The Philippines · FIREFLY WATCHING IN PUERTO PRINCESA
Every trip has one free day too few. These 7 firefly watching in Puerto Princesa justify the slot, priced and timed so you can decide in minutes and get back to the fun part of planning.
Dinner on a Puerto Princesa bay cruise at dusk, then fireflies and bioluminescent plankton light the mangroves.
“The only activity very worth it in Puerto Princesa. Suggestive, great food and nice experience. Kail the guide was amazing! Cheap and nice. Suggested.”
Tour Puerto Princesa’s Underground River and night firefly glow with hotel pickup, meals, and guided cave and estuary cruises.
“Great. Very informative and well organised. It was great to be collected from and dropped back at the accommodation.”
Night paddle boat tour from Puerto Princesa with thousands of fireflies, dinner at Swag Restaurant, and an English guide on the river.
“Great evening activity. The guide was excellent, food was good, and the boat trip accords the bay way lovely and relaxing”
Puerto Princesa firefly watching on a paddle boat through the mangroves, with pickup and local dinner in Palawan.
“Pilotka organizacja świetliki ogólnie całe miejsce super”
Night boat cruise at Iwahig River in Puerto Princesa, watching thousands of fireflies and optional buffet dinner. 3 to 4 hours.
“Seeing the fireflies was amazing, and the boat guide was great - knowledgeable, funny and really good at spotting fireflies. Travelling down the river in the dark with only fireflies showing up was an amazing experience. However, the transport was a mess. There was already a large pickup window which was missed, without any notification from the organiser. There didn't seem to be great records of who was going, leading to confusion. On arrival, it was again unclear what was happening and where to go. There is little to do at the dock apart from the boat tour. Still a worthwhile trip!”
Puerto Princesa jungle river firefly watching with hotel pickup, a small-group boat ride, fireflies plus bioluminescent plankton, and dinner.
“Very disorganised tour. We were told we would be back at the hostel by 2130 but it ended up being 2320. The actual experience lasted about 30 minutes and was pleasant but not worth the wait. From the way the surroundings are decoraRead more”
Evening firefly watching in Palawan with a mangrove boat ride and an included dinner buffet, plus roundtrip transfer from Puerto Princesa.
Pick the island first. The kind of day sorts itself out after that.
