Maquinit Hot Spring Coron: Fee, Hours and Tricycle (Checked Oct 2026)

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The owner's site publishes no fee or opening hours, so the fee and hours below come from tour operators, map listings and travel guides. Pay in cash and confirm with the owner's published numbers, +63 917 819 5327 or +63 917 886 2327, before a special trip.

At a glance

Question	What the sources say	Source, checked Oct 2026
Where is it?	Southeastern coast of Busuanga Island, the island Coron town is on (not Coron Island)	Maquinit Hot Springs official site
From Coron town	About 20 minutes by tricycle	Maquinit Hot Springs official site
Entrance fee	PHP 300 per person, paid at the ticketing area	Royal Island Watersports; reported in Tripadvisor reviews (Dec 2024, Mar 2025)
Payment	Cash only	Google Maps listing
Hours	8:00 am to 7:00 pm every day; one guide reports 8:00 am to 8:00 pm with the gate closing at 7:00 pm	Apple Maps; reported by Philippine Travels (Apr 2026)
Water temperature	38 to 41 °C; 40.6 °C average of nine readings in Aug 2017	Martinez-Goss et al. (2019)
Saltiness	35 to 40 parts per thousand	Martinez-Goss et al. (2019)
Pools	Two small pools of about 4 and 5 m², and one larger pool of about 80 to 100 m²	Martinez-Goss et al. (2019)
Showers	Not provided, to keep soap out of the protected mangroves	Maquinit Hot Springs official site
Town tours that stop there	Experience Coron PHP 800; TravelOnline joiner PHP 1,106 with land transfer and entrance fees	Operator pages

Partner link Maquinit Hot Spring and Coron town tours on Klook

Entrance fee, hours and payment

Royal Island Watersports, a Coron operator that sells a private transfer to the spring, says the entrance fee is PHP 300 per head and that guests pay it directly at the ticketing area. Tripadvisor reviews from Dec 2024 ("300 php per adult") and Mar 2025 ("300 pesos each") give the same figure. Philippine Travels, in a guide dated Apr 23, 2026, still lists PHP 200 for adults, PHP 100 for children under 10 and PHP 143 for senior citizens and persons with disabilities with ID. Its adult figure is older than the PHP 300 the operator and recent visitors report, so its other rates may be out of date too. Ask at the gate about child and discount rates.

Rate	Amount	Source, checked Oct 2026
Adult entrance	PHP 300	Royal Island Watersports; reported in Tripadvisor reviews (Dec 2024, Mar 2025)
Older adult figure	PHP 200	Reported by Philippine Travels (Apr 2026)
Children under 10	PHP 100 (listed next to the older adult figure)	Reported by Philippine Travels (Apr 2026)
Senior citizens and persons with disabilities	PHP 143 with ID (listed next to the older adult figure)	Reported by Philippine Travels (Apr 2026)

Google Maps marks the spring as cash only and lists no opening hours. Apple Maps lists 8:00 am to 7:00 pm every day. Philippine Travels reports that it is open from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm with the entrance closing at 7:00 pm, so plan to arrive before 7:00 pm either way.

The spring's fee is separate from Coron's municipal environmental fee, which the mayor put at PHP 200 per adult and PHP 150 per minor in Apr 2023 (Brigada News). TravelOnline lists that fee as an exclusion on its town tour, at PHP 200 for foreigners and PHP 150 for Filipinos. All of Palawan's fees are on Palawan fees.

How to get there from Coron town

The owner's site puts the spring a 20 minute tricycle ride from Coron town proper. Philippine Travels and several Tripadvisor reviewers describe a rough, rocky road, and Philippine Travels says the driver waits for you at the entrance:

Option	What the sources say	Source, checked Oct 2026
Tricycle, round trip with waiting	PHP 300 to 400	Reported by Philippine Travels (Apr 2026)
Tricycle, both ways	About PHP 600 to 1,000	Reported in a Tripadvisor review (Dec 2024)
Private transfer with a souvenir shop stop	Price not shown on the page; entrance fee paid at the gate	Royal Island Watersports
Shared town tour	PHP 700 to 1,106 (see the next section)	Operator pages

Tricycle fares are reported, not published, and the two reports above differ, so agree on the price and the waiting time before you leave town. Flights, ferries and the airport van into Coron town are on How to get to Coron, and the ferry from El Nido on El Nido to Coron.

Coron town tours that stop at Maquinit

Coron town tours combine the hot spring with the Mt. Tapyas view deck and stops in town. Three operators publish their versions:

Operator (source, checked Oct 2026)	Time	Price
Experience Coron Travel & Tours	Not listed	PHP 800 per person
TravelOnline (joiner)	Pickup 3:30 to 4:00 pm	PHP 1,106 per person
Grandson Travel and Tours	4 hours, 3:30 to 7:30 pm	PHP 700

The stop lists overlap. Experience Coron lists Mt. Tapyas Viewdeck, St. Augustine Church, Lualhati Park, Cashew House, a souvenir shop, Coron Town Plaza and Maquinit Hotspring. TravelOnline lists Lualhati Park, a souvenir shop, Maquinit Hot Spring, a cashew factory, Mt. Tapyas View Deck and Saint Augustine Church. Grandson lists a souvenir shop, Lualhati Park, Mt. Tapyas View Deck, landmarks, a cashew harvest, Maquinit Hot Spring and the town plaza.

