Ultimate Coron Day Tour - Snorkel and Kayak Coron

Full day

Duration

4/5

Physicality

Coron, Palawan

Location

15+

Age

Year-round

Dates

Escape the tourist trap and fall in love with the serenity, beauty and majesty of Coron Island the Tribal way–by skimming across glassy tropical waters in a true sea kayak. In so doing, you will glide in to the nooks and crannies of an environment that is in National Geographic’s Top Ten list of places to visit on the planet.

There’s no better way to experience Coron than by paddling, as the native Tagbanua, who own Coron Island, do. We paddle the 15 km circuit of the northwest coast with sit-in sea kayaks that can do the distance in a day with ease.

You will paddle through mangroves to Tagbanua Lagoon and on to Hear-a-Pin-Drop Lagoon which are accessible only by sea kayak. You will snorkel Kayangan Lake and gaze down at the extraordinarily picturesque view of the lagoon below–arguably Philippine tourism’s most photographed natural scene.

DEPARTURE/RETURN LOCATION	Coron Public Market – meet at Legend Divers at the back of the market
DEPARTURE TIME	8:00 AM
HIGHLIGHTS	Banol Beach Skeleton shipwreck The Twin Lagoons Kayangan Lake Siete Pecados

For an additional PHP1,000 (single payment good for up to 4 people) you can shorten your 15km paddle to 10km and get a 4×4 drop off and pick up at Cabu Beach.

8:00 am

Meet at Legend Divers, at the back of Coron Public Market, leave at 8:30

8:30 am

Paddle across to Jala-jala, skirting its mangrove forests, crossing to Banol Point and its soft white sand beaches. Drop paddle and snorkel the Skeleton Wreck, before having some merienda on a beach.

10:30 am

We retrace our path back around Banol Point and poke our kayaks into a cave and, if the tide is on our side, we duck and pass between the Twin Lagoons, getting in the azure waters for a snorkel and swim.

11:30 am

Hugging the rugged limestone coast we glide into numerous lagoons, passing by Barracuda Lake, a cousin of Kayangan Lake, our destination for lunch and an exquisite snorkel over cathedral-like rock formations. En route your guide takes you between innocuous rocks and mangrove trees to enter sheer nirvana for paddlers: Tagbanua and Hear-a-Pin-Drop lagoons.