El Nido

El Nido is a coastal town in Palawan. El Nido comprises 45 islands and islets; limestone cliffs are also found here, which form a Karst backdrop similar to those found in Ha Long Bay, Krabi and Guilin. Wikivoyage

Population 51,367 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

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Daylight 11 h 28 in Dec, dark by 17:41 · 12 h 46 in Jun
  1. January: 11 h 32 of daylight
  2. February: 11 h 46 of daylight
  3. March: 12 h 03 of daylight
  4. April: 12 h 22 of daylight
  5. May: 12 h 38 of daylight
  6. June: 12 h 46 of daylight
  7. July: 12 h 43 of daylight
  8. August: 12 h 30 of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 12 of daylight
  10. October: 11 h 54 of daylight
  11. November: 11 h 37 of daylight
  12. December: 11 h 28 of daylight
Tourist office · 150 m Municipal Tourism Office

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Markets

  • El Nido Public Market

    No hours mapped

    970 m from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 67 places to eat

Getting around

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