Wednesday, May 21, 2014

El Nido Miniloc Island Resort (Part 1)

The journey towards El Nido Miniloc Island Resort

Palawan is located on the western part of the Philippines. Known as “The Last Ecological Frontier of the Philippines” because of its stunning landscapes and rich bio-diversity, Palawan consists of the 1,780 islands out of the total 7,107 islands of Philippines. Think about island hopping. Big time!

While watching the last scenes of the recent installment of the movie “The Bourne Legacy”, I was in awe of the stunning scenery. That for me was a picture of a good holiday!  My guess was right, that part was shot in El Nido, Palawan. That made us even more excited to our holiday in El Nido Miniloc Island Resort. We made our booking online through the El Nido group of resorts website and a representative from Manila was quite prompt in addressing our queries.  It would be good to do some research through online bookings and do some comparisons.

We traveled to El Nido via ITI ISLAND TRANSVOYAGER, INC. (ITI) is the only airline that offers direct flight from Manila to El Nido, Palawan and vice versa. The airfare includes refreshments while waiting for your departure and upon arrival at El Nido. The passenger seat arrangement at the departure lounge area was very organized and personalized. Talk about customer service at its best. Arrival at the LIO airport was also twice as fun. We were greeted by singing locals and another round of refreshments. The boat transfers to our respective resorts marked the start of our journey to paradise.


Cozy El Nido Resorts Waiting Lounge
 El Nido Resorts Waiting Lounge at the ITI Hangar

Very organized seat arrangement at El Nido Waiting Lounge
 Assigned Seats

Refreshments before the flight

 The Philippine Buffalo was ready to welcome us too.

Amazing landscape at LIO airport
 A taste of more stunning scenery to come.

Stunning beach at LIO airport


Blue jeep to match the El Nido blue skies
Our short ride towards the jetty.

LIO Airport

 The jetty at LIO airport

So off we went to our little paradise for few days. The experience was amazing and we savored every moment of it. Will be posting more of our El Nido adventures soon.