About 15km from Puerto, this penal colony invites visitors to drop in and mingle with the prisoners. In the gymnasium of the central compound, inmates…
Must see attractions in Puerto Princesa
- IIwahig Prison & Penal Farm
- WWorld War II Museum
Just east of the centre, this is an interesting, privately owned museum set up by Eugenio Mendoza, whose father was a member of the Fighting 1000, a group…
- PPlaza Cuartel
Behind the Immaculate Concepcion Cathedral (c 1872), this restored WWII garrison is the site of an open-air war museum and shrine to American prisoners of…
- EEnvironmental Enforcement Museum
In the Pasyar Travel & Tours complex, this is a worthy and important museum that displays confiscated chainsaws, boats, dynamite and (sometimes) animals…
- NNagtabon Beach
This beach, on the northern side of the isthmus, has several hundred metres of white sand and shallow water good for swimming. Jeepneys from San Jose…
- PPalawan Museum
Housed in the old City Hall building adjacent to Mendoza Park, this newly modernised museum has two floors of exhibits about the ethnological and…
- PPalawan Heritage Center
This museum has touch-screen videos and a hologram that outline Palawan’s history and explain contemporary economic and environmental challenges. There's…
- PPalawan Butterfly Eco Garden & Tribal Village
One half of this is a lovely garden where you can see different species of fluttering butterflies. The other half is set up for interaction with members…
- PPalawan Wildlife Rescue & Conservation Center
This wildlife reserve is a complex of concrete buildings and outdoor pens that house hundreds of crocs, from newly hatched to scary behemoths. Guided…