The 6 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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