Green Turtle Backpackers Guesthouse

Exploring is recommended in Palawan and Green Turtle is a great place to start. Located at San Jose New Market ? the best to understand local culture and the real way of island living. And just across is the San Jose Bus Terminal, the main transport hub of Palawan ? the best to quickly catch bus and van schedule to northern and southern destinations on the island.

Green Turtle is a 24+ beds basic accommodation. All dorm rooms are upstairs, airconditioned, have comfortable beds, secured big lockers, and reasonably clean toilets and showers. We have a hang-out area for you to meet like-minded travellers so bring drinks to share at night and make new friends.

- Puerto Princesa Int?l Airport is just one jeepney ride (25 min; PHP 15)
- Eateries, market street foods, fruit stalls, Julies bakeshop and grocery (4 min walk)
- Ka Inato - Main branch, Nokinocs San Manuel, DJ Balcony Bar (5-8 min walk)
- Go-land, Massway, and Andrew's Supermarkets (4-7 mins walk)
- Busses, jeepney and shuttle vans to El Nido, Port Barton, Bataraza, etc (3 min walk)
- Robinsons Mall Palawan (22 min walk) or one jeepney ride (6 min; PHP 12)
- ?Bayan?; old market, one jeepney ride (45 min - < 1hr; PHP 16)
- Cathedral, +Plaza Cuartel, +Bay Walk, one jeepney ride +walk (< 1 hr; PHP 20)
- Anywhere in Rizal Avenue back to San Jose New Market (< 1hr; PHP 16 to 20)
- PSU, City Hall, and a newly developed open space park (20 min walk or jog, to see at sunrise)

We assist our guests with sightseeing tours. We help to secure one of the lowest booking prices for Puerto Princesa Subterranean River - a UNESCO world heritage site.

We, Mama Bing and the team treat our guests like family and guide them to their next island destination. We are a small family-run accommodation so expect a bit of informality, flexibility, naughtiness, thrills and memorable cool ways of exploring Palawan.

Green Turtle Backpackers Guesthouse is a favourite airport stopover for backpackers and solo travellers in Puerto Princesa. We are certainly a budget-friendly and time-saving choice.