El Nido, Palawan

El Nido ( Baquit ) in Northern Palawan / Philippines is a small fishing and harbor town with 36 191 inhabitants (as of 1 May 2010). The name El Nido came from the many swallows' nests (Spanish nide / nido ), which are collected in the surrounding caves for the famous Chinese soup. In the village there is a campus of the Western Philippines University and Palawan State University.

Transport links

There are flights every two days in a prop of the airline Seair to Manila via Busuanga and Puerto Princesa as well as daily services between Manila and El Nido by charter machines ( ITI).

There are no direct ferry services to the line Manila - Puerto Princesa; they run about Coron ( Palawan ). Between El Nido and Coron runs a weekly ferry from the port Liminangcong ( near El Nido, 1.5 hours away by boat ), as well as cargo ships with wooden hulls directly from El Nido.

Taytay, Roxas and Puerto Princesa Palawan can be reached via the highway with buses and jeepneys.

Tourism

Tourism plays a significant role, so there is a dense network with many properties in the price range from the simple to comfortable, restaurants, bars, several supermarkets and souvenir shops. Only 12% of travelers passing through remains for a few days in the village, most of the tourists going into the luxury resorts on the islands. Popular day trips with a local outrigger boat ( bangka ) perform in the Bacuit archipelago of islands and paradise beaches, for Cadlao Iceland with a 609 m high peak, for Pinagbuyutan Iceland, with a secluded beach and a 370 m high, almost vertical sides, limestone and Vigan Iceland ( Snake Iceland ) with a serpentine sandbank.

Underwater world in the archipelago Bacuit

In 1998, the area in Bacuit archipelago was declared before El Nido in the South China Sea into a marine protected area. The coral reef was largely destroyed by the effects of Cyanidfischens in most places. The condition is exacerbated by hundreds of crowns of thorns ( Acanthaster planci ), which are rare in such concentration. Since the (actually, according to CITES strictly protected ) is conch ( Charonia tritonis ) the only natural enemy and is considered a delicacy enjoys great popularity, is also a tourist souvenir with locals, its decline is partly responsible for this massive spread. In some reef sites in the channel- facing sides of the Tapiutan Iceland and Iceland Matinloc there are still schools of fusiliers and other colorful reef fish. The corals are still in largely intact, but first crown of thorns also spread here. To protect the biodiversity, the El Nido - Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area was established in 1998.

Cities: Puerto Princesa City

Location in the Philippines
Palawan

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