Here’s what you can find on our blog, I think it should be everything you need to know and all from our personal experience on the island

How To Get To Club Paradise Palawan: So first, you can find all the information on how you actually have to get to the resort here. This includes the transport, some of our tips on reducing the cost and your level of stress so you can relax and enjoy your holiday.

Club Paradise Palawan Pictures – This is some of our coolest photos from the trip to CP including at least one of all the important elements of the island and the resort. Things like the beaches, the bar, the beautiful clear water, the sand, the island hopping adventure, and more.

Club Paradise Palawan Reviews – This is the most valuable thing we’ve put together on Club Paradise. This is our comprehensive review of each thing we did while we’re there. Whether you need info on how the food is, how the accomodation and rooms are, what tours are available, how much it’ll cost you and whether or not you should go. Most importantly it contains all the little things you need to look out for while you’re there. Don’t worry it’s nothing too scary, but we definitely have some tips to pass on to make sure your trip is everything you’ve dreamed of.

Of course if you have any questions about Club Paradise, feel free to drop us a comment and ask. We’ll be more than happy to answer.

I hope you enjoy your trip!

Author: Andrew Hansen

Hi there, Elysia here!

As Andrew’s already told you, we had the most AMAZING time at Club Paradise in Palawan. Staying at Club Paradise was 5 nights of pure island paradise that we’ll remember forever!

The island is so secluded and so quiet that you can walk around the resort without ever passing another guest – except for at dinner when everyone seems to creep out of their secret, beach hiding places and join in the restaurant!

I’ve put together a collection of our Club Paradise Palawan Pictures for all our blog readers to enjoy!

Our first look of Club Paradise, Palawan

The beautiful beach at Club Paradise, Palawan

Lounging around the pool at Club Paradise, Palawan

Our amazing villa at Club Paradise, Palawan

Island Hopping Tour at Club Paradise, Palawan

Island Hopping Tour at Club Paradise, Palawan

Beautiful villa at Club Paradise, Palawan

The beach at Club Paradise, Palawan

Sunset at Club Paradise, Palawan

There are just a FEW of our photos from our amazing stay at Club Paradise, Palawan! I thoroughly recommend this beautiful resort for any couple or family looking for a fun but relaxing island getaway!

Remember, you can click here see a couple more photos and our full complete Club Paradise reviews.

Author: Elysia Brooker

Overall, the experience we had at Club Paradise was…

A sampling of true Paradise. I know that sounds like a cliche, but the relaxation and enjoyment we had over the 5 days we spent there was, in the truest sense, nothing short of bliss.

So we arrived from the little boat to the shores of Clulb Paradise and were greeted by a band of island guitarists. (if you need it you can see how to get to Club Paradise Palawan here) We actually became good friends with these guys because over our time there we requested a thousand songs at dinner and had chats about how Elysia looked like Britney Spears LOL!

You have a little cocktail and listen to the “welcome song” after which the guides explain to you the rules of the resort and other housekeeping issues.

After that, you’re free to do whatever you want. I thought I might give little overviews of all the things you might want to do while you’re there…

First, the beaches of the actual island itself…

That’s the first thing we did, get our towels and jump into that azure bright blue water!

There’s plenty of open beach front right around the island, with the main parts at the front and to one side, while the other side of the island has the little mountain and another shore front which is more rocky and weedy and better for snorkeling than swimming.

The water is beautifully warm, there’s no big tide, and there’s no predators or nasty things to watch out for… However:

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Elysia did mention getting bitten by some, albeit pretty harmless little sea lice in the water there. It’s not a big deal, you’ll just get some little spots. I was fine as my body hair seemed to protect me from them (gross but I had to say it) but Elysia with her silky smooth legs was a bit of a target.

I should say she didn’t find it THAT bad, and it’s pretty common for tropical islands (Elysia said they found the same in Fiji) so don’t get too worried about it, but I thought I should point it out anyway.

The Beach Rooms

The rooms at the resort were definitely AWESOME. There was a few different levels of room that dictated where they were positioned, but we had the lowest level room and found it absolutely fine, in quality and positioning on the beach.

That room was right at the beachfront, we had the little hammock at the front of it, and inside it was more than spacious (especially the ENORMOUS king size bed).

At the end of the day, my tip is to not bother with the more expensive rooms as you’ll spend most of your time away from them and even if your room’s not on the beach front, you’ll get PLENTY of time to spend on beach front over the course of your trip – even privately if you want, you just have to go at the right time

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One tiiiiny thing I had a little grumble to Elysia about is that the water that you get out of the taps there… this goes for shower and taps… is actually slightly salted. I guess it’s for sanitation purposes and I’d rather it than every day Manila water but in the shower, and to clean my teeth, it was a bit gross.

Meals And Eating

We weren’t sure how the food was going to be when we arrived but it didn’t take long to realize that the quality was very high.

We had some of the most tender lamb roast for dinner Elysia and I had ever tasted – melt in your mouth kinda lamb, mmmmm.

After 5 days it does get a tiny bit repetitive but because the food is so good you can look past it.

Perhaps the best part of the meals and eating time through is the guitarist band’s entertainment.

