Puerta Princessa Under Ground River and Resort {Day 3} August 16th

We woke up Thursday morning in a Swiss Family Robinson Tree House style hotel. It felt like we were in something Disney tried to re-create. As you can see above the walls were made of local materials.  I had lots of time to take pictures of this hotel while my mom and brother tried to make arrangements to help my dad meet up with us later that day.

A look at the 2nd and 3rd floor of rooms.

The courtyard in the center of the hotel. 

The view from the hotel. 

Our view at breakfast from the 4th floor. 

Merritt and Matthew

Mark

Merritt

Merritt and Monica

Monica and Jeremy

Monica

I took this because I liked the lions and I thought the brooms they used in the Philippines are very interesting. 

Check in desk of hotel.

Cool flower arrangement made from fresh flowers in the hotel courtyard.

Cool fountain.

Merritt, Monica, Matthew

A look at all 4 floors of the hotel. 

Cool light fixtures. 

After we had secured travel for my dad we headed over to check out the crocodile farm  in Puerto Princesa.  We all got a chance to hold the crocodile. It was not until we were almost done that we found out they charge 30 pesos for each person who holds the crock. If you want a professional picture printed that is an additional 150 pesos. I was a little freaked about holding the crock, but I did it. This little Filipino guy propped the crocodile on each person for four different shots. 

Monica

Matthew

Angela

Tanner got in trouble for this photo because he was not holding the crock with two hands.

Lacey only took two pics because she did not really like the crocodile. 

 

Jordan

We took a short tour of the farm and it started here with this huge crocodile skeleton and hide.

We went through several tubs of young crocodiles, only a few years old.

Next we were greeted by this guy that said. "Hi I'm Your Future".  And we entered the gangway bridge that took us over these giant crocodiles. 

Here is a video of the crocodiles. After the guided tour we took a tour of the forest that had caged animals like parrots, bear cat, long nosed boar, other birds, and more. 

Tanner and Angela playing crocodile. 

After the crocodile farm we headed to Sabong to see the Under Ground River. We had to set an appointment to be able to get on a boat to visit it. So we had to be there by 1 pm. While we waited for our time slot to get on the boats we enjoyed a fleshy, slimy taste of a young green coconut. We took a boat to an island where we saw 20-30 wild monkeys and lots of monitor lizards. Then we hiked back in the jungle to the rivers opening where we took a boat tour through the Underground River. The fresh water river drained into the Sea. We rowed back inside of it where we saw bats, swallows, stalactites, stalagmites and columns. It was amazing. 

The Sheridan Beach Resort in Sabang was my favorite place that we stayed. This is a view of the enormous pool from the front office club house. The resort had a pool table, foosball, table tennis, darts, a full gym and a spa. The spa included massage which we took advantage of.

Here is a view of the pool from the beach. It. Was. Amazing. 

We also enjoyed the food here. Some of the favorites were the Beef Steak Tagolog, Sheridan Burger, Fruit mix served in a coconut, Teriyaki Chicken and pizza.

Hammocks lined the beach outside the restaurant and Monica and Merritt enjoyed a little R and R relaxing in them. 

Matthew caught a little tiny lizard while we were here. Isn't he cute!