El Nido: A little paradise

As we explained just above, the ride was long and not simple.

Once we arrived in Puerto Princesa, we took an overnight van that brought us to our hotel in El Nido. We thought we were going to sleep in the van but no way. The road was very bumpy and not in good condition. We are not going to lie, we had many giggles especially when Mr Magic was banging his head against the roof of the van on every bounce ... surely the fatigue ... we told you that paradise has to be earned!

After a short night, the discovery of our hotel by day and a good breakfast, we are off for a little walk in El Nido. We did not linger more than that. Nothing really attracted us in this city. It must be said that we were especially waiting for our departure to the Bacuit Archipelago.

But we still encourage you to walk around a bit, maybe you will discover some interesting things that we have not seen.

Once back at our hotel, we take our bags, and then we head to the main street with a tuk-tuk, the Calle Hama street. It is located just in front of the departure beach and this is where you will find most of the travel agencies for the boat tours.

So here we are, it is 9am and we are on the beach where all the boats gather. We had taken a private tour, do not hesitate to do the same if you are a group of at least 4 people.

And it starts very well: to get to the boat you have to walk into the sea. We are soaked up to the waist. It wakes you up and at the same time it's very pleasing. As nobody expected it, we can hear bursts of laughter from every boat. That's really a good way to start the day.

Regarding the tours, we booked for the Tour B on the first day and for the Tour A the following day. There are 4 tours to choose from: A, B, C and D.

We tell you more about each Tour in our article, below.

Bacuit Archipelago: Which tour to choose?

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We have been talking about the Bacuit Archipelago for a while however we haven't told you ... If like everyone else we talk about El Nido as a paradise, El Nido is in fact the door to THE real paradise. And this paradise is called more precisely the Bacuit Archipelago.

As we dreamed about, the beaches are gorgeous, The color of water varies from turquoise blue to vibrant emerald.

On the boat, the intense blue sea and the blue of the sky merge as one, to offer us a spectacular landscape.

We can observe a different shade of blue on each island.

From a distance you can directly spot the shallower places, probably ideal for snorkeling, or those made for diving.

We go from island to island and every time a different scenery awaits for us. From islands with white sand beaches, to islands with limestone cliffs.

We will not lie to you: it's really the most beautiful place in the world that we have visited, as of today.

About Snorkeling, we observed a multitude of corals and colorful fish. Unfortunately no turtles, so we do not know which places are the best. No disappointment though, we really had two wonderful days.

Back to El Nido around 4-5pm depending on how long you stayed on each places. The first day we didn't stay long enough on the first two stops: we feared that we would lack of time. But don't worry, you will have plenty of time if you booked only one tour a day.

We are inevitably a bit sad that our stay comes to an end. Time passed too quickly, unfortunately. We would have enjoyed to stay there for a little longer, but leaving does not mean that we will not come back. And like we already told you, the Philippines is full of beautiful places to discover and we can't wait to discover them too.

Love at first sight guaranteed, ar every places.