The Best Beach
Clubs in Palawan

Palawan is the long, wild island chain that regularly tops the lists of the world's most beautiful places, and for good reason. The headline here is the water, the limestone lagoons of El Nido and the shipwrecks and lakes of Coron, all reached by boat on a day of island hopping. The beach club scene is small and concentrated around El Nido, and that is exactly as it should be on an island where the best beaches are a boat ride from shore. A beach club day here is a gentle pause between the big offshore adventures.

We keep prices and any entry fee as to be confirmed, because they move with the season and the venue and we would rather you heard them first hand. Send your date and party size and the venue will confirm what a daybed or a pass costs and what it includes. Every place below is a real, established venue, described honestly by the kind of day it gives you, and we will not pretend Coron has clubs it does not.

Palawan is at its best in the dry season from roughly November to May, when the seas are calm, the island hopping runs reliably and the beach club days are golden. The wet season from June to October brings storms that can cancel boats, though the islands are greener and quieter and prices ease. There is no fixed club ritual here, but a sunset from Maremegmeg's pool is a worthy way to close a day. Easter and the Christmas to New Year window are the busiest and dearest weeks.

Booking is straightforward in Palawan because the scene is small. At Angkla on Nacpan and at Maremegmeg you can usually arrive and take a lounger, with a reservation worth having in the busy dry season weeks, and some venues charge an entry fee redeemable against food and drink. Always ask what any fee covers and whether transport is needed, as Nacpan in particular is a drive from El Nido town and the road can be rough.

The honest move here is to treat the beach club as your rest day rather than the main event. Spend your active days island hopping through the lagoons, then give one slow morning and afternoon to a daybed, a pool and a long lunch, timing Maremegmeg for the sunset if you can. Easy beach dress is all you need, cash is essential as cards are not always accepted, and a tricycle or van sorts the transfer. Send your date through the form below and we will pass it on to confirm availability and any fee.

Palawan stretches down the southwest of the Philippines, with El Nido in the north famous for its towering limestone lagoons and Coron further north known for wreck diving and crater lakes. El Nido town is the base for the beach clubs and most island hopping, while Coron is a boat and dive destination rather than a beach club one. Flights land at El Nido or the larger Puerto Princesa, and a van transfer or domestic hop links the two.

Conditions are typical rather than guaranteed, and the seas and boat schedules depend heavily on the weather, so we make no swimming safety promise and you should follow the boat crews and local advice on the day. The wet season can cancel island hopping at short notice, so build in flexibility. Bring cash, reef safe sun protection and reef shoes, and respect the marine park rules that keep these waters so clear.