A group of 6 of us booked 2 tours with Royal Island Resort and it was absolutely unreal. We did the Island Hopping Tour + Beach Escapade tour on back to back days. Chris was unbelievable in showing us around and out boat captain was amazing in getting us where we need to be. We highly recommend leaving as early as possible (7 or 8 am) so you're able to see each site while no one is there. Best to have them handle the transportation to and from the dock as it might be tricky to navigate the location with how large Coron dock is. Book a tour with confidence. These 2 tours were the highlight of our stay in Coron.

From booking to transport and the actual tour everything was flawless. We did a two person private speedboat tour and had the time of our lives. We were early going to both pick up and drop off and both times the driver was already there waiting for us. Straight off the bat our tour guide Lendell told us that the previous day was quite windy in the late afternoon for our island escapade tour so we decided to do just the coron island tour and the company paid us back the difference in cash at the end of the tour. Also at the beginning when they showed us the destinations they were honest about the sea/ and weather conditions which helps us decide as my partner gets sea sickness easily. Captain Eric handled the boat masterfully and always docked us right at the entrances of the locations so we didn’t have to swim. They both helped us each step of the tour so we didn’t feel alone. The lunch was great. The speed boat is awesome and it saves so much time and energy and it’s lovely to have the wind in your hair and leave the slow boats behind! You can go anywhere you want depending on how you feel and they will cater to your needs Thank you so much Eric and Lendell, and of course royal island watersports for your honesty and ease of getting our money back when we downgraded. If there could be any criticism is that the cost was slightly higher than other speed boat operators in Palawan

My booking was cancelled 2 hours before my booking hour and day, without even telling me a valid reason, my whole day was ruined.

I hosted my colleagues from different parts of the world so I wanted to leave a very positive mark about the country. And Royal Island did not disappoint! Our group had the most amazing time on the double decker boat with slide! Totally recommend this company, their efficient communication, and impeccable customer service.

We had a great time! The boat was clean and the crew was very friendly. We went to Kayangan lake, Barracuda lake, and Twin Lagoon. The water was beautiful. This is a must see tour when coming to Coron. Thank you crew for a memorable time!

