Reminder to always bring or buy reef-safe sunscreen to Palau (or anywhere you snorkel) to protect our marine ecosystem and the coral reefs. Always practice a safe distance from marine life and never touch anything under water! Also never kick-paddle in shallow coral waters as corals are super fragile.
Hello very informative I was planning a trip from Australia.. your video helped heaps. I'm just budgeting how much did the yours cost or did you do a package?
@@Althekid-k1i Hi there! Glad it helps. Here's the general cost breakdown in USD: - Flight: $500-600 from TPE - Accommodation: around $150 per night for our hotel choice (there's definitely more expensive hotels on the island) - Food: around $15-$20 per person per meal - Activities: $100-$150 per day (snorkeling days), we booked through Klook website but you can find many websites that has snorkeling tours or through your hotel - Tax for Jellyfish lake + water activities: $100 - Taxi: around $8 per trip (find a taxi driver, negotiate a good price, get a phone number and stick with them!) - Airport transport: around $20 per person - Reef safe sunscreen: this is very important! around $15-$20 on the island and I recommend buying/bringing at least 2-3 tubes/cans Hope this helps and hope you enjoy your trip to Palau
Great vlog. Great shots of Beautiful scenic sites and very beautiful narrative cover of your adventures at Pristine Palau. Thank you and Truly enjoyed.
Hi Dale, thank you for the Vlog... Can I ask you the snorkelling company you went with ... thanks in advance, Steven (New Zealand, heading to Palau in January 2025)
Of course, Jan is a perfect time to visit. I used LongRainBow company in Palau (service@longrainbow.com) and booked through Klook. They are mainly Mandarin-speaking based with some limited English. You should be able to find similar snorkel trips on Klook/TripAdviser/Viator etc. Or alternatively you can use your hotel to book these tours! Hotels on Koror Palau can typically help guests book tours. Do make sure the trip is from Koror, Palau as there are similar names around the world. Would definitely recommend doing both the Western and Eastern snorkel lines. Have fun and enjoy the amazing islands!
Yes I am Taiwanese! Palau and Taiwan always have a lot of friendly interaction both on a local level and diplomatic levels from past to present. For example, during the pandemic Palau and Taiwan had a travel bubble to continue encourage safe travel. There are also a lot of Taiwanese presence in Palau as well!
@Daleh oh that's really wonderful. And it's interesting to know that Taiwan has almost a cultural presence and history in other places in the world (besides the US of course which is an easy melting pot). It makes me proud to know that the Taiwanese culture is bigger than Taiwan. Of course I am very sad for how China continues to ignore how the Taiwanese think of their sovereignty. China should at least acknowledge what the people of Taiwan say about themselves. Ignoring a people's wishes is very oppressive behavior. I have hope that with other nation's support Taiwan does not end up like Tibet or Hong Kong. I send you my my best wishes in life regardless, thank you for your reply! 👊
The jellyfish population was wiped out due to global warming unfortunately. You can still swim in the lake and as of this year there are a couple of them still surviving. Typically it takes 5 years for the population to rebound if the temperature does not continue to rise.
Reminder to always bring or buy reef-safe sunscreen to Palau (or anywhere you snorkel) to protect our marine ecosystem and the coral reefs. Always practice a safe distance from marine life and never touch anything under water! Also never kick-paddle in shallow coral waters as corals are super fragile.
Hello very informative I was planning a trip from Australia.. your video helped heaps. I'm just budgeting how much did the yours cost or did you do a package?
@@Althekid-k1i Hi there! Glad it helps. Here's the general cost breakdown in USD:
- Flight: $500-600 from TPE
- Accommodation: around $150 per night for our hotel choice (there's definitely more expensive hotels on the island)
- Food: around $15-$20 per person per meal
- Activities: $100-$150 per day (snorkeling days), we booked through Klook website but you can find many websites that has snorkeling tours or through your hotel
- Tax for Jellyfish lake + water activities: $100
- Taxi: around $8 per trip (find a taxi driver, negotiate a good price, get a phone number and stick with them!)
