- Visit to three of the most beautiful islands of Honda Bay
- Splendid islands famous for white sand beaches, crystal clear waters, and great snorkeling sites
- Rock formations inside the cave.
- Fun activities that allow you to get a glimpse of the wonders of the sea
Come to Honda Bay Islands for a full-day Cowrie Highlights – Honda Bay Island hopping tour tailored just for you. The activities include snorkeling in Pambato Reef, kayaking, swimming, relaxing on white-sand beaches, and banana boat riding. Mask and snorkel gears that are not included in the package are available at the Gear Shop near the Honda Bay Wharf.
Pambato Reef, a floating platform in the middle of the sea, serves as the gateway to a wonderful underwater paradise. Your snorkeling at Pambato reef is also comprised of a short lecture about marine and reef ecology is conducted for tourists at the turtle-shaped ‘School by the Sea’ platform by the boatman as guides. The tour interpretation focuses on the importance of the marine ecosystem and in relation to the conservation of nearby ecosystems.
Luli Island is famous for three sandbars that rise and submerge with the tide.
Starfish Island, as the name implies, is a place where you can have fun finding varied sizes and colors of starfishes of various sizes and colors.
Aside from the usual activities, Cowrie Island offers a restaurant and a bar. just about 10 minutes boat ride. The island was named after the small-to-large sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk they called it “cowrie”. The island offers exciting day tour island experience for those seeking sand, sun, and sea.
Island hopping tours are serviced by boats operated by the Honda Bay Boatowners Association, Inc., one of the first community-based organizations that have been actively involved in practicing sustainable coastal and marine management, biodiversity conservation and resource protection.
- Start time/place — 07:00 AM | Accommodation in Puerto Princesa City
- End time/place — 05:00 PM | Return to original departure point
- A round-trip on shared air-conditioned tourist van transfer
- English speaking Local Tour-guide
- Entrance Fees
- Boat Fees
- Cottage Fee
- Terminal Fees
- Travel Insurance
- Picnic Lunch in Cowrie Island
- A one-time payment of the mandatory Eco Tourism Development Fee (Php 150.00/pax). The fee covers all tour destinations within Puerto Princesa City and valid for seven (7) days.
- Any bank fees or charges at your end
- Any kind of personal expenses or optional tours/meals ordered.
- Gratuities (optional: Tips for guides and drivers)
Pick up from your hotel between 7:00 am / 7:30 am
- Transfer to Honda bay wharf
- Guests manifestation | registration
- Boat transfer to island destinations
- Pambato Reef | Luli Island
- Starfish Island
- Cowrie Island
- Last stop island destination, you get to stay longest here.
- Enjoy delicious buffet picnic lunch and relaxing.
- Guests can snorkel and see fishes and corals on this spot.
- Return boat ride to Honda bay wharf between 3:00
- PM/3:30 PM
- Return to original departure point
After the tour, you will be transported to your hotel (estimated arrival time 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm)
- Swimwear
- Beach towel
- Sunglasses
- Cameras and/or underwater camera
- Flip-flops or water shoes
- Sunblock lotion
- Cash for personal expenses
- Raincoat (just in case of rain)
- This tour is Group/shared tour arrangement and available all year round booking
- Pick up & Drop off to & from Accommodation is Free of Charge within the City of Puerto Princesa only.
- Discount by age bracket:
-2 years old & below children are free of charge. [Infants must sit on laps]
-3-6 years old children are charge of 50% of the adult rate.
-7 years old & above are considered/charged of Adult rate.
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Children must be accompanied by an adult
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Adult pricing applies for optional upgrade to a private tour with minimum of 10 persons per booking
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The duration of transfers are approximate, the exact duration will depend on the time of day and traffic conditions
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Prices may change without prior notice until finalized.
Immediately after submitting your reservation, you will receive a Booking Confirmation Order by email.
If your booking is accepted, a Voucher will be sent to you via email. The voucher will serve as your proof of purchase. You must provide the voucher to the appropriate service provider in order to redeem your tour, ticket, or package. Your reservation cannot be honored or redeemed without presenting a valid voucher.
In the event a travel product booked by you is not available, we will either refund you in full or suggest you an alternative travel product of similar pricing.
If you do not receive the automatic Booking Confirmation message within a few minutes after submitting payment, please check your Junk email folder just in case the confirmation email got delivered there instead of your inbox. If so, select the confirmation message and click Not Junk, which will allow future messages to get through.
If the Booking Confirmation message is not your in Junk email folder, please send us an email immediately at info@islandtravelandtours.com. If we do not hear from you, we will assume that you have received the Booking Confirmation message and Voucher.
Whilst we try and ensure that all details, descriptions and prices which appear on this website are accurate, errors may occur. If we discover an error in the price of any travel products which you have booked we will inform you of this as soon as possible and give you the option of reconfirming your booking at the correct price or cancelling it. If we are unable to contact, you we will treat the booking as cancelled. If you cancel and you have already paid for the travel products, you will receive a full refund.
We reserve the right to make changes and updates to any information contained within this site without prior notice.
We reserve the right to make amendment including altering, postponing and cancelling the tour/transfer due to unforeseeable or unavoidable events beyond our control. These include: war, threat of war, riot, civil disobedience, government action, terrorist activity, natural or industrial disaster, fire, adverse weather conditions, level of water in rivers or floods, technical or maintenance problems and closure of airports.
