Thursday, February 7, 2013

Ugong Rock, Puerto Princesa, Palawan

I would appreciate better restrooms.
2 ziplines, I tried the supposedly more extreme to my dismay, since I didn't find it extreme at all. There was also the Superman zipline, but didn't try it.
Staff and guides were friendly.

Visited on December 2012.
Same review posted on Trip Advisor.

Excerpt from http://www.charmaineromero.blogspot.com/2013/01/puerto-princesa-first-time.html

Ugong Rock – It is an adventure trip for caving, spelunking, ziplining. This is maintained with partnership from ABS-CBN. It is cool to cave! The local guides, male, female and of different age range boxes were all friendly, accommodating and knowledgeable. According to Ate Daisy, they used to be kaingeros, but now they are the protectors of the natural resources of PPS. We went up the mountain through the caves and we enjoyed it. There were rock and other natural formations that we literally had to go under or squeeze into.


inside the caves


squeezing through
Once at the summit, there are 3 ways to get down, 2 ziplines or climb down. Liddy and myself opted for the supposedly more extreme 21-seconds zipline. Cla opted for the Superman zipline. Noel and Joy climbed down via another route. Zipline costs P 200/pax. Photo souvenirs of the zipline are available at P 150 each.


ready for the zipline

Since there was a different landing site for the extreme zipline, Liddy and I had to wait for the van to pick us up, which was taking quite long. The Ugong Rock personnel offered to take us back via a motorbike with sidecar for transporting stuff. We were sitting on a makeshift bench, top-down. Cool!



 

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