San Vicente Long Beach, Palawan

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About San Vicente Long Beach in Palawan:

San Vicente was originally part of Puerto Princesa and the municipality of Taytay. It was only declared as a separate municipality of June 21, 1961. The Municipality has one of the longest beach in the country, the 14 kilometers beach shoreline of Barangay New Agutaya and Alimanguhan. It also prides of being a place in the province where about 92% of the Municipal area is forest cover.

Classified as a first class municipality, San Vicente is nestled in the northwest of Palawan’s mainland, bounded by the West Philippine Sea, the municipality of Taytay in the north, Roxas in the East and City of Puerto Princesa in the Southwest. With a forest area of 82,080.09 hectares and 22 identified islands and islets within its municipal boundaries.

Few of the attractions of San Vicente is the Long Beach- Located between New Agutaya and Alimanguan, and Yes! it has staggering 14 kilometer stretch of white sand beach, including the Daplac Cove- a hidden cove in Boayan Island, and the Port Barton attractions. It has pristine waters, verdant virgin forest, huge land area, interesting islands, in shores with plenty of corals and exotic fish, vast opportunity for eco-tourism, unlimited lands for business development, huge open sea for deep sea diving, sport fishing, and sailing, long foreshores to explore, plenty of waterfalls and caves, vast mangroves, challenging highlands, clean sea breeze, and most of all, has the longest white sandy beach in the Philippines- 50 kilometer of non-contiguous beach including the 14-kilometer Long Beach, the longest white sandy beach in the Philippines by far.

San Vicente, Palawan, the home of the next Boracay. Having been dubbed as the next best tourist destination in the Philippines after its completion of the 3 Kilometer runway airport, San Vicente will cater to beachgoers, tourist, vacationers, and visitors from both local and international. The airport will have a direct flight from Bali, Kota Kinabalo, Bangkok, and other Asian tourist locations. San Vicente is a municipality located in the Northwestern side of Palawan. It is the home of the world known 14-kilometer white sandy beach called Long Beach. It attracts tourists from all over the world. Its pristine environment, verdant forest few feet from the beach, its islands untouched by civilization, its waters full of corals and exotic sea lives, its sugary white and pinkest sandy beach, its friendly people; this is the San Vicente that will compete Phuket and Pattaya of Thailand, Bali of Indonesia, and will make Boracay a small congested dot in the local tourism arena. Price of properties, particularly beach front properties, has steeply risen in the past two years due to the construction of the new airport that can handle an Airbus 300-320 and Boeing 737-400.

Resource: http://www.sanvicentepalawan.com.ph

How to Get there:

From Manila, the Philippine Airlines, AirPhilExpress, ZestAir and Cebu Pacific fly two to three times daily to Puerto Princesa.

San Vicente is accessible by bus & shuttle vans, from several points; directly from Puerto Princesa City, or via Roxas. Within San Vicente, tricycles, motorcycles, and outrigger boats are the usual mode of transportation. Or by sea transportation from El Nido or Coron towns.

The ongoing construction of the new airport that can handle an Airbus 300-320 and Boeing 737-400. The airport will have a direct flight from Bali, Kota Kinabalo, Bangkok, and other Asian tourist locations, tourism stakeholders foresee.

Features & Attractions:

The beach property offers first grade white sand beaches, excellently ideal for a "5-Star Resort", it also faces the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) in the west, which offers romantic sunset view and the sparkling sounds of waves at night. Endowed with white sand beaches, thriving coral reefs, enchanting islands and islets, magnificent waterfalls, vast forest cover, mangroves, and varied endemic flora, San Vicente serves as habitat for 23 of the 25 wildlife species found in the island of Palawan. Still largely untapped. San Vicente's diversity awaits discovery.

Swimming, snorkeling, boating, island hopping, eco tourism exploration, or just build your private resort, relax, listen to the sound of the waves and the noise of the insects from your backdoor forest. Reinvigorate, enjoy a peace of mind, get back to nature.

Places of Interest / Tourist Attractions

Port Barton with its White Beach and Marine Park
New Agutaya Beach - a 14-kilometer stretch of white sand
Pamoayan Falls
Long Beach
Boayan Island
Cagnipa Island
Tugdunan and Darapiton Rivers
Cagbolo Island
Decala Heron Sanctuary
Daplac Cove
Parish Church of St. Vincent Ferrer

Malagnang is a festive celebration of the San Vicentenians as way of thanksgiving for all the blessings God has showered to mankind. Malagnang is a Cuyuno word which means "Mud" Malagnang the original name of the first settlers has given to the place because its muddy. Malagnang Festival's rationale is not just about fun and frolic. It is also about desire and dedication to the heighten environmental protection awareness, which makes it all the more epitome of the Municipal Government of San Vicente.

The Malagnang Festival is unique because it glorifies an otherwise dull, inconspicuous, earthly thing-mud. Calling to the original name of the place where the first settlers arrived at, San Vicentenos identified an integral part of our history as the symbol of the festivities. Most of the activities lined-up for the affair fittingly include mud in all its splendor Sarautan sa Malagnang (Street Dancing) mud, boxing, wrestling, volleyball and other parlor games. The Malagnang Mud Festival being celebrated every June 19-21 of the year, the Founding Anniversary of Local Government of San Vicente. Check out this video of the Malagnang Festival 2009, http://www.sanvicentepalawan.com.ph/malagnang_2009_movie/malagnang09.html and more photos here http://www.sanvicentepalawan.com.ph/malagnang_2010/Frame/

Photo Gallery:

Photo Courtesy: http://www.paradiseinpalawan.com

Where to Stay:

Hotels near San Vicente Airport

Sheridan Beach Resort And Spa