we went to el nido right up the north
can recommend there
hotel was i think called "four seasons" 1400php a night with breakfast, clean family run place.
they can get the local boat man for 1300php for full day island hopping or 800php for a trike driver to take you out for the day to the waterfalls,hotsprings and Ille Cave (so interesting where the oldest recorded filipino bones have been found,50000 year old)
el nido has the best stunning beaches on the islands around there, better than boracay,cebu and bohol and no crowds (some may argue)
