Smith Beach Tours and Tickets

There are plenty of ways to experience Smith Beach. Looking at ratings and reviews previously given by customers, these are the best tours available right now:

• Coron Island-Hopping Tour: via Private Speedboat

• Coron Island-Hopping Tour B with Skeleton Wreck and Barracuda Lake

• Coron Island Tour B (Shared Tour)

• Coron Island-Hopping Tour: via Private Yacht

The entrance fee for Smith Beach is 150 Philippine pesos per person. But, of course, you also need to get there. Shared island-hopping tours from Coron that visit the beach usually start from around US$45, including lunch and entrance fees, with private tours by speedboat costing around US$180, including lunch but excluding entrance fees.

Yes, Smith Beach is worth visiting: It’s a tiny gem of a white-sand beach with just a few castaway huts, framed by dramatic shards of limestone. What’s under the water is almost equally special: Smith Coral Garden, offshore, offers a myriad of coral species plus giant clams and a host of reef fish.

Smith Beach is near Banul Beach on the northwest point of Coron Island, about 3 miles (5 kilometers) south of Coron Town—which is, confusingly, on Busuanga Island. The only way to get here is by boat, meaning that most travelers arrive either on an island-hopping tour or on a private charter out of Coron Town.

Yes, you can visit Smith Beach without joining a tour—but you’ll still need to charter a boat to get there, as the beach is located on Coron Island, which has a tiny Indigenous population and no roads. Self-drive boat charters are rare in the Philippines and unheard of in Coron, so your boat will come with a crew.

Some Coron island-hopping tours visit Smith Beach to eat lunch in the shade of the beach huts. But for a good chance of having this charming cove all to yourself, visit in the late afternoon. Smith Beach is also a lovely spot to watch the sunset if your boat schedule permits.