nature and people.

All of unique and pure beauties Aside from butterflies, they also have a
of nature and people are here. small collection of insects and reptiles.

The Palawan Butterfly Ecological Garden and Stages of Butterfly

Tribal Village is a place that reflects the Metamorphosis
mesmerising beauty of a province that is known as
the “Last Frontier of the Philippines”. It showcases
a sheer variety or tropical butterflies from the
Southern region of the country. These free flying
butterflies are surrounded with live exhibits of
scorpions, green-crested lizards, phasmid and
mantises which are considered their natural
predators.

Butterfly garden
Another part of the itinerary for the Puerto Princesa City
Tour is the Palawan Butterfly Eco-Garden and Tribal The Tribal Village
Village. It is one of the most popular and most
frequented tourist destinations in the city.

Formerly known as the Butterfly Garden,

this one of a kind attraction continuously
draws more and more tourists to visit their
place for an environmental and a cultural
experience .
Why Palawan Butterfly Ecological
Garden and Tribal Village is
special?
Palawan Butterfly Ecological Garden and Tribal
Village is located in Sta. Monica, Puerto Princesa
City. This beautiful garden is a sanctuary of
different butterfly species in Southeast Asia. This
place is combination of the old and the new, the
What to explore at Palawan
Butterfly Ecological Garden and
Tribal Village?
Palawan Butterfly Ecological Garden and Tribal
Village is a place where you can observe and
interact with different species of butterflies as well
as flowering plants and reptiles.
Palawan Tribal Village aims to give visitors a
cultural and historical background of the
indigenous people of Palawan called “Palaw
‘an”. If I remember correctly, or Pal awan”. It
was told that they are the first to have a
settlement in the area.
Palawan Tribal Village aims to give visitors a cultural
and historical background of the indigenous people of
Palawan called “Palaw ‘an”. If I remember correctly,
or Pal awan”. It was told that they are the first to have
a settlement in the area.
The people staying in the village here is always
temporary as they are coming back to the mountains
after trading their goods. But others already find a
permanent settlement in the city and went to school
just like other people in the town. Our guide was also
a villager, proving her fluent dialect.
The Palawan Butterfly Eco-Garden and Tribal Village is
located a few meters away from the South National
Highway of Baranggay Sta. Monica Puerto Princesa City,
Palawan.
If you’recoming from the town proper, you can ride a multi-
cab with a route Sta. Monica-Pajara, and just ask the driver
WELCOME TO
to drop you off at the butterfly garden. It's very easy to
reach this destination even if you're only commuting. Fare
is P15.
Address: Bunk House Road | Santa Monica, Puerto
Princesa, Palawan Island, Philippines
Contact no.: +63 917 597 5544
8:30AM–5:00PM
Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/PalawanButterflyEcoGardenA
ndTribalVillage/

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Their musical instruments are uniquely entertaining, it is

somewhat they have their own version of the typical guitar,
violin and other instruments as how they emit musical
sound. They also sing to us their song. Although we
couldn’t understand what the song is, it gave a relaxing
melody to our ears.
Submitted by:

LAIRIZ KHAYE M. ROMBAWA

How to get to Palawan Butterfly SSC-8
Ecological Garden and Tribal Village?
Submitted to:
Tricycle – Most stores are pretty much accessible via
tricycle. Some tricycle drivers would offer you the City Tour GEORGINA MARIE B. DACUAN
package for Php 300-500/pax depending on the number of
placing you want to visit. If you want to visit the Palawan
Butterfly Ecological Garden and Tribal Village only, the fee
is php 200 each.