Except where otherwise expressly stated in these terms and conditions we regret that we cannot accept liability or pay any compensation where the performance of our contractual obligations is prevented or affected by reason of such events beyond our control.
Under no circumstances can we be held responsible for weather conditions. We accept no responsibility for weather conditions that may affect the delivery and implementation of the itinerary.
Some of the travel products or services on this website are provided by third party suppliers of travel products or services, which we have contracted with. When we are acting as an agent we have no liability in respect of the supply of any element of your booking, including any liability for illness, personal injury, death or loss of any kind, delay and inconvenience caused directly or indirectly by any provider of travel services or products or by other third parties.
Any claim must be brought against the relevant supplier of the travel services or products and where refunds are due to you from third party supplier of travel products or services, we will provide reasonable assistance to you in claiming such funds from them.
We strongly recommend that you do not travel without adequate travel insurance for your own protection and peace of mind. It is your responsibility to ensure that you purchase adequate travel insurance for your needs.
We reserve the right to change the boat/vehicle type, capacity without notice.
We reserve the right to reroute or change the order of the visits of any tours and to make any changes to the pick-up time.
No refund will be given for such substitutions or changes.
If you have a problem during your holiday it is of the utmost importance that you immediately bring it to the attention of the relevant person (for example the hotel manager, the tour guide, the driver) who will do their best to put things right. If your complaint is not resolved, you should contact our office to advise us of the problem so that we may endeavour to resolve it.
However, should a problem remain unresolved, a complaint should be made in writing within 30 days of your return home. We will not accept any liability for claims received after this period.
Our organization may issue a full or partial refund under certain circumstances:
In order to claim the refund, you must send an email to info@islandtravelandtours.com and specify your name and booking number.
Refund requests must be received within 30 days from the date of tour/transfer Beyond that, we will no longer entertain such requests.
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It is your responsibility to ensure that all of the details on your travel documents are correct and to bring to our attention any error or discrepancy immediately.
In order to make your booking and ensure that your travel arrangements run smoothly, and in accordance with your requirements, we need to use the information that you provide and pass this onto suppliers. This information may include your name, address, age, passport number and any special needs, disabilities, dietary requirements etc.
Luggage and personal belongings are yours and your party’s responsibility. Do not leave personal belongings unattended even for a minute, in the vehicles. We are not responsible for any loss, theft or damage to baggage or personal belongings during the tour/transfer.
Please ensure that small items such as mobile phones, purses and wallets are accounted for before the vehicle departs. We can not guarantee that once the driver has left you, that they will be able to return items left in the vehicle to you immediately. If an item has been left at the hotel then you can call the hotel and provide them with your home address along with their credit/debit card details so the hotel can arrange for the items to be returned to your home address.
You can cancel your booking for free within 24 hours after you have placed it.
After 24 hours, if you cancel some or all portions of your booking cancellation fees will apply.
A cancellation will only be effective when we receive written confirmation of the cancellation (please send an email to info@islandtravelandtours.com)
Depending on the reason for cancellation, you may be able to reclaim these cancellation charges under the terms of any insurance policy you may have.
Standard Cancellation policy for day trips, ferry and van transfers :
- Cancellation Made within 7 Days prior to departure date
- Non-refundable
- Cancellation Made within 8 Days or more prior to departure date
- 80% of payment is refunded
Amendment for day trips, ferry and van transfers :
- Any changes made to a reservation 7 days prior to the departure date will be subject to a minimum PHP 300 Amendment Fee (per change).
- Amendments can be made up to 8 days before the trip free of charge
Cancellation policy for tour package with hotels:
- 7 Days prior to departure date
- Non-refundable
- 8-10 Days prior to departure date
- 20% of payment is refunded
- 11-14 Days prior to departure date
- 45% of payment is refunded
- 15 or more Days prior to departure date
- 65% of payment is refunded
Refund
The refund shall be processed within 5-15 working days from the date of cancellation.
What cannot be refunded:
Certain travel arrangements may not be changeable after a reservation has been made and any alteration request could incur a cancellation charge of up to 100% of that part of the arrangements.
1) Airfare is completely non-refundable and non-changeable
2) Promo packages with hotels are not refundable and non-changeable
3) Admission tickets, entry permits cannot be refunded once confirmed
If, after the booking is placed, you wish to change your travel arrangements in any way, for example your chosen date or accommodation, we will do our utmost to make these changes, but it may not always be possible.
Where it is possible to meet your request, the cost will be recalculated in accordance with any new travel arrangements taking into account the prevailing prices, under occupancy supplements, any cancellation fees, amendment fees or other extra charges payable and a new booking confirmation issued.
There are travel products on this website where amendment fees will be charged on each occasion that the booking is amended. Please read each product “important note”.
You hereby waive any objection you may have to our use of electronic records with Discover, MasterCard, Visa, American Express or banks that issue credit cards should it be necessary for us to respond to a chargeback. You agree that we do business electronically by email, so email is accepted as the form of delivery of the services provided by us, so you agree to accept email as the form of delivery and instruct Discover, MasterCard, Visa, American Express and banks that issue credit cards that email delivery constitutes delivery of services in this transaction.
Any claim or dispute arising from or related to this contract will be governed by Philippines law and the courts of Philippines shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising out of it.
Terms and conditions updated on the 20th May 2022.
