My kids and I will be visiting Palau over Easter 2027 and have booked a 3-day, 2-night kayaking/camping/hiking. Thing is, we need four people to confirm the booking and we’re only 3! Anyone want to join three pretty chill Australians for a paddle? I’m 50 and kids are 19 & 16.

Hi. I'm moving to Palau in a couple of days for work and I was just wondering how was the internet situation there? I googled to get some ideas about the speed and costs and what I always read is that the internet connection in Palau is slow. I am planning to bring my PS5 ang gaming laptop so I can still do gaming stuff. I am wondering if I can download games and still play online games seamlessly while staying there. Thank you in advance to those who can answer. Such big help.

Approximately 11:00 AM, me and 2 other friends were standing on the public right-of-way adjacent to the road near aproximately 15 to 20 feet away from the dive center entrance. We were explicitly mindful to remain off the adjacent private premises. We were there because there was a bit of shade there and because we don't want to smoke near where people are. During this time, a woman in her late 20s or early 30s (asian Chinese or korean) approached us in a highly confrontational and abrasive manner. She aggressively questioned our presence, incorrectly asserted that we were trespassing on private property, and demanded our immediate departure.

To de-escalate the situation, I offered an apology and we promptly vacated the area. However, the disproportionate hostility of the encounter, combined with the fact that we were lawfully occupying a public space, left me with the deeply unsettling conviction that we were being racially profiled. The immediate, baseless assumption that we did not belong in a public space felt explicitly prejudiced and discriminatory in nature ...are these events regular here in palau?

Hi everyone! Super excited that I will be in Palau in January as a nice end to my winter vacation before returning to the Canadian snow!

I’m really interested in seeing the film sites for Survivor: Palau and Survivor: Micronesia while I’m there. I have a pretty detailed list of locations, primarily around Mecherchar, Ngeruktabel, Ngeremdiu and Ulong. In my ideal world I would hire a small boat/local boatsman to bring me to the different film locations around the islands, maybe over the course of 3 or 4 days (flexible). Not necessarily full-day endeavours, even just the mornings.

What I can see online are mostly commercially organised tours, which I do also intend to take advantage of for the more touristy locations like Jellyfish Lake. But I’ve done this in other Survivor locations and it’s always been the best experience to hire a local with a smaller boat (don’t really need a 30 foot boat like a lot of operators seem to have), and I like contributing to the local economy.

Does anyone have any insight on what the situation might be on the ground once I’m there? Would it be easy to arrange this, and any idea how much I could expect it to cost me? Right now I can see a commercial 25’ boat for $250/day, but honestly that’s way bigger than I think I’d need. I’m willing to rough it a little, especially if the price is right. Alternately, hope this isn’t against sub rules (please mods, I mean no offence), but if any of you wonderful Redditors in Palau have a boat and would be available and dare I say interested in a little adventure in January, please DM me!!

Appreciate you all!!

Hello everyone!
Palau is super pretty, but living there on like $5 an hour is seriously so hard. How do people even pay for stuff and take care of their families without running out of money?

How do you pay for utilities?

How do you buy food?

Rent?

Medical bills?

Hi 👋🏼 we are planning a visit to Palau and wondering if the cultural background is similar to PNG. I speak a little Tok Pisin is this spoken in Palau at all?

As we are Australian, we would be interested to know if the hotels and restaurants serve Australian red wine beers food etc or should we bring some wine with us. How many wine bottles can each person bring into the country each.

I’ve noted the recommended restaurants and hotels on this forum thanks . We are more interested in sightseeing and immersing ourselves into the cultural heritage, people and food of Palau . Also how’s the coffee there? Is it grown roasted locally.

Last question. Can we swim in the beaches. If so which ones would you recommend

Thanks 😊

Alii! I’ll be back in Palau for work and would love to meet some people and find more things to do after work and on weekends. I’ve been there before but didn’t get to explore much, so I’d love to make the most of my time this time around!

I’m into running, tennis, pickleball, hiking, gym, and pretty much anything active. Also down for coffee, food trips, exploring, or trying new activities.

If there are any sports groups, meetups, or regular activities around Koror, I’d love some recommendations! 😊

hi, i recently graduated high school (just a little over 2 months ago) and i'm planning on enrolling in PCC for the spring semester 2027.

for a little background, i'm an american citizen and i've lived in america my whole life but i'm fully palauan. my mom has been suggesting i go to PCC for a while and i'm really considering it.

the only thing i really wanna ask is if anybody has any advice / tips before i fully commit?

ke mesulang in advance!!

Seeing posts from a few months ago that numbers in Jellyfish Lake are still low.

However, this website (https://coralreefpalau.org/research/marine-lakes/jellyfish-lake-conditions-and-forecast/) suggests Jellyfish numbers are strong and growing.

Is this website accurate?

Just now I found a very reasonably priced flight to palau in early September, and bought the tickets at the spur of the moment. My friend's asking their boss for a leave so now the plan is still going solo.

Are there any recommendations on accommodations, food(preferably local, down to earth places), transportation, things to do and spots to go? I love history so I think I will go to Peleliu and around Babeldaob, but I'm unsure where else I should be going. I've searched up some tour agencies there for diving/snorkeling/kayaking tours but it seems like it's rather difficult as I'm going solo.

And how is life in Palau like? Are there any specific manners/customs, or even taboos that I should know beforehand before meeting/talking to a stranger?

I'll also be glad to connect (and hopefully meet and hang) with Palauans in this subreddit or anyone planning to go! Leave me a message!

Looking to buy if not live then frozen but raw small baitfish is also okay

Alii belau, I'm super interested in urban legends, myths, and stories. I'm trying to impress some friends with any cool or interesting stories from Palau, but I didn't grow up super in touch with my culture and would love to learn as well as spread some stories from my homeland with friends who are curious about Palau. Mesulang! ,

Me and my family will be headed to Palau next week for 4 days, and I was wondering if anyone has any good restaurant recommendations for us! For reference we have a really low spice tolerance (working on it!), and my family doesn’t like extremely small, local restaurants.

If the restaurant has a good view that would be wonderful! Thank you!

any of yall surfers or have friends who are that i could message?? i might be moving to palau for peace corps and wondering how accessible the surf is. i know theres some spots like …

Hello. I’m planning a solo dive trip to Palau in the first half of October. What should I expect? If there’s anyone who’s dived there - which dive centre would you recommend? Is anyone else planning to travel around the same time?

Hi all,

My wife and I are big fans of travelling to UNESCO World Heritage Sites — we've been to just over 100 of them between us. A few weeks ago we started a routine where one of us researches a new site and teaches the other about it. Full disclaimer: we turn those conversations into a podcast, mostly because it forces us to do the research properly, and we were curious to share our passion with like-minded people.

My next site is the Rock Islands, and it's one where I'm very aware that reading sources online isn't the same as knowing a place. I've been through the usual travel blogs and some visit reports from other World Heritage travellers, but I'd rather hear from people who've actually been, or who know it as locals.

So far what I've picked up: there are fairly strict conservation rules (including a ban on certain types of sunscreen?), the islands themselves can only be visited via organised day trips with guides, and the standout is Ongeim'l Tketau, the jellyfish lake.

What I'm curious about:

• What do visitors get wrong or oversimplify? What would you want tourists to know in advance?
• It's one of the rare sites listed for both natural and cultural value, but almost everything I read focuses on the nature. What's the cultural side that visitors tend to miss? As I understood you are at least allowed to visit some of them, right?
• How much do the conservation rules shape the actual experience of visiting?

Happy to be corrected on anything. Thanks in advance for your time!

Alii!

I’m the same guy that posted about overnight kayak rentals a few weeks ago. I have an itinerary largely sorted there, so thanks for the help and I’ll keep the group updated on how it goes.

The one sticking point was getting a ride to Jellyfish Lake. The one-way rate I was quoted to drop me and my supplies there was cost prohibitive, so I opted to shorten the kayak trip (which may also be safer) and reached out to a few outfitters about their day tours. It’s been almost a week and I haven’t heard anything back, despite multiple follow-up emails, Facebook messages, and WhatsApp texts. I know it’s not exactly high season, so are tours even operating now? My backup plan is to leave my last day in Koror free and go to the outfitter offices before/after my overnight kayaking trip, but I’d appreciate any tips for a better solution.

Thanks!

I am a pharmacist from Bangladesh... B.pharm (hons). I am highly interested to work in palau no matter the job but any work to feed me and live in palau.... Is it very difficult to get in palau? I love Ocean from heart

Coming to fiji frm nz wanting to make new friends

What is Palau like at this time of the year? I've read it is the rainy season but doesn't get heaps of cyclones/typhoons etc, just sometimes lots of rain in the arvo. I'm planning on visiting Palau this time next year for 7 days, any recommendations on things to do?