Ayettes Bamboo Cottages Port Barton

Ayette’s Bamboo Cottages – Port Barton Palawan

Ayette’s caught my eye when I entered the town because it was small, shady, and not too expensive. I took the middle cottage for 450 pesos and it worked for me even though they are not on the beach. They also have a restaurant on the corner.

Ayette’s

Electricity comes on around 6pm and goes off around midnight.

Port Barton is laid back and is a good stop to rest up for a few days. There are heaps of blue jellyfish bobbing along the waterfront so there were no swimmers – most tourists make day trips to the outlying islands and snorkel and swim out there. The currents keep the jellyfish away.

There is a jeepney that stops in Port Barton so you can get to Puerto Princessa that way if you want to go local.  It costs 250 pesos and takes a bit over 3 hours.

San Vicente is about a 45 minute boat ride. The old logging road between Port Barton and San Vicente has not been maintained in 30 years so it is no longer driveable. You have to go all the way to the highway and cut back to San Vicente from the intersection between Roxas and Taytay.

You can drive about 5 kilometers up the old logging road up to a beautiful waterfall. It’s an easy run in dry conditions but might get slippery in the wet.

Pamuayan Falls

Port Barton

Some of the cottages/resorts in Port Barton do not allow the washing of clothes. This may seem insignificant but the cost of having your clothes laundered will really pile up after a while. Some people like to wash their clothing every day and then let it dry in the sun all day – it keeps them from getting too musty.

Ayette’s Cottages – Port Barton

The school had a parade passing by just as I was checking in.

parade

Ayette’s

Ayette’s Bamboo Restaurant

Ayette’s Bamboo Cottages