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How to go from El Nido town to Verde Safari in Dagmay, Teneguiban

September 15th, 2012

Arelle V. White

Verde Safari - Dagmay- Teneguiban, El Nido Palawan

Wowislands Travel and Tours made my cousins stay in El Nido even more enjoyable this last trip. Ching, the reservations officer did great booking us Island Hopping Tours. The rest of the trip was in a secluded beach North of El Nido Palawan we call Verde Safari, located in the Beach of Sitio Dagmay, Brgy. Teneguiban.

How to Get There?

1. By Motorcycle

Head North and Turn Left to Barutuan, then Pasadena and turn another Left to Bucana…before reaching the Bucana elementary school, there is a turn to DULI Beach, that road leads all the way to Dagmay, Teneguiban.

2. By Public Transport. There is a Bus that leaves Town at the Public Market (Pamilihang Bayan) everyday at 10AM, called MAA Transport, Fare is P50. When at the Hanging Bridge in Bucana, it’s a 15 minute boat ride to Verde Safari (Dagmay) as there are no public transport from Bucana to Dagmay. The boat can be arranged via Wowislands Travel and Tours. (Boat is P300 per way, can load up to 4 people. Bigger Boat for up to 10 people is P800 per way.)

3. Boat Ride

From the town of El Nido, it’s about 1 hr and 15 minutes straight boat ride towards the North, same route that goes to Coron.

Verde Safari in Dagmay is a great place to just rest and relax…away from the busy town of El Nido. When we got done with some island hopping tours in town, we wanted a quiet beach all to ourselves and we found it in Dagmay. Awesome sunsets too! The beach is clear with no corals on the beach floor that will hurt your feet, and snorkeling areas were closeby just a few minutes by a paddle boat.

The sand is very fine and powdery…During the monsoon season, the waves can be rough and great for body boarding. During the summer season water is so calm, the sand becomes whiter as it dries… Kids from the village comes to hang out and play!

And my husband and I who like kids at heart loves to play with them too! :-)

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Tags: beach camping, dagmay, El Nido, island hopping tours, Palawan, teneguiban, verde safari, wowislands

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God protects, pray!

January 7th, 2012

Arelle V. White

Praying for God’s protection!

In a recent trip to El Nido, Palawan where we are developing a camp site and our would be house, my cousin Rene, niece Ching together with our housemate Tess and I had to take a BUS to the nearest place to take a small boat ride to our place. I took my car once and the road was terrible for a car plus I’d rather sit and enjoy the great views than get busy driving. And along the way we had a very serious bus trouble that almost took our lives. Thank God for saving us all from a mishap. I am truly grateful to my husband, my mom and my siblings and some really good friends who prays for me especially during my travels.

Just a few minutes off from town is a winding road going up and down hill, when on a curve, our bus driver was turning the wheel but the bus won’t follow. I thank God for the prayer he answered even before we left the terminal. The bus stopped just a couple of feet away from a sure fall by the cliff, I am so grateful that the driver had presence of mind. The lady owner of the bus was even seated in the front, and would not have been spared if we fell, Ching and I was seated right behind the driver and would have been a very critical spot too.

Our bus kept going the direction of the arrow and stopped right there!

We found out later that 2 buses have fallen off the same spot few months earlier and there had been casualties. My husband and I who was out of the country then and I texted and he said if no bus pass by, that we just hire trikes to take us to Bucana to catch the boat waiting for us.

On the picture is where we could have fallen down if it happened, 50 feet down easily. I thank God for the angels He sent to really stop it.

We made it safely to our place! God is awesome. We later learned that it took 3 hours for the bus to get fixed and made it to Bucana safely too.

What happened was the steering wheels connection to the steering rod gave in! Imagine that!!! Praise God really, I believe my cousins, niece and I still have a lot of missions in life to accomplish!

The steering wheel connector to the rod detached! oh my..

If our boat is on the water, we were to take a straight boat ride from town to our place. This boat should be back in water soon… Wowislands Travel and Tours will operate it as an Island Hopping boat for tourists who wants to see the lagoons and explore the white sand beaches of El Nido Palawan.

21 Seater Banka named I'm Yours (means it belongs to God!)

That's our foremen Tito Win and Cris welcoming us

View from our front deck

Wowislands Travel and Tours will soon launch trips to this place for those want to enjoy beach camping. Those diving to the nearby Islands North of Palawan are most welcome to make Dagmay, Teneguiban, El Nido, Palawan a camping stop over. It will have clean comfort rooms and shower areas as well as cold drinks available for a more comfortable stay! So it will just be a half way roughing it kind of camping!