stayed on the back section of the island, over the hill from the bay. We didn't have to walk over the hill to get to our cabin, rather we walked around the hill passed the dock - the place where they feed the fish each morning - to get to our cabin. It was a bit of a walk but it was worth it, because the generator could be heard in the main area of the resort. We were told that this was going to be changed in the next month. The pool had just been finished and it was stunning! I had never swum in such warm water before.

This was the view from our balcony, and it was totally worth it! Really a dream holiday!