Trapped in an unpredictable weather for days, we finally made it to our Island Hopping tour off the coast of El Nido. One can never get tired of exploring any of the 7,107 islands of the Philippines and feasting the best of Pinoy street food.
Another off the road challenge when in Palawan is visiting El Nido’s best kept secret. The unadulterated, undisturbed, absolutely stunning and utterly peaceful twin beach of Nacpan & Calitang.
Palawan’s best kept secret. Sexiest Beach in town.
On our last day before heading back to Manila, we decided to check out this off the beaten track paradise. Bring on the bucket list, ’tis the highlight of our getaway!
A four-wheel off-road vehicle was not an option to us, we are cheapskates like that so we bargained with some tricycle drivers for the best price of a half-day trip. We have no idea how bad the road was until we get there.
The Muddy Terrain and our 3-wheel drive. Obstacle Course. More Fun in the Philippines.
Since it has been raining a lot lately, some parts of the road are not passable with our 3-wheel drive. But that wouldn’t stop us, we are ready to get rough and dirty at all cost. I wish it was drizzling though, it’s more fun to walk in the rain, muddy and all, rather than under the sun in a scorching heat.
Getting rough and dirty. We are.
After more than an hour of battling the obstacle course, we finally reach this tropical destination! As if we didn’t get enough of our island-hopping adventure a day before, this beach is OURS. Well, just for the day when the long stretch of powdery soft sands as far as the eyes can see, don’t have much guests to entertain. We’ve only seen a couple of foreigners and five local kids playing around. No hotels, bed & breakfasts, restaurants, clubs and even campers around. It’s nice to get lost in this island once in a while, to experience tranquillity at it’s best.
When universe conspires, priceless.
We reached by the damaged breakwater. The photo above is part of Nacpan Beach, taken from the breakwater focal point, it is of the left side. The hill at the center is where we did a little trekking to take photo of the twin beach. It’s about 3 kilometers away from the breakwater.
From the hill, we bask in the glory of this awesome creation. The twin beach on both sides of the island, Nacpan Beach and Calitang Beach. At low tide and during monsoon season, the beach on the right is scattered with seaweeds. Nonetheless, it is a beautiful sight. And there is more to see, a third-party in this love affair, the cliff on the other side of the beach.
Paradise found!
I would love you all the day, every night we would kiss and play,
if with me you’d fondly stray, over the hills and far away.
~ John Gray
We trek back to the breakwater, secretly wishing that the solitude within this place remains forever, away from the chaos of upscale constructions and developments.
Right side of the beach from the breakwater focal point
Wishing that ten years from now, we can still have moments to call this our own beach.
Thanks to Flip for sharing this awesome wonderland.
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Tara balikan natin ito ;) :kissed:
Wow, ang hamda naman ng beach na iyan. Pero yung daan, sana pagtuunan ng pansin ang Gobyerno. such a beautiful beach.
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got here alone on a stormy season, experienced the same godawful roads hehehehe. sumemplang ako and got to blog about it :P
pero the best. hands and feet down. nacpan is truly, well, beautiful can’t even describe it.
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I adore the photo labeled “Where Sky Meets Sea”. Unbelievable, but that place really exists… somewhere!
I’m going to El Nido in November and definitely adding this beach to my itinerary. Thanks for the information. I’m so excited to go, it looks amazing!
Wow this place looks so cool! Would love to visit!
What a gorgeous beach! Really well worth getting all that mud along the way!
What a gorgeous location! Great post and your pictures are truly breathtaking!
Oh man this is so pretty. Your photos are amazing. I especially love the one captioned “Paradise found”
I love the way this post was written, it is a pleasure to read. The pictures are great! Never been there but it seems like you caught the real feeling of the place on your camera, it makes me want to go there!
I’ve only ever been to Boracay and Manilla in the Philippines and loved it! But having seen so much information and posts about El Nido recently I think I’m going to have to return to do that area of the country!!
Wow this looks so beautiful!! I saw El Nido in a video earlier this year, and since then have been wanting to visit!!
Looks so lovely! I was in El Nido before but didn’t manage to go to Nacpan because of my limited budget and time. I hope that one day when I come back, it has stayed the way that it is now. Love this post! :)
That mud looks intense! Does it rain a lot there? :)
The beaches look beautiful! Great you got the opportunity to visit this place.
The beaches look beautiful! I would like to visit the Philippines as well one day :)
I’ve seen a lot of posts about El Nido but your photos are so different — thanks for showing a new side of the village to me!
It looks like such a beautiful beach and definitely worth the muddy effort to get to! I love your dedication.
I regret not getting to El Nido when I was in the Philippines. This sounds like a wonderful find, mud & all. Great pictures too.
WOW! The twin beaches just look STUNNING!! I will definitely remember those if I one day come to the Philippines! Thanks for sharing and taking me daydreaming away to beautiful beaches :)
I love how airy and ethereal your writing and photos are. If I ever make it to the Philippines, I’ll be sure to check out El Nino (with some hiking boots lol).
Nacpan beach looks absolutely stunning! It looks like it’s from another world.
This looks like paradise!