Where? Miniloc Island
Access? El Nido Island Hopping Tour D, a private boat tour or, if you’re fit enough, you can kayak from Miniloc (El Nido Resorts).
Heads up: it’s much farther from the resort as compared to the Big Lagoon.
Limestone Cliffs? Yes. More immersive than the Big Lagoon since the channel is narrower.
Heads down: you have to go through a passage way / tunnel of sorts before reaching the main channel. (Check the 7th photo.)
Palm Trees / Coconut Trees? Sorry. Lo siento. But no.
Sand Quality? Grainy, and from what I’ve experienced, they’re all underwater. There’s no narrow strip of beach, unlike the one in Big Lagoon.
Water? From ideally turquoise, to foreboding dark green in the deep parts. Those are not Crayola colors.
Sunset? That’s a big no.
Best time for photography? Towering cliffs, eh? So midmorning, high noon and early afternoon are your best bets if you want “punch” and contrast in your photos. 4PM-ish is still ok. Anything outside that gives you flat, even light (i.e., skylight). Some like it that way though.
Crowded? Yes. But one or two notches lower than the Big Lagoon.
Author’s Note? If you only have time for just one of the two Lagoons, this might help: Times Square or DUMBO? If your answer is DUMBO, it’s Small Lagoon then.
Adventure honeymoon + travel couple photos at the Small Lagoon Lagoon in El Nido, Palawan, Philippines. Destination wedding photography in Southeast Asia x redsheep. Color remastered using redsheep Chromavictrix 160MC+, February 2022.