There are 4 ways to get from Manado to Palawan by plane, bus, car ferry, or taxi
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Fly to Ninoy Aquino International Airport, bus, car ferry
best- Fly from Sam Ratulangi International Airport (MDC) to Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)plane MDC - MNL
- Take the bus from Buendia Bus Terminal, Manila to Batangas Portbus
- Take the car ferry from Batangas to Calapancarferry
14h 28m₱13,982–43,593Fly to Puerto Princesa
- Fly from Sam Ratulangi International Airport (MDC) to Puerto Princesa (PPS)plane MDC - PPS
13h 37m₱14,473–47,573Fly to El Nido Airport, taxi
- Fly from Sam Ratulangi International Airport (MDC) to El Nido Airport (ENI)plane MDC - ENI
- Take the taxi from El Nido Airport (ENI) to Taytaytaxi
13h 18m₱16,333–50,693Fly to San Jose Airport
- Fly from Sam Ratulangi International Airport (MDC) to San Jose Airport (SJI)plane MDC - SJI
16h 19m₱14,423–48,503
Sam Ratulangi International Airport (MDC) to Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Manado to Palawan is to fly and bus and car ferry which costs ₱14,000 - ₱44,000 and takes 14h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Manado to Palawan is to fly and taxi which takes 13h 18m and costs ₱16,000 - ₱55,000.
The distance between Manado and Palawan is 1687 km.
It takes approximately 14h 28m to get from Manado to Palawan, including transfers.
There are 438+ hotels available in Palawan.
What companies run services between Manado, Indonesia and Palawan, Philippines?
TransNusa, Cebu Pacific, and five other airlines fly from Sam Ratulangi International Airport (MDC) to Puerto Princesa (PPS) twice daily.
- Website
- cebupacificair.com
Flights from Sam Ratulangi International Airport to Ninoy Aquino International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₱15,000–44,000
Flights from Sam Ratulangi International Airport to Ninoy Aquino International Airport via Soekarno–Hatta
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₱18,000–55,000
Flights from Sam Ratulangi International Airport to Puerto Princesa via Guangzhou Baiyun, Ninoy Aquino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₱19,000–55,000
Flights from Sam Ratulangi International Airport to Puerto Princesa via Singapore Changi, Iloilo
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₱14,000–47,000
Flights from Sam Ratulangi International Airport to Puerto Princesa via Soekarno–Hatta, Ninoy Aquino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₱23,000–65,000
Flights from Sam Ratulangi International Airport to Puerto Princesa via Sultan Hasanuddin, Ngurah Rai, Ninoy Aquino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₱20,000–60,000
- Website
- air-swift.com
Flights from Sam Ratulangi International Airport to El Nido Airport via Singapore Changi, Clark International
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₱15,000–49,000
Flights from Sam Ratulangi International Airport to El Nido Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Ninoy Aquino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₱16,000–55,000
Flights from Sam Ratulangi International Airport to El Nido Airport via Soekarno–Hatta, Ninoy Aquino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₱21,000–70,000
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Sam Ratulangi International Airport to Ninoy Aquino International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 23m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₱12,000–85,000
- Website
- cebupacificair.com
Flights from Sam Ratulangi International Airport to El Nido Airport via Singapore Changi, Clark International
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₱22,000–60,000
Flights from Sam Ratulangi International Airport to San Jose Airport via Singapore Changi, Clark International
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₱14,000–48,000
Flights from Sam Ratulangi International Airport to San Jose Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Hong Kong, Clark International
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₱18,000–55,000
- Website
- flyscoot.com
Flights from Sam Ratulangi International Airport to Ninoy Aquino International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₱12,000–41,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Sam Ratulangi International Airport to Ninoy Aquino International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₱14,000–46,000
- Website
- garuda-indonesia.com
Flights from Sam Ratulangi International Airport to Ninoy Aquino International Airport via Soekarno–Hatta
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₱17,000–60,000
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Sam Ratulangi International Airport to Puerto Princesa via Guangzhou Baiyun, Ninoy Aquino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₱16,000–55,000
- Phone
- +63 910 738 5318
- customerservicerepresentative@ygbc.ph
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Buendia Bus Terminal, Manila to Batangas Port
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₱1,350–1,450
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Book at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- (043) 723-6980
- info@montenegrolines.com.ph
- Website
- montenegrolines.com.ph
Car ferry from Batangas to Calapan
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₱190–550
- Schedules at
- montenegrolines.com.ph
- Phone
- +63 43 723 9965
- info@starliteferries.com
- Website
- starliteferries.com
Car ferry from Batangas to Calapan
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₱530
- Schedules at
- starliteferries.com
- Book at
- starliteferries.com
- Phone
- (632) 8831 5212
- customercare@apfc.com.ph
- Website
- fastcat-book.com
Car ferry from Batangas to Calapan
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₱340–600
- Book at
- fastcat-book.com
- Premium Economy
- ₱390–550
- Business Class
- ₱430–600
- Economy
- ₱340–420
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Estimated price
- ₱1,000–1,300
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