11 City Tours in Puerto Princesa Worth Booking

1.Half-Day City Tour with Optional Massage

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 142 reviews · 4 - 6 hours · from $14Our pick

Spend four to six hours touring Puerto Princesa in an air-conditioned van with an English or Tagalog-speaking guide. Visit the cathedral, Plaza Cuartel, Baywalk, crocodile center, Mitra’s Ranch, Baker’s Hill, and Binuatan Weaving Center. Add a 60 or 100-minute massage after the tour, with private touring available.

“The tour guide was great! He did everything possible for us and was very friendly! He showed us so many things and prepared many activities for us! We would definitely recommend this tour!”

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2.Half-day Puerto Princesa City Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 69 reviews · from $15

This small-group Puerto Princesa tour covers the cathedral, Plaza Cuartel, Baker’s Hill, Binuatan weaving, the crocodile farm, Mitra’s Ranch, Balayong People’s Park, and Baywalk. You get downtown hotel pickup, an air-conditioned minivan, entrance fees, and a guide such as Ernie, Raquel, Jefferson, or Echo. Choose a morning or afternoon departure.

“That was one of the worst experiences on the Philippines. The driver came almost 60 minutes late. I informed myself about the delay - there was no proactive information. There was also no apology or anything. The tour guide (a lady) was so unprepared and couldn’t really tell anything about the places, which we visited. Her only information was about the minutes, which we can spend at one destination. She manipulated the group in order to go the crocodile “park”. She talked very bad about the region around El Nido and told the guests, that everybody gets sick there because of the bad water quality. Overall it was really one…”

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3.Puerto Princesa; Half day City tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.1 · 27 reviews · 4 hours · from $14

Spend four hours exploring Puerto Princesa with a DOT-licensed English or Tagalog guide. Visit the Butterfly Eco-Garden, Mitra’s Farm, Baker’s Hill, the cathedral, Plaza Cuartel, Baywalk, and a souvenir shop. Morning and afternoon departures, hotel pickup, snacks, entrance fees, and shared van transport are included.

“Alles was goed, tour guide Mark kon erg leuk vertellen over de stad. Ook stopte je op elke plaatsen net lang genoeg waardoor de spanningsboog goed bleef. Denk aan 20 tot 30 minuten elke stop.”

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4.Puerto Princesa half day City tour a sightseeing excursion

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 14 reviews · from $35

Spend four hours touring Puerto Princesa by van with hotel pickup, visiting Plaza Cuartel, Baywalk, the Palawan Heritage Center, Baker’s Hill, Mitra Farm, and Binuatan Creations. Admission fees are included, though food and the Mitra Farm zipline cost extra. Guides such as Ernie and Super Mario have earned special praise for lively, informative commentary.

“The Crocodile Farm was interesting, as was the Senator's timber house on the hill. The rest of the quick drive around Puerto Princesa was stock 'tourist haunts' culminating in a visit to the mandatory souvenir shop. The company provides Read more”

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5.City tour of Puerto Princesa Palawan Philippines

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 6 reviews · from $20

Spend four hours seeing Puerto Princesa beyond its beaches. An air-conditioned vehicle links the Wildlife Rescue Center, Plaza Cuartel, Baywalk, Baker’s Hill, Immaculate Conception Cathedral, and Mitra Farm. Choose a morning or afternoon departure, or request a cruise-port schedule. City-center hotel pickup, entrance fees, and drop-off are included.

“The tour itself and tour guide are fine, but the time of pick up agreed upon was not followed. They came at 10 am instead of 1 pm. Then they came late around 2 pm, an hour late of our schedule.”

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6.Puerto Princesa City Tour with Snacks

★★★★★★★★★★3.8 · 5 reviews · 4 hours · from $14

Spend four hours exploring Puerto Princesa with an English-speaking guide, hotel pickup, and a professional driver. Visit the Philippine Crocodile sanctuary, enjoy snacks at Bakers Hill, and take in views from Mitras Ranch. Guide Kylie has been noted for her attentive service, while the tour also includes entrance fees and roundtrip transport.

“our guide was excellent. very good English and very funny guy who made the tour very enjoyable. would highly recommend this to anyone in the area with time on their hands.”

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7.Puerto Princesa Palawan City Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 5 reviews · from $18

This four-hour Puerto Princesa city tour takes you from the Baywalk and old cathedral to Plaza Cuartel, pearl shops, Baker’s Hill, Mitra’s Ranch, and a butterfly garden. Pickup is offered, groups are limited to 15 people, and the $18 price makes it a practical first look at the city, its landmarks, views, snacks, and local shopping.

“We need a tour guide to have a big sign “VIATOR “ so it’s easy to see instead of the local Sign name. So many people (local tour) trying to attack us so we’re getting so tired besides looking for our “Viator” tour and finally we have to get out of the crowd people..”

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8.Private Puerto Princesa City Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 4 reviews · from $416

Spend 4 to 5 hours exploring Puerto Princesa in a private vehicle with a licensed guide. Visit Baker’s Hill, Mitra’s Ranch, the Butterfly Garden, Baywalk, Plaza Cuartel, and the cathedral, with an optional Crocodile Farm stop. Pickup, snacks, transport, parking, and standard entrance fees are included.

“Excellent tour. Guid very friendly, driver also. Both very obliging and even threw in an extra trip.”

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9.Puerto Princesa City sightseeing tour shore excursion

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews · from $50Top rated

Cover six Puerto Princesa sights in about four hours with an air-conditioned ride and a group capped at 12 people. You’ll visit Baker’s Hill, Plaza Cuartel, Baywalk Park, Immaculate Conception Cathedral, the Palawan Wildlife Rescue and Conservation Center, and Mitra Farm. Guide Ernie is known for adding humor, magic, and local insight along the way.

“It was our first visit to Palawan and I was so glad that I booked this tour. Our tour guide, Ernie, was the best. He was a comedian, a magician, and ventriloquist all at the same time. He was very informative and knowledgeable. We got to visit Read more”

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10.Puerto Princesa Half Day City Tour (shared tour)

★★★★★★★★★★3.8 · 3 reviews · 4 hours · from $27

Spend four hours seeing Puerto Princesa’s main city sights by air-conditioned van with an English-speaking guide. Visit the cathedral, Plaza Cuartel, Baywalk, Binuatan Creations, Baker’s Hill, Crocodile Farm, and Mitra’s Ranch open field. Hotel pickup, entrance fees, snacks, and accident cover are included.

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11.Half Day City Tour with Butterfly Garden

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 3 reviews · 4 hours · from $14

You’ll tour Puerto Princesa in an air-conditioned van with an English-speaking licensed driver-guide. Visit the cathedral, Plaza Cuartel, Baywalk, Butterfly Garden, Mitra’s Ranch, Baker’s Hill, and Pasalubong Center. The four-hour route mixes history, nature, views, snacks, and shopping, with hotel pickup and entrance fees included.

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