Ultimate El Nido to Coron

Best of both

Step into the pages of a long-forgotten adventure book with a few days aboard our traditional paraw, a unique Filipino sailboat. The largest active paraw in the Philippines, Balatik is a spacious outrigger sailboat adorned with intricate indigenous carvings. 

Local crew

The Lost Boys are your island-born crew. Sailors, cooks, and storytellers who bring the Tao journey to life. Born of the islands, they guide with laughter, skill, and soul, turning every voyage into the adventure of a lifetime. 

Off grid camps

Stay in Tao’s off-grid bamboo basecamps, hidden in coves, jungles and island communities. Sleep in our hand-crafted Tuka huts, their bird-beak curves designed for shade, breeze, and connection to nature.

Island cuisine

We’re passionate about food, serving native fruits and vegetables from our farm, freshly caught seafood and occasionally home-reared pork. Served family-style on sharing plates. Big on flavour Filipino food is soulful, generous, and seasonal.

Activities

Dive in! Jump overboard to snorkel vibrant coral reefs, swim to secluded beaches, or relax on deck with a book. The Tao Experience is a social gathering, but there’s always space to step back, disconnect, and find your own rhythm.

Unique experiences

Days are unhurried but full: snorkelling, fishing with the crew, sharing home-cooked feasts with new friends, swapping stories around the campfire. There are no chef whites and no fancy kitchens. Just a small galley, one cook, a few essentials and whatever we can catch or pick up along the way at our island destinations, where some families regularly supply us with staples of green papaya and lato (seaweed).

Your shipmates

What makes it special isn’t just where you go, it’s how you travel: guided by local islander crew who are proud to call these islands home. Each expedition group has a wide mix of ages, nationalities and backgrounds to make for an interesting, diverse and vibrant atmosphere on-board and in the basecamps. The minimum age for joiners is 13 unless by prior agreement. There is no upper age limit!