Quezon sits 145 kilometres south of Puerto Princesa, roughly a four-hour van ride through southern Palawan's coastal plains. The town is primarily known for the Tabon Caves, a sprawling network of limestone caverns at Lipuun Point where ancient human remains were excavated in 1962. Quezon is worth visiting if you want to explore significant archaeological cave chambers by small boat without tour bus crowds. Look elsewhere if you expect beach resorts, walkable dining strips, or active nightlife.
Last updated 23 Sept 2026
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Quezon is a sleepy coastal municipality shaped by farming, fishing, and deep archaeological significance. Daily life revolves around the public market and the municipal pier, where motorized bancas depart for the limestone headland of Lipuun Point. It suits independent travellers comfortable with simple guesthouses, rough roads, and unhurried schedules who want to encounter significant prehistory without resort commercialism.
Register at the National Museum office by 8:00 AM, then take a thirty-minute banca ride to explore Tabon Cave and Diwata Cave before midday heat settles in. Return to the pier for grilled red snapper and sour broth at a local eatery, then spend the late afternoon strolling the breezy coastal road around Alfonso XIII. Select 1 Day above to see it.
A second day lets you hire a tricycle out to the wild shoreline of Malungon Island and the quiet farming hamlets inland. Eat fresh kinilaw and fried bananas from roadside stalls, then watch the fishermen haul in their evening nets along the seawall as the sun sets over the West Philippine Sea. Choose 2 Days to expand the plan.
With three days, venture south to the quiet coastal estuaries of Rizal or hike inland toward freshwater rivers bordered by primary forest. You have time to sit with Tagbanwa basket weavers, study local rice harvesting, and eat without checking the clock for the last van back north.
Board a bangka to Lipuun Point for the Tabon Cave complex, where 1962 excavations unearthed ancient human fossils and Neolithic burial jars.
Order grilled lapu-lapu, steamed mud crabs, and sun-dried danggit at small open-air carinderias near the Quezon municipal wharf.
Charter a double-outrigger banca from the town pier to navigate the limestone cliffs, sea caves, and mangrove channels of Lipuun Point.
Learn about Tagbanwa and Pala'wan traditions, woven tingkop baskets, and ancient jar burials at the National Museum branch in town.
Walk the concrete boardwalks connecting limestone chambers at Tabon, looking across the blue water of the West Philippine Sea.
Wander the morning public market along the national highway for fresh calamansi, sea grapes, dried squid, and native upland rice.
Spot Palawan hornbills, white-bellied sea eagles, and swiftlets in the dense forest canopy covering the Lipuun Point reservation.
Try afternoon kwek-kwek, charcoal-grilled chicken isaw, and sweet turon from pushcart vendors parked along the town plaza.
Ride thirty minutes south to Rizal or north to Narra to explore quiet riverbanks, coastal sandbars, and inland agricultural plains.
Hire a motorized tricycle to reach the untamed sand at Malungon or the deserted coastline flanking the road toward Alfonso XIII.
Observe coconut harvesting and rice threshing across the flat agricultural valleys that stretch inland toward the central mountain spine.
Step inside Diwata Cave and Liyang Cave with a local guide to inspect massive stalactites and natural limestone light wells.