I apologize for the lengthy review regarding the facts of our experiences with this tour operator. We hope that it will help you when deciding whether you want to book with this company. I made a huge mistake by booking a non refundable tour and will never make that mistake again. It’s a blanket policy that leaves the traveler with no recourse and the tour operator with no incentive to provide what is advertised and confirmed at the time of booking. This fiasco of a tour started with the meeting instructions that included our needing to take a local motor tricycle taxi to an address provided by the tour operator that we are pretty sure no longer exists. We were dropped in the area that the address should have been located, only to find a largely abandoned building that had once held a number of small shops, now closed and empty. We asked many locals for assistance showing them the printed booking confirmation that contained the address and instructions for check in. They basically said, "it should be here but it’s not." We never did find an office, nor did they ever claim that there was one when we arrived on the scene. We connected with them only due to the help received by the front desk employee in an adjacent small Hotel that called the tour provider on our behalf. This after spending about 45 minutes looking around this largely abandoned building for a likely non existent office. It was very stressful to say the least. We lost a lot of precious tour time as we needed to be back onboard our cruise ship at a dedicated time. One of their employees, then arrived on a scooter, who could barely walk, stating he had crashed his scooter earlier in the day. When we showed him the transcript from the tour operator of our meeting instructions he just shrugged his shoulders and said, "I will lead you to the boat." He arranged a short tricycle taxi ride to the boat, where the Fiasco continued.  We were led to a very poorly kept floating dock, connected to the shoreline by a ramp that was missing a large number of the boards comprising its surface, resulting in many gaps that a less than nimble person could easily have fallen through. At this point we are beginning to question the likely safety policies of this provider? Hopefully this review will encourage them to repair it. Then to the boat, which instead of being a mid 20's feet long inboard/outboard boat, and deluxe and spacious and fairly new, such as that was pictured as representative of their fleet in their advertising, was instead a perhaps 16 or at most 18 foot boat with a smallish outboard motor, that appeared to be at least 15 to 20 years old and was nothing even remotely approaching deluxe or spacious as the actual boat that we booked, and was not an appropriately sized or powered vessel for all day voyage across open and unprotected large bodies of water. At the time of our booking, this smaller, old boat was NOT shown on their booking site. It was a complete surprise to us upon our arrival. When I showed our tour guide the photo of the boat that we were supposed to have, which was provided by the tour operator on their booking site and on our booking confirmation, he said, "that boat is broken, so we provided the boat for 1-4 people." We were never informed of this ahead of time. They have completely changed the photos of their boats on their booking site after we submitted our claims for a refund, which they denied because of their non refundable clause. I have screen grabs of their site before they changed it. The boat that we booked is no longer present on their site as well. The condition of the boat was not much better than that of their boarding pier and dock. Deficits including no instruments in the dashboard, just an empty hole and a bunch of loose wires where the instrument panel once was, aged and very worn life jackets scattered about, and a dirty and generally unkempt appearance to everything visible.  In spite of all of this, we decided to give them a chance and boarded the boat. It should be noted however that due to the incorrect information, that they provided, in finding them in the first place, we have already lost more than an hour of the time allowed for the tour. Getting on the boat with us were the only person present who spoke even marginal English, and another person who was represented to be the captain. Not a hint of competence or professionalism was evident.  We started on the tour with my wife and I sitting side by side on the bench seat at the rear of the boat, as to be the expected preferred location for a sight seeing cruise. However the boat was unable to obtain planing speed with us sitting in that location, due to its lack of suitable power, so I was asked to move to a rather uncomfortable seat up beside the driver, leaving my wife by herself in the rear.  As we started across the bay, the water was quite rough due to wind, and the boat was entirely too small to be safely and comfortably operated at speed in those water conditions.  I also was able to smell raw fuel coming from somewhere in the rear of the boat. Indicative of either a leak or a spill, neither of which is a good thing on a smaller boat. The captain appeared to be aware of this potential issue as he kept glancing back at the engine, and at one point engaged the other person in a short conversation in their language and slowed down for a moment, then shrugged his shoulders and continued on.  At this point, being dubious about both the ability of this boat and crew to provide a safe and comfortable adventure, we made the difficult but in our opinion absolutely necessary decision to ask them to return to the shore. We were also fearful at this point of the boat breaking down some distance away, and we had not seen any evidence that this provider would have the resources to deal with that in a timely enough manner to get us back to shore and on our Cruise Ship before it sailed away from the port. We didn't want this outcome, as we have never been to this location before and we're very much looking forward to the luxurious and comfortable day on the water viewing the beautiful sights in the area that were represented to comprise our day.  There is no way that boat would have provided a day even remotely luxurious or comfortable, as advertised on their website and safety was questionable.  We returned to the poorly kept dock and pier, made our way to shore and took a tricycle taxi back to the ship and stayed there the balance of the day. As a result of the failure of this provider to deliver the product they promised in their ad, we ended up seeing nothing but the port. In all a very disappointing outcome.  I will grant that the provider did email us about an hour after we returned to the ship, now claiming that they could provide a larger boat after all. However, by this time, it is well past noon and the day is half over and we would be at risk of missing our ship's departure. Even if the boat was available, we still at this point have no confidence in this providers ability to provide a safe and honest experience.   Secondly, the trip was to include lunch and snorkeling gear, supplies and drinks to be available. There was little or no evidence of anything on that small boat the would have adequately fulfilled our requirements for any of that. A rather small, dirty cooler was present that wouldn't have held anything more than either a half a dozen beverages and ice, or perhaps a lunch, but not both.  And it was never discussed or offered. And the only snorkeling gear were a couple of very worn snorkeling masts laying in the sun on the dash. There was also previously another very poor review from 2023 of this provider on Trip Advisor, from a person who suffered an experience similar to ours, making most of the same claims.  That review has now mysteriously disappeared. I took a screenshot before it’s disappearance. In closing, We sincerely hoped that the tour operator would have provided the opportunity to enjoy the beautiful scenery found throughout Coron as advertised and sold to us. We’ve traveled all around the world and know that nothings perfect and, at times, you need to be flexible and go with the flow. This tour was SO completely opposite of what was advertised at every turn that we felt like we had been ripped off. They should have made an exception to their non refundable policy in this situation and agreed to refund our tour based on the horrible misrepresentation of what was advertised and what was actually provided. But it’s not losing the money that bothers us, it’s the deception and lack of accountability on the tour operators part. :(

