Type - Resort
El Nido Palawan Island, Philippines

The El Nido Island, Palawan Town

The most striking feature of El Nido is its scenic landscape - massive limestone islands of varying shapes and sizes scattered about the sparkling sea.

The limestone cliffs of El Nido were naturally carved out of extensive and thick layers of coralline deposits. They formed 250 million years ago in the shallow sea covering the area that North Vietnam and South China now occupy. These layers slowly rose from the sea as a result of the collision of India and mainland China about 60 million years ago.

Like the rest of Palawan, El Nido is part of the Eurasian Plate, an entirely separate plate from the Philippine Mobile Belt to which the rest of the country belongs. A proof of this fact is that Palawan has no active volcanoes, unlike the rest of the Philippine archipelago. Another is that limestone cliffs similar to those in Palawan can be found in Ha Long Bay in Vietnam and Guilin in China, countries which are part of the Eurasian Plate. It is believed that Palawan was detached from mainland China some 40 million years ago. Palawan drifted southward and linked up with the rest of the Philippines around 15 million years ago.




Miniloc Island Resort

El Nido Miniloc Island Resort is the only resort in the island and the first to operate in the area. There are four kinds of accommodations: Water Cottages and Seaview Rooms built o stilts, Garden Cottages surrounded by tropical plants, and Cliff Cottages nestled in the hillside. All cottages, rooms and suites have floors and furnishings made of wood, all from old Filipino houses.

Miniloc Island Resort

Facilities:

	26 air-conditioned cottages with private toilet and shower
	5 air-conditioned seaview rooms with separate toilet and shower
	each cottage or room is furnished with indigenous Filipino materials
	hot and cold water, mini bar, bath amenities, hair dryer
	Marine Sports Center, Restaurant, Pavilion Bar, Meeting Room for 20 persons, Boutique, Video Room, Game Area, Clinic

Activities

	lagoon tours
	cave tours
	mangrove river tours
	bottom fishing
	birdwatching
	hat making
	picnic lunch
	sunset cruising
	trekking
	sunset dinner
	kayaking
	windsurfing
	hobiecat sailing
	diving
	snorkeling
	dive courses

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