I am a big classical guitar fan so I might be biased but the nights sitting at the deck with a beautiful meal, the sea breeze caressing your face, listening to the harmony of 3 classical guitars playing your favorite melodies is a memory I’ll cherish forever. They come round to your table to take requests too!

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When we got there we didn’t realize that the meals actually AREN’T included in the price of most packages. It’s something like $30 a day for meals, just so you know We found it worth the price overall, though compared to Philippine standards, a little expensive (only what you can expect for an island resort)

The Island Activities

We were able to take advantage of Snorkelling, and the island hopping tour, though there’s plenty more on offer.

Snorkelling, even right off the shore was REALLY cool. There’s a big variety of fish to see and some interesting corals too.

The island hopping was beautiful as well. A little boat takes you on a trip to one of the little islands where you can set up an umbrella and just chill out, ALL ALONE… just you alone on this little island, totally secluded… that was another treasured memory. You stay there for about 2 hours where you can also go snorkeling or eat a little lunch they pack for you.

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The lunch they pack isn’t too big or TOO crash hot, so we recommend you take a bag with a little extra food in it too. Oh and WATER! You’ll need it in the sun.

The Bar

The bar and games room was the perfect place to relax your sun drenched body as well as ply it with liquor after a hard day.

The cocktails are reasonably cheap and there’s a decent selection. There’s a table tennis table, billiards table and dart board.

It’s also really cool to grab a drink and take it out to the beach, particularly around sunset. Elysia and I got some killer photos of that.

NOTE: While we’re on other amenities: Don’t bother trying to get internet while you’re there. There’s a computer (no wifi) but it’s painfully slow and not good for much except a few emails if you’re desperate.

Pricing

We just got average rates, nothing too special.

Since Club Paradise is owned by foreigners (Germans I believe), the prices there for most things (drinks included) aren’t your super cheap south east asian prices. Having said that we didn’t feel like the amount we paid was excessive, and was pretty much in line with what you’d pay at similar resorts in the Philippines, BUT actually cheaper than rates at the similar resort in Palawan El Nido.

The other thing is you can pretty much take it as you want it. If you want plenty of tours you can pay for them, plenty of drinks you can pay for them, and so on. But even if you can only do the basics, we’re sure you’ll still find it great value and relatively inexpensive.

Conclusion

Again, our trip to Club Paradise gave us some of the fondest memories of our lives; times we’ll treasure forever.

We’ve already made the commitment that we must return there at least once in our lives.

All things considered we can wholeheartedly recommend Club Paradise to couples, individuals or families as a vital part of any Philippines holiday.

Author: Andrew Hansen

So what I wanted to say in this post was that, when you’re looking at how to get to Club Paradise Palawan, don’t try to plan or book each part of the trip yourself (like flight one part, interim travel one part, and accommodation at Club Paradise in one part) but instead, go through a travel agent (there’s plenty around the major cities) that will basically make all the plans for you.

When they book it for you, the flight to the Busuanga airport will be included, there’ll be a tour operator waiting once you get to the tiny little airport, you’ll get straight on the jeepney, then straight on the boat. You won’t have to think too much.

I mean, you can piece it together yourself if you’re really on a budget but we personally advise against it. In terms of time, it takes about an hour to get from Manila to Busuanga.

The jeep through the country to get to the shoreline is about 20 minutes, then the boat ride over to Dimakya is about half an hour, but it’s very pretty; goes past another couple of little islands and lots of that crystal blue water etc That’s all for this time, just wanted to make sure I’d made that one tip clear so that if you’re wondering “how to get to club paradise” because you’re thinking of booking it all in parts, you might reconsider

Don’t forget, to see our full comprehensive Club Paradise reviews you can click there.

Have fun!

Author: Andrew Hansen

In terms of how to get there, it depends where you’re coming from. The most common places you’ll be coming from are Cebu or Manila. As you’ll probably know by now, Club Paradise is on the group of islands called Palawan, on a smaller island called Dimakya.

From Manila (where I assume most people are coming from) you need to take a flight from Manila airport (there’s two airports who’s names I forget, but you can get there from the smaller of two that does domestic flights) to an airport called Busuanga, which is closest to the island of Dimakya. You’ll take a smallish plane (about a 50 seater) to get there, but don’t worry, it’s coming BACK from Palawan where the plane gets really small… 10 seater… felt like flying in a car… first time we’d ever done that… quite the experience!

As for the airline, we got a tip from a local to avoid the airline “Asian Spirit” which may be a little cheaper but has a dubious level of safety. Apparently the locals have a saying “You’ll leave as an Asian, and come back as a Spirit!” haha… we didn’t want to take any chances.  Anyway once you get to Busuanga it’s all easy.

There’s a jeepney that runs to the edge of the water at which point you jump on a little boat and head out to the island of Dimakya of which Club Paradise is the only resort. Here’s a little pic of ours from CP – took this one from in the water Most of the time you’ll book the trip to Club Paradise through a company that’ll have all the plans prepared for you go, so once you get to Busuanga, they’ll have your name on a sheet and someone will say, “come this way to club paradise” etc, so you won’t get lost.

Don’t forget, to see our full comprehensive Club Paradise reviews you can click there.

Author: Andrew Hansen