Some places you visit. Others, you feel in your bones. Parada Beach is the second kind.
Tucked away in the Linapacan archipelago — where the sea glows translucent, and the jungle leans close — this wild corner of Palawan is home base for a new kind of traveller. One who wants salt on their skin, stories in their heart, and nights spent beneath a sky without ceiling.
Here’s how to spend three days sleeping under canvas — and waking up to paradise.
Day One: Underground Wonders and a Firefly Sky
Morning begins on the mainland. After landing in Puerto Princesa, venture straight to the Underground River, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that feels like stepping into another world. Limestone caverns, mirror-still waters, swallows echoing in the dark — it’s Palawan’s most sacred hush.
Lunch might be local and bohemian — The Gypsy’s Lair is all art and colour — before an afternoon island-hopping through Honda Bay, where sandbars disappear and reappear with the tide.
By late afternoon, you’ll reach Parada Beach by boat. It’s not a resort. It’s a feeling — an invitation to pause. Check into your glamping tent — a traditional Mongolian yurt or a sleek geodesic dome, both designed for comfort and seclusion. Toast your arrival with a glass of cava, feet in the sand, jungle behind you, sea ahead.
Dinner is fire-cooked, often caught that day. End the evening drifting through mangrove-lined waters on a silent firefly paddle tour, the night glowing in small, quiet miracles.
Day Two: Swim with Giants, Then Let the Island Hold You
Today is about movement. After an early breakfast overlooking the sea, head out for a guided swim with whale sharks — gentle, majestic creatures that glide alongside you like dreams. Always respectful. Always unforgettable.
On the way back, stop in Sabang for grilled seafood and still, white sand. Or take a detour into the forest for a walk through hidden jungle trails.
Return to Parada Beach in time for the afternoon light. Maybe you’ll join a Tagbanwa workshop, learning to weave or carve alongside local hands. Perhaps you’ll sink into the saltwater pool built into jungle rock with a cocktail. Or maybe, you’ll do nothing at all.
At sunset, you can mark the moment permanently — a small tattoo, inked on the beach, the sky turning to fire. Night brings live music or simply the hush of wind through palms.
Day Three: Drift Through Islands, Dine on What You Catch
Start slow. Coffee on your porch. Yoga beneath the trees. Then it’s time to explore again — this time, closer to home.
Island-hop through Linapacan: uninhabited islets, floating fish pens, lagoons that flash from jade to blue. Snorkel among coral, picnic on sand that’s barely solid. Or try night fishing with one of the island’s elders, learning to read the water by feel, not sight.
Lunch might be at a tiny eatery in a neighbouring village. Or back at Parada, where the kitchen turns today’s catch into something quietly delicious.
Spend your last hours in the water, under the trees, or on a sun-warmed rock, watching the sky shift once more.
The End, But Never Really
You’ll leave Parada Beach lighter. Sun-kissed. Salt-cured. Rewired to something quieter and more honest. It’s not just where you stayed. It’s what grounded you.Ready to sleep wild, wake free, and let Palawan in? Book your escape to Parada Beach.
