Puerto Prinsesa, Palawan -- Ugong Rock (Caving, Spelunking and Zipline)

After our Underground River Tour, we head back to Sabang Wharf and drove to the beach where our buffet lunch is set. Kuya Bodjie asked us if we wanted to have a side trip to Ugong Rock and being on the adventurous side that day, we said yes!

We passed by Elephant Cave where Amazing Race Philippines made a stop.

Trip to Ugong Rock is not included in our paid tour that's why we shelled out few pesos out. Fee for caving, spelunking and tours is P200 and fee for zipline going down back to camp is P250.

Entrance of Ugong Rock Adventures

ABS -CBN Foundation helped fund this project and now a lot of people is earning livelihood from this.
We were briefed upon arrival and after we registered and paid, we head straight to their "wardrobe" where we took our head caps and gloves. Caving and spelunking ready!

Choose!

Passageway in

During the tour, they'll make you tap on to different stalactites that produces a somewhat humming sound (ugong in Filipino) where the cave got its name too.

You'll pass by several formation and you'll be forced to bend and fit yourself pass through thin passages like this:

 

And go down on trail like this:

The next level activity after caving is to climb up on a steep portion of the cave. They'll assist you in wearing harness and guide you on your way up. It wasn't really tiring for me but beginners and non-adventurous individuals may find this quiet challenging.

Jehn on her way up

After passing all the twisting, trekking and climbing, you have 3 options on how to go back to the base camp.
1. Zipline (sitting position - P250)
2. Zipline (Superman position - P350)
3. Walk your way back down

We opted to go for option 1 and took the 380meters (about 21 seconds fly) long zipline.
The zipline's drop off area was so steep I totally screamed out all the hell out of my system the moment they released me. Ugong Rock Adventures surely offers a notch higher adrenaline pump on your usual travels. Must try! :)

View up Ugong Rock

Erika's cam all set to fly with her!

You'll see how steep the wires could get from this photo :)