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When we went to Tagaytay for a roadtrip last year with my entire Family to visit famous tourist spots, I promised myself, I have to go back to visit Taal,  to witness the beauty of its crater everyone is bragging about. It's a must-see place but requires more time (allot half day) and energy (cardio excercise for trekking). I found an opportunity this year when I purchased a voucher from CashCashPinoy for an overnight stay in Hotel Dominique. I made a reservation for April 19-20 and planned to trek up Taal on our first day. I brought along my hubby and my 3-yr old kid.

We were all excited for this trip. The plan was to camp overnight in Anawangin then side trip in Capones Island. Our contact person, Jomar ( 09082363665 ), immediately confirmed the availability of their boat ( JennyRico).

We need to catch our plane at 9:15AM. That means arriving at the airport around 8AM. Given a very limited time, we were able to manage visiting Baywalk in the morning and coffee at Itoy's. 

KaLui is one of the best restaurant in Puerto Princesa. In fact, it is considered as one of Asia's Finest Restaurant by The Miele Guide 2011/2012. The Miele Guide showcases the top 20 restaurants in SouthEast Asia, published annually.

I never wanted to spend much money on our accommodation as we will always be out most of the time anyway. My experience in Quezon, camping in Dampalitan Island with no electricity, no running water and common rest room made me realize that I can stand very basic accommodation. 

First of all, thanks to Airphil's Piso fare last year, I was able to book 2 round trip tickets for only P1200 and made one of our dreams come true, that is to visit Palawan. Parang commercial lang! :) I was torn whether or not to DIY this trip. I would like to budget our trip as much as possible and besides, after reading some blogs who made DIY happen, it seems to be very do-able for first timers. However, according to my sissies in GirlTalk (a forum I'm a member of), since it would just be hubby & me, it would be best to avail a package. After some serious thoughts, we followed the latter.

At first, we would really like to DIY the Underground River Tour because it would only cost almost half the price compared to the package tour which is P1500 per person. Hubby and I were glad that we availed the package inclusive of van and boat transportation, 2 tour guides, permits and entrance fees and buffet lunch. We were more glad to see a coaster picked us up at 8AM. Usually it would just be vans. We were 17 in total, 14 guests, 2 tourguides and a driver. Our tourguide told us that Underground River Tour is fully booked that it's really best to avail a package and book it in advance.