The 12 Best Honda Bay Island Hopping Trips

1.Honda Bay Island Hopping & Optional Massage

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 474 reviews · 7 - 10 hours · from $36Our pick

Spend a full day from Puerto Princesa visiting Luli Island, Pambato Reef, and Cowrie Island. You’ll swim, snorkel, eat a generous island lunch, and have time for a beach massage if selected. Guides such as Jed, Jeff, Echo, and Rowena are praised for friendly help, while snorkel gear and aqua shoes cost extra.

“The tour was so beautiful and not too rushed or too slow. The lunch cooked was amazing. So pretty and so peaceful. Thank you so much Mark for making this such an amazing experience!”

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2.Honda Bay Island Hopping Tour – A Perfect Day in Paradise

★★★★★★★★★★3.7 · 50 reviews · 7 hours · from $36

Start with hotel pickup in Puerto Princesa, then ride to Honda Bay for three island stops. Snorkel from Pambato Reef’s floating platform, watch Luli Island appear and disappear with the tide, and spend three hours at Cowrie Island with a Filipino buffet lunch. English and Tagalog guides lead the shared tour.

“I wasn't picked up at the hostel, so the tour didn't happen. No one responded to my messages.”

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3.Honda Bay Tour with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★3.8 · 33 reviews · 1 day · from $39

You’ll leave your Puerto Princesa hotel for Honda Bay, then ride a motorized boat to Luli Island, Cowrie Island, Pambato Reef, and Starfish Island. Expect sandbars, coral gardens, snorkeling, kayaking, banana boats, a buffet lunch, and an English-speaking guide. Bring cash for the environmental fee and rent your own mask and snorkel.

“Please improve the communication regarding the pick up time to be considerate of the participants time. Overall the driver and the guide are great. I would have given the tour excellent overall other than the communication on the pick up time. We feel that the participants time were ignored compared to the other tour providers.”

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4.Honda Bay Island Hopping Cruise

★★★★★★★★★★3.9 · 30 reviews · 9 hours · from $40

Spend nine hours touring Honda Bay from Puerto Princesa, with hotel pickup, a motorized boat, lunch, and stops at Starfish, Luli, and Cowrie islands. You can snorkel, swim, sunbathe, and try Filipino food. The shared tour uses a van for up to 13 people and includes English or Tagalog guiding.

“It was a good experience with the weather being on our side. Sunshine without any clouds so perfect for sunbathing & relaxation. The views of the horizon were stunning, mountainous Philippines. I would recommend this tour for what it offers. Lunch was filling and delicious, especially the BBQ fish!”

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5.Shared Honda Bay Island Hopping Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 20 reviews · from $38

Spend 6 to 8 hours sailing Honda Bay from Puerto Princesa, with stops at Lu-Li and Cowrie islands. You can swim, sunbathe, rent snorkeling gear, and enjoy a Filipino lunch at Cowrie. Pickup is available from select hotels, and groups are limited to 15 people.

“It is recommended to wear water shoes and the first stop in the van is a place to rent water shoes and snorkel gear. We had already selected to have snorkel gear included but then ended up having to pay to hire water shoes and if we'd knoRead more”

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6.Puerto Princesa Honda Bay Island Hopping Shore Excursion

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 16 reviews · from $173Top rated

Meet your guide at Puerto Princesa Port for a private Honda Bay outing of about seven hours. Visit Cowrie Island, Lu-Li Island, and possibly a third stop, with snorkeling gear, fees, and lunch included. If your guide is TJ Echo, expect clear English, careful safety advice, marine-life pointers, and helpful iPhone photo tips.

“We had a remarkable guide for our private tour for 6 people (we aren’t spring chickens), TJ Echo spoke perfect English (Spanish, too), stopped for what we needed, informed us of marine life, considered safety judiciously, and taught us many iPhone photo tricks. The lunch was lovely..”

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7.Honda Bay Island Hopping Full-Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.4 · 13 reviews · 7 hours · from $41

You’ll leave Puerto Princesa around 7:00am by air-conditioned van, then visit Cowrie, Luli, and Starfish islands by motorized boat. Expect swimming, fish and starfish viewing, a picnic lunch, and a return to your hotel around 3:00pm. Bring water, snacks, towels, and your own snorkeling gear.

“You must(my advice for the future)wear long sleeves to not get burn skin... otherwise really nice visiting 3 islands for snorkeling, swiming, chilling, and food on one of the islands.”

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8.Private Honda Bay Island Hopping Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 10 reviews · 8 hours

Spend eight private hours around Honda Bay with hotel pickup, a local English or Tagalog guide, boat transfers, snorkeling, and a buffet lunch. Visit tide-sensitive Luli Island, fish-filled Pambato Reef, and Cowrie Island. Guides such as Step and Rabini are praised for friendly service and useful local insight.

“We did the private tour with Step from Corazon Travel & Tours and he was like a professor the way he educated us about the Palawn Islands and wildlife. He also went way above and beyond his duties as he stayed with us after the tour to show us how to get to downtown Puerto Princessa from Honda Bay. The islands were absolutely beautiful and of all the tours we did in Palawan this one had the best lunch. We were surrounded by colorful, beautiful fish during our snorkeling session and Step even pointed out 3 giant clams that were an endangered species. It was quite a sight to see…”

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9.Puerto Princesa Honda Bay Island Hopping

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 7 reviews · 7 hours · from $41

Spend seven hours island-hopping from Puerto Princesa to Pambato Reef, Luli Island, and Cowrie Island. An English-speaking guide handles transfers and permits, while you swim, snorkel, kayak, and enjoy lunch by the water. Hotel pickup is included within Puerto Princesa City and a 15-kilometer radius. Bring an ID, and budget extra for gear rentals and the environmental fee.

“Our tour guide was excellent! He seem to have massive knowledge base of marine life & he was happy to share it. Tour was well organised eg transfers & food.”

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10.Honda Bay Island Hopping with Buffet Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 7 reviews · from $64

Start with hotel pickup in Puerto Princesa, then sail to Honda Bay islands such as Luli, Cowrie, and Starfish. Swim, snorkel, look for sea stars and giant clams, and eat lunch by the beach. The tour runs 6 to 9 hours and includes van transport, lunch, taxes, and permit processing. Bring cash for any government environmental fee requested at the wharf.

“This was a fun tour with one negative that I am inclined to mention. If you want to snorkel and are inclined to rent snorkel gear don't. The snorkeling area "reef" was extremely small and when I was there they must have had 60 people in the water at the same time. The other Read more”

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11.Honda Bay Island: Island Tour with Lunch & Transfer

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 4 reviews · 8 hours · from $54

Spend eight hours exploring Honda Bay on a small-group boat tour from Puerto Princesa. Swim and snorkel at Starfish Island, watch Luli Island appear and disappear with the tide, then enjoy lunch and beach time at Cowrie Island. Hotel pickup, boat transport, island fees, and an English-speaking guide are included. Snorkel gear and the P200 environmental fee cost extra.

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12.Joiners Honda Bay Island Hopping Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $38

Spend about seven hours island hopping from Puerto Princesa to Cowrie, Luli, and Starfish islands. You’ll ride an air-conditioned van to the wharf, cruise Honda Bay by boat, swim or snorkel, and eat a picnic lunch on one of the islands. The joiner group is limited to 10 people, with pickup usually between 7:30 and 8:00am.

“The tour and staff is very professional we had a great time we drove ourselves to the tour and found parking easily everything was communicated up front it was very enjoyable”

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