Last Holy Week, my family and I went to Coron, Palawan for our summer trip.
Coron is a quiet town found north of Palawan and is popular because of its abundance in pristine islands and thriving marine life. Getting there by plane is fairly quick. From Manila, Busuanga Airport (Francisco B. Reyes Airport) is about 45-60minutes by plane. There are flights to Busuanga everyday, though the airfare is a bit more expensive as compared to Puerto Princesa, Palawan since flights to Busuanga are via a twin-prop airplane.
We booked our flights via Cebu Pacific which was scheduled at 4.15pm, April 3, 2015. As expected, NAIA Terminal 3 was packed Well anyway... Some of the other airlines that fly to Busuanga from Manila are Philippine Airlines, SkyJet and AirAsia.
It was my first time to ride a twin-prop plane, admittedly I was bit anxious and felt a wee bit claustrophobic since it is such a small plane. Glad that the flight only took about forty five minutes, I'm not quite sure but I felt that we were flying lower than usual.
Busuanga Airport is situated in the middle of nowhere, all I ever saw before landing was land. The runway is short that's why only Cessna and ATR planes are allowed to land and take off from there. The airport itself is extremely small, its more of a hangar converted to an airport actually, the airport staff manually carries your luggage from the plane to the arrival area where you can pick it up.
Transport from the airport to your chosen accommodation can be pre-arranged by your hotel or loding, but there are also passenger vans that can take you to your accommodation, fare is at Php150 per head, one way. It takes roughly 30-40 minutes land travel to reach the town proper itself. Meanwhile, you can busy yourself by drinking in the amazing views that unfolds right in front of your eyes during transit. The greenery and mountain views are so beautiful and serene and very relaxing too. I was seated at the front and wished I had eight more eyes so I can properly see everything, the land trip, for me, was just charming.
Since we were checked in right smack in the middle of town, getting around was fairly easy, there are tons of tricycles that you can hail to take you to restaurants or other attractions. Our hotel was also just walking distance to the Catholic Church and Mt. Tapyas, as well as Coron's most famous restaurants.
