Pamalican

Pamalican is a small island in the Sulu Sea Quiniluban group of the Cuyo islands, between Palawan and Panay, in the north of the Palawan region of the Philippines. The island is set in the middle of a 7 square-kilometer coral reef. It has a length of 2.5 kilometers, and measures only 500 meters at its widest point.

The island was originaly exploited as a struggling familly-owned plantation. It was then purchased to establish an exclusive resort, re-planted with natural scrub and trees, and equipped with bungalows. The island is private property and belongs in totality to the resort. It is part of the high-end Aman group of resorts, under the name Amanpulo.

The island is serviced by a Dornier 228 plane flying from Manila, and used to ferry customers and to bring the some supplies to the resort. Each bungalow (called casitas ) comes with a personal buggy for free circulation throughout the island. The atmosphere around the island is extremely tranquil and secluded. Diving activities are available, allowing for nice coral viewing and encounters with large turtles and rays.

Most of the employees are from the neighbouring island of Manamoc.

The resort has been nominated as one of the best island resorts in the world.

View of Pamalican from the air, with airstrip.

The pool.

A room.

A private buggy.

Weather

The weather is tropical, and broadly regulated by the dry and windy Northeast monsoon from January to May, and the rainy Southwest monsoon from June to November, with a high probability for cyclones between August and November.