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| Bantayan Island,Cebu |
Lovin' white sand beaches, where there's nothing to do than laze on the beach...
Bantayan Island is the one.
Bantayan Island is an island located in the Visayan Sea, Philippines. It is situated to the west of the northern end of Cebu island, across the Tañon Strait.
The island is administratively divided into three municipalities:
- Bantayan (the largest municipality, covering the central part)
- Madridejos (covering the northern portion)
- Santa Fe (covering the eastern portion)
We were here few years back before typhoon Haiyan (local name: Yolanda) hit this town in November 2013. Though the island has been tortured by Yolanda, the beach regains its beauty.
Getting There:
Once you arrive in Cebu, head to Cebu North Bus Terminal.
We rode a taxi from Mactan International Airport to Cebu North Bus terminal.
Estimated travel time is 30mins. Around 150-200php.
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| Cebu North Bus Terminal |
From North Bus Terminal, ride a bus going to Hagnaya.
Hagnaya is the port in Northern Cebu where you will take a boat trip to Bantayan Island.
Estimated travel time is 3.5 - 4 hours depending on the traffic.
Bus trip will have 10-15 minute stop over for lunch/snack or restroom break.
Aircon bus is P170 while Non-Aircon bus is P132.
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| Map of Cebu from Mactan International Airport to Cebu Bus Terminal to Bantayan Island. |
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| Hagnaya Port, Bus Terminal - San Remigio, Cebu, Philippines |
There are two shipping companies in Hagnaya Port.
Super Shuttle Ferry and Island Shipping Company.
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| Super Shuttle Ferry |
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| Island Shipping Corporation |
Schedule of trips for Super Shuttle Ferry.
From Hagnaya Port, take a ferry bound to Santa Fe Port. Estimated time is 1hr and 30mins. Ferry ticket Costs P170 plus P10 terminal fee for one way.
From Santa Fe Port, there are tricycle that you can rent for getting around the island. There are also Bicycle that you can rent to explore the island. Bicycle rental is P150.
Most Resorts offer free transport service going to the resort from Santa Fe Port and vice versa.
Where to stay:
We stayed at Placid Beach resort.
If your main purpose is to go out enjoy the beach, this resort is for you.
We decided to stay with the same resort that we rent before since it is near the port. The last time that we went here we rented 2 rooms since we were a huge group. But time time its only the 3 of us, my sister and brother-in-law, we decided to get the room for 4.
The room has the 2 basic queen sized bed, aircon, hot and cold shower, refrigerator, no tv.
The room is P2,000 for overnight stay good for 4 persons.
The room is okay, nothing fancy on the room itself. Complete with your basic needs. Their bathroom is clean. It is very spacious inside plus there is a balcony outside each room.
Beach Placid also has a newly built open air restaurant.
But if you want more options, there are a lot of restaurants in Santa