Philippines holiday, kayaking, trekking & culture
| country: | Philippines |
| location: | Palawan |
| price: | From US $2990 (15 days) excluding flights |
the amazing things you'll be doing
Puerto Princessa's mayor Edward Hagedorn set his municipality apart as the cleanest and most crime-free in the Philippines, winning best municipality six of the past eight years.
This trip is for serious Eco-tourists, Educators, and Administrators who want to learn the practices of Mayor Edward Hagedorn, including vignettes on creative ways to protect Nature. We will visit the “Baywatch” fishing enforcement program in Honda Bay, World heritage site of St. Paul’s Underground River (World’s longest), pending site of Ulagan Bay where we stay in the Mayor’s residence on St. Rita Island.
We will take part in several Ecotourism programs developed by the Municipality including a visit to the indigenous Tagbanua tribe, and attend policy and environmental protection explanations.
Caveman will produce a video on Mayor Hagedorn and the Puerto Princessa municipality, an international example of Responsible Environmental Practices, so all guests are required to sign a model release and will be gives a DVD of the final production.
This trip is for serious Eco-tourists, Educators, and Administrators who want to learn the practices of Mayor Edward Hagedorn, including vignettes on creative ways to protect Nature. We will visit the “Baywatch” fishing enforcement program in Honda Bay, World heritage site of St. Paul’s Underground River (World’s longest), pending site of Ulagan Bay where we stay in the Mayor’s residence on St. Rita Island.
We will take part in several Ecotourism programs developed by the Municipality including a visit to the indigenous Tagbanua tribe, and attend policy and environmental protection explanations.
Caveman will produce a video on Mayor Hagedorn and the Puerto Princessa municipality, an international example of Responsible Environmental Practices, so all guests are required to sign a model release and will be gives a DVD of the final production.
day-by-day itinerary
| Day 1: | Service starts upon arrival in Puerto Princessa. After lodging and lunch, we do an afternoon tour of PP town, no guns, no rubbish, no pollution. PLEASE NOTE: To guarantee meetings with Mayor Hagedorn, all itinerary elements will remain but our daily schedule may change. |
| Day 2: | Meetings and field visits with PP officials |
| Day 3: | River to the sea kayaking trip – sleep in Honda Bay resort |
| Day 4: | Baywatch stories and demo trip – move to Ulagan bay |
| Day 5: | Explore Ulagan bay By kayak – sleep Ulagan |
| Day 6: | Paddle and sleep Ulagan Bay |
| Day 7: | Visit St. Underground River and coastal kayaking. Beach camping |
| Day 8: | Snorkelling and kayaking before return to St. Paul’s – return to St Rita Island in Ulagan Bay |
| Day 9: | Trekking with the Tagbanua in St. Paul’s World Heritage Site – Home stay |
| Day 10: | Trekking with the Tagbanua in St. Paul’s World Heritage Site – Home stay |
| Day 11: | Trekking with the Tagbanua in St. Paul’s World Heritage Site – return to Princessa |
| Day 12: | Follow-up presentations – free afternoon in Puerto Princessa |
| Day 13: | Festival of Trees – Annual Environmental Party in the mountains – price of admission is a tree to plant – overnight camping |
| Day 14: | Fly or ferry to Manila and home |
how this holiday makes a difference
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Best Municipality on the Philippines six of the past eight years, Puerto Princessa already makes a difference. Now it is time to show others (including Ecotourists) how to achieve the same standards. We will also review Ulagan Bay and its World Heritage application status to see how this application can become formalized.
The trip video rights are shared with Puerto Princessa for international promotion. As Puerto Princessa gains success, other locations both in the Philippines and abroad will understand the importance of both the physical and cultural environment. |
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