First of all, i would love to say that the staff were amazing, they did a great job, they get 5 stars. the tour guide was with us the whole time holding my gopro and was very patient with us while we took thousands of pictures, and was also a GREAT photographer. Really great guy. Islands were beautiful and unforgettable and we felt lowkey rich while traveling on the only private boat on the water lol. The lunch was great, again we felt extremely special and taken care of. However, the payments and times were not accurately andvertised and made the trip stressful and irritating. We selected the boat time to be at 10, which was an option, and for 9 full hours so we could watch the sunset. We were notified the night prior that we would be PICKEDUP at 10. We clarified with the head guy and he said our 9 hours would start when we got on the boat, which was almost 11. Everything was perfect until we were told the boat had to be back at 5 for some reason. So we payed almost $800 US ($380 per person) plus the clear kayaks they charged us for that were PHP1500 ea, and the entrance fees (we knew about) that were PHP1000 per person…. for only 6 hours and 6 stops. We both felt rushed and only got 30-45 minutes on each spot. We weren’t offered any refund or apology by the owner whatsoever, he just told us we should have booked it at 8am. Why have the 10 am option then when you know you have to be back by 5? I will be reporting this company, I get maybe being shy 30 minutes of time but 3 hours?! That’s crazy, especially when a customer is paying over $1000 US dollars for this.

Had an amazing experience on this tour. We left at 7am and had barracuda lake all to ourselves which was really special. Alex, our tour guide was awesome too- taking many photos, diving with us and making the experience really easy and fun. The speed boat was a quick way to get around to all the islands, well worth spending the extra money for such an incredible experience. Thanks guys!

We specifically asked for a vegan meal and was assured this would be provided, which it wasn’t. The guide then asked for entrance fees totalling 3500 pesos which included entrance to a public beach and to coral garden which involved no landing. We was not informed of the additional entrance fees and many tours far cheaper than ours included entrance fees. Considering the cost of our tour it was very poor value with only one lunch and additional fees.

Online videos and pictures are totally different from reality. We arrived at the place and looks like an abandon island. No water, no foods, etc. Jet ski is not available as well as the para gliding which we are most excited about. No prior notice given that those activities are not available and no reminder that no food and beverages available so at least we can bring our own. We decided to leave without doing any activities due to disappointment. We tried asking for our 4,000 deposit to be refunded but management refused because they said they have other activities available. I guess they just want us to settle with whatever they have, which we think is not worth it at all. Will never recommend!!

The private tour made this extra special managed to get taken to some less tourist heavy locations. A big focus on snorkeling and the coral reefs which were breath taking.

This was such a wonderful day! We opted for the hotel pick-up and drop-off, which made everything so easy. The private speedboat experience allowed us the flexibility to move at our own pace and we were able to avoid the crowds and see so much more -- there were seven spots that we ended up stopping at! The lunch they provided was fantastic, with an even better view. Truly a highlight of our trip.

Just had a great day visiting the stunning islands off of Coron with their dazzling beaches and incredible fresh lakes. Our guides were brilliant (thanks Alvin) and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves snorkelling swimming and exploring. Boat a bit rough around the edges, and only one engine working,but still the best in Coron and we didn’t have to travel far! 😂 If we return we will definitely book again. Very good booking process and happy with the finished product too. 🙏 Thanks

We enjoyed a private island hopping tour to visit the beautiful lagoons and beaches in Coron. We had a speed boat which was very useful to discover the spots and beaches, and select our itinerary. we visisted several famous spots like the lake, lagoons, smith beach …. I really recommend this company. They also offer other water activities.

Just finished their water sports package with my wife and we truly enjoyed ourselves! The guides made sure to help us in and out of the water rides and took videos and photos of us while on the different rides. I believe this experience is too good to pass on and everyone who books a tour with these guys should also book the water sports!