- Airport transport: around $20 per person
- Reef safe sunscreen: this is very important! around $15-$20 on the island and I recommend buying/bringing at least 2-3 tubes/cans
Hope this helps and hope you enjoy your trip to Palau
Im from palau and seeing people talking about our country makes me smile
That's awesome :) Palau is amazing
Thank you very much!!!!!@@Daleh
Much love to Palau from Germany :D
SUPER BEAUTIFUL 🇵🇼🇵🇼🇵🇼
Haven't been home since 1996 and I live in Guam. Time for me to go home with my little girl.
Hope you enjoy the vlog, had so much fun editing and reviewing footages from the amazing times we had in Palau!
Best trip I’ve ever had…spent 2 weeks there. Beautiful place and people!!!
absolutely gorgeous country!
I have lived in the tropics all my life and this is what I call home!
Absolutely beautiful :)
Great vlog. Great shots of Beautiful scenic sites and very beautiful narrative cover of your adventures at Pristine Palau. Thank you and Truly enjoyed.
Glad you enjoyed :)
Wauw. So beautiful. Thanks for your video.
Thank you for your support!
Thank you Dale, my Wife and I will be in Palau in September
Pleasure, you'll both love Palau so much. I'm missing the islands right now.
Yet another place on my bucket list. Keep it up Dale, fantastic content!
Appreciate your support! Many more vlogs to come :)
We just got back from Palau! Absolutely spectacular. We got some spectacular footage and more importantly created amazing memories!
glad you enjoyed your trip and got some amazing footage :)
amazing video. it always interesting to see my home through the lense of others.
Thank you and fellow Palauans for the amazing country you call home. Hoping to share the beauty through my camera!
@@Daleh you did an incredible job, thank you for sharing.
Hi Dale, thank you for the Vlog... Can I ask you the snorkelling company you went with ... thanks in advance, Steven (New Zealand, heading to Palau in January 2025)
Of course, Jan is a perfect time to visit. I used LongRainBow company in Palau (service@longrainbow.com) and booked through Klook. They are mainly Mandarin-speaking based with some limited English. You should be able to find similar snorkel trips on Klook/TripAdviser/Viator etc. Or alternatively you can use your hotel to book these tours! Hotels on Koror Palau can typically help guests book tours.
Do make sure the trip is from Koror, Palau as there are similar names around the world. Would definitely recommend doing both the Western and Eastern snorkel lines.
Have fun and enjoy the amazing islands!
and the coral!!!
Honestly camera does not do it justice!!!
footage of the water omg
Very nice and informative guide! Congratulations!
Could you please your guide contact?
Thank you! Feel free to drop an email to: dalehsufk@gmail.com and I can send you the details!
Are you Taiwanese? Is there a connection between Palau and Taiwan?
Yes I am Taiwanese! Palau and Taiwan always have a lot of friendly interaction both on a local level and diplomatic levels from past to present. For example, during the pandemic Palau and Taiwan had a travel bubble to continue encourage safe travel. There are also a lot of Taiwanese presence in Palau as well!
@Daleh oh that's really wonderful. And it's interesting to know that Taiwan has almost a cultural presence and history in other places in the world (besides the US of course which is an easy melting pot). It makes me proud to know that the Taiwanese culture is bigger than Taiwan. Of course I am very sad for how China continues to ignore how the Taiwanese think of their sovereignty. China should at least acknowledge what the people of Taiwan say about themselves. Ignoring a people's wishes is very oppressive behavior. I have hope that with other nation's support Taiwan does not end up like Tibet or Hong Kong. I send you my my best wishes in life regardless, thank you for your reply! 👊
Just want to let you know that Taiwan 🇹🇼is a big brother of Palau🇵🇼
What happened to the jellyfish population??
So, you can’t swim among a swarm of them anymore???
The jellyfish population was wiped out due to global warming unfortunately. You can still swim in the lake and as of this year there are a couple of them still surviving. Typically it takes 5 years for the population to rebound if the temperature does not continue to rise.