TravelOnline says its price includes land transfer and entrance fees and leaves out the environmental fee. Experience Coron and Grandson do not say on these pages whether the spring's entrance fee is included, so ask before you pay. Coron's boat tours, including the Super Ultimate, are compared on Coron island tours.

Partner link Coron town tours with Maquinit Hot Spring on Viator

The water: how hot and how salty

The owner's site says the spring rises through cracks in gray limestone at 41 °C and about 5,115 liters a minute, citing a 1985 survey by Sincioco and Bautista, with no sulfur smell and water salty enough to suggest seawater intrusion. A 2019 study in Philippine Science Letters by researchers at the University of the Philippines Los Baños, based on visits over 12 years, gives the pool water as 38 to 41 °C and 35 to 40 parts per thousand salt. On Aug 7, 2017, the average of nine readings across the three pools was 40.6 °C. The same paper calls Maquinit one of the few saltwater hot springs in the world and one of two of its kind in Southeast Asia.

For comparison, PAGASA's 1991 to 2020 normals for Coron give average daily highs of 30.9 °C in July to 34.1 °C in April, so the pools are hotter than the average daily high in every month. Philippine Travels suggests arriving at about 5:00 pm, and the TravelOnline and Grandson town tours both start at 3:30 pm.

The pools and the mangroves

The 2019 paper describes two semicircular pools of stone and concrete, about 4 and 5 m² with an average depth of 0.91 m, built to collect the hot water where it comes out. A larger third pool of about 80 to 100 m², 1.22 m deep on average, takes their overflow. The owner's site says the land was bought by Erlinda Sandoval Salas-Jovellanos in 1973, that she first enclosed the two strongest outflows as family pools, built the larger pool in the late 1990s, and that the family incorporated as Maquinit Realty and Development Corporation in 2000.

The algae in the pools should not be taken for dirt, the owner's site says, citing a UPLB algae expert, Dr. Milagros Goss. The 2019 paper led by Milagrosa R. Martinez-Goss of UPLB identifies 18 taxa, 11 cyanobacteria and 7 diatoms, in mats attached to the pool rocks. The owner's site also says the mangrove forest around the pools is over a hundred years old and strictly protected, and that showers are not provided because soap, shampoo and conditioner chemicals may harm it. A Dec 2025 Tripadvisor reviewer's tip is to bring a towel.

Food and drink. Reports differ. A Dec 2024 Tripadvisor review says outside food and drink are not allowed and that water is sold for PHP 60, a Jan 2026 review says there was no food or drink for sale, and Philippine Travels suggests bringing snacks. Ask at the gate.

Why it is called Maquinit

Philippine Travels says the name comes from "mainit", the Filipino word for hot. The owner's site and the 2019 paper both spell it Maquinit.

When to go

PAGASA's normals for the Coron station show 2 to 4 rainy days a month from January to April, against 19 to 21 rainy days a month from July to September. January figures are on Palawan in January, and every month on Best time to visit Palawan.

Other sights near Coron town

Coron Island, across the bay, is a different island, reached by boat, and its lakes charge their own entrance fees; the dive and swim details for one of them are on Barracuda Lake, and if you are still choosing a base, El Nido vs Coron compares El Nido and Coron.

Last checked Oct 2026. Sources are listed at the end of this page. Fees, hours and tour prices are as each operator, listing or guide showed them on Oct 26, 2026; water figures are from the owner's site and the 2019 study.

FAQs

How much is the Maquinit Hot Spring entrance fee?

PHP 300 per person, according to Royal Island Watersports, a Coron operator, and Tripadvisor reviews from Dec 2024 and Mar 2025 (checked Oct 26, 2026). It is paid in cash at the ticketing area and is separate from Coron's municipal environmental fee. Some guides still show an older PHP 200.

What time does Maquinit Hot Spring open and close?

Apple Maps lists 8:00 am to 7:00 pm every day. Philippine Travels reports 8:00 am to 8:00 pm with the entrance closing at 7:00 pm. The owner's site and Google Maps list no hours, so arrive before 7:00 pm.

How do you get to Maquinit Hot Spring from Coron town?

By tricycle, about 20 minutes according to the owner's site. Reported round trip fares with the driver waiting range from PHP 300 to 400 (Philippine Travels) to about PHP 600 to 1,000 (a Dec 2024 Tripadvisor review). Coron town tours priced from PHP 700 to 1,106 also stop there.

Is Maquinit Hot Spring saltwater?

Yes. A 2019 study in Philippine Science Letters measured 35 to 40 parts per thousand salt and called it one of the few saltwater hot springs in the world and one of two of its kind in Southeast Asia. The owner's site says there is no sulfur smell.

How hot is Maquinit Hot Spring?

38 to 41 °C in the pools, with an average of 40.6 °C across nine readings on Aug 7, 2017 (Martinez-Goss et al., 2019). The owner's site gives 41 °C at the source, from a 1985 survey.

Are there showers at Maquinit Hot Spring?

No. The owner's site says showers are not provided because soap and shampoo chemicals may harm the protected mangrove forest around the pools. Bring a towel.

Is Maquinit Hot Spring on Coron Island?

No. It is on the southeastern coast of Busuanga Island, the same island as Coron town and the airport. Coron Island, with Kayangan Lake and Barracuda Lake, is reached by boat; tours are on Coron island tours.