Honda Bay Island Tour: Snorkel, Sunbathe, and Explore

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Puerto Princesa

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Escape to paradise on an island hopping tour near Puerto Princesa. Swim, snorkel, and relax on Cowrie, Starfish, and Luli Islands. Perfect for families, couples, and groups.

Duration: 8 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Cowrie Island - swimming, snorkeling, sunbathing, picture taking
Lu-Li Island - swimming, snorkeling, sunbathing, picture taking
Lunch
Honda Bay - swimming, snorkeling, sunbathing, picture taking, lunch
Starfish Sandbar Resort - swimming picture taking

What's Included

Hotel pick-up included for central locations
Lunch provided
Comfortable travel in air-conditioned vehicles
Expertise of a licensed tour guide
All fees and taxes covered
Boat transportation included

What's Not Included

Use of snorkeling equipment
tips
If your hotel location is out of town you may request pick up but incurs extra fee.

Additional Information

Unwind on the serene islands off the coast of Puerto Princesa’s Honda Bay with this stress-free small-group tour. Depart from Sta Lourdes Wharf and embark on a boat journey to explore three nearby islands: Cowrie Island, Starfish Island, and Luli Island. Enjoy swimming, snorkeling around vibrant coral reefs, sunbathing, and discovering the unique charm…

Location

Cowrie Island

Honda Bay

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

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Destinrental1408

Feb 24, 2025

Jake is a great guide! - Jake was a great guide. He is very intelligent and has a wonderful personality. We thoroughly enjoyed our day with him.

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Ilenia_h

Jan 17, 2024

Under the water - Terrific experience. We had sp much fun swimming and snorkeling. The beach was so clear and clean. Pur guide Jake was an absolute master of local activities. He kept us safe and sound.

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Detlefw32

Dec 28, 2023

Relaxed, varied tour - Of course, there are masses of tourists on the individual islands. But the tour was very well organized, our guide was very foresighted and the boat trip to and between the islands was simply wonderful. The food was delicious and typical of the country.

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Millicent_g

Nov 18, 2023

Amazing!!! - Great experience, beautiful beaches. We (couple) upgraded to a private tour and I’m glad we did as our bangkero was able to focus on us as we snorkel as we didn’t know how to swim.

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Richard_c

Apr 14, 2023

Superb for snorkelling. - Excellent guide who looked after us, change itinerary to suit every bodies needs. Had a lovely lunch as well. Superb for snorkelling, with beautiful fish & coral.

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Maria_d

Nov 3, 2024

Great - Our tour guide Ana was awesome! She kept us informed on everything during the two hours trip. The only thing I should probably directly communicate with her are the pictures she took when we were snorkeling. I would love to have those pictures if she can just send them through my email but overall she’s great!

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Fiona_l

May 4, 2024

Highly recommend booking the private tour! - - Booked a private tour with my friend as the start time of the tour was more convenient for us. Highly recommend booking a private tour as it was quite enjoyable (e.g. boat to ourselves, etc). Detailed feedback is below: - The guide, Anna was lovely, and very chatty, and arrived to pick up earlier than expected (but she happy to wait for us until our specified pick up time) - We went to 2 islands (Luli & Starfish) but not Cowrie - we went to "Floatie" instead - Captain of our private boat was very accommodating and helped us a lot with the snorkelling - pointed out things at the bottom of the ocean like starfish and clams, he swam and dragged my friend on a donut/lifeguard ring), showing us how to get the fish's attention with bread. He even found us starfish to take photos with. - Felt a bit rushed when we were dropped off to a gear rental shop and was bombarded to get gear, food and water. It would have been nice if itinerary suggested to bring/wear water sport shoes - we had flip flops and were told they were not good enough at the shop and were made to rent these shoes, when my friend had the same shoes in her luggage at the hotel (our previous snorkelling experiences did not require water sport shoes). Also we felt pressured to buy drinking water. The guide was with us so she should have told us that they supply bottled drinking water for us on the tour. - Lunch was a lot of food (both variety and volume) which was lovely. Would like to suggest to bring own toilet paper as some of the toilets did not have TP available to us (luckily we had tissues).

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Sveniada

Jan 28, 2025

Beautiful beaches and underwater worlds - We had a private tour due to few registrations, this was very great as the guide was very much based on us and we had no time pressure. All the islands we visited were very nice and the snorkeling was worth it. The guide was also totally nice but very quiet compared to other guides and told little, this we unfortunately found a bit of a shame. Nevertheless, we were happy and could see a lot. However, price/performance were not really satisfactory.

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Paul_o

Jul 15, 2024

Cheap Skate Tour Company!! - The guide Ana was fantastic and our driver Joel was exceptional and the three islands we went to were amazing. So why the 3 star rating? This was a private tour which we paid double the price of a group tour and it was worth it, until they served our lunch. It looked like someone cleaned out the leftovers from their refrigerator and that was our lunch. The owner of the company was too cheap to provide us a decent lunch or even pay for a really inexpensive lunch being served on one of the islands. We took an island hopping trip like this one a few years ago and they beached the boat at a secluded beach and barbecued fish, pork and chicken and even set up a table with a linen tablecloth. It was amazing, we still talk about that special lunch and I guess we will talk about this lunch too, for entirely different reasons.

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Mercedes_j

Oct 25, 2023

Don’t utilize non refundable excursions - Due to the looming typhoon in the Philippines our ship did not port here due to dangerous conditions and safety of the passengers. To date I have not received a refund after requesting one twice.

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