Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Bantayan Island: Do-it-Yourself Itinerary

Here's the itinerary of our recently concluded Bantayan Island trip.

TIME - ACTIVITY - COST - DESCRIPTION

Day 1 - March 18, 2012

5:50 AM - depart for Mactan International Airport - P 200/head - terminal fee
7:00 AM - arrive at Mactan International Airport
7:15 AM - depart for North Bus Terminal - P 152 (P 76/head) - taxi fare
7:30 AM - arrive at North Bus Terminal
8:00 AM - depart for Hagnaya Port - P 150/head - aircon bus fare to Hagnaya port
11:15 AM - arrive at Hagnaya Port
11:30 AM - depart for Santa Fe Port - P 160/head - ferry boat fare with P 10 terminal fee
12:45 PM - arrive at Santa Fe Port
12:50 PM - depart for Kota Beach - free transfer from port
1:00 PM - arrive at Kota Beach,  register
1:15 PM - late lunch at Daddy Dok's - P 90/head
2:00 PM - check in at Kota Beach
2:30 PM - rent motorcycle - P 200 (P 100/head)
2:40 PM - fill tank - P 100 (P 50/head)
3:10 PM - Omagieca Mangrove Garden at Obo-ob - P 20/head - entrance fee
3:25 PM - depart for Bantayan Town Plaza
3:45 PM - arrive at Bantayan Town Plaza
3:50 PM - St. Paul and Peter Parish Church and Town Hall
4:15 PM - head to the Municipality of Madridejos
5:00 PM - Madridejos Kota Park, Madridejos Marker
5:15 PM - depart for Santa Fe
6:30 PM - arrive at Santa Fe
7:00 PM - return motorcycle
8:00 PM - dinner - P 200/head
Subtotal Day 1 - P 1,046

Day 2 - March 19, 2012

6:00 AM - breakfast at Daddy Dok's - P 55/head
7:00 AM - depart for Island Hopping - P 800 (P400/head) - boat rental
8:00 AM - arrive at Virgin Island/Hilantaga-an Island - P 300 (P 150/head) - entrance fee
10:00 AM - head back to Kota Beach
11:00 AM - arrive at Kota Beach, lunch at Daddy Dok's - P 75/head
2:45 PM - depart for Bantayan Island Nature Park and Resort - P 150/head - entrance and  transfers
3:15 PM - arrive at Bantayan Island Nature Park and Resort
5:30 PM - depart for Tristan's Bar and Restaurant
6:00 PM - arrive at Tristan's Bar and Restaurant, early dinner - P 425 (P 212.50/head) - pizza and drinks
7:00 PM - depart for Kota Beach
7:15 PM - arrive at Kota Beach
Subtotal Day 2 - P 1042.50

Day 3 - March 20, 2012

5:30 AM - watch the sunrise
6:15 AM - breakfast at Daddy Dok's - P 55/head
7:00 AM - check out at Kota Beach - P 3,120 (P1,560/head)
7:30 AM - depart for Santa Fe Port - free transfer to port
7:45 AM - arrive at Santa Fe Port
9:00 AM - depart for Hagnaya Port - P 165/head - with P 15 terminal fee
10:10 AM - arrive at Hagnaya Port
10:15 AM - depart for Cebu City - P 150/head
2:00 PM - arrive at Cebu City
2:30 PM - SM City Cebu
2:45 PM - internet
3:00 PM - lunch at CNT Cebu - P 131 (P 65.50/head)
3:35 PM - watch movie - P 150/head
6:05 PM - dinner at KFC - P 150/head
6:30 PM - depart for Mactan International Airport - P 159 (P 79.50/head) - taxi fare
7:00 PM - arrive at Mactan International Airport - P 200 - terminal fee
9:00 PM - depart for Manila
Subtotal Day 3 - P 2,575

TOTAL PER PAX = 4,663.50

Other Bantayan Island trip useful notes:
  • Airconditioned Ceres buses are readily available at the North Bus Terminal and at the terminal near Hagnaya port. Travel time lasts for 3 hours, at the minimum and there are at most 2 stop-overs.
  • There are two shipping companies serving the Hagnaya - Santa Fe route, and their respective departure is at one-hour interval (earliest departure from Santa Fe is by Island Shipping at 7:30 am).
  • There is a gasoline station at Madridejos.
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You might be interested on my other posts about Bantayan Island:

Bantayan Island: Bantayan Town and Madridejos via Motorbike
Bantayan Island: Omagieca Mangrove Garden
Bantayan Island: Island Hopping to Virgin Island and Hilantaga-an Island
Bantayan Island: Bantayan Island Nature Park and Resort
Bantayan Island: Tristan's Pizza Fully Consumed by 2 People within 5 Minutes


4 comments:

  1. wow thanks for the info! can't wait for our Bantayan trip this week! :)

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  2. Thanks for posting you itinerary and the places you visited on Bantayan Island. Hubby and I plan to go there this December and I've been reading up on what to do and places to see. Your blogs are really helpful. Thanks again.

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  3. thank you for posting! we are scheduled to visit bantayan this march. this blog is of great help. i just want to ask if there is a fixed schedule for the buses bound for cebu near the hagnaya port? homebound, our flight to manila is at 9:30 pm.. we are planning to take the bus to cebu after lunch..i'm hoping there are buses that leave every hour so that we'd be sure to get to cebu right on time for our flight .thanks!

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  4. Hello, as far as I know, there's no fixed schedule of bus departure from Hagnaya to Cebu. We just crossed our fingers and prayed that there's an airconditioned one set to go to Cebu once we arrive at the port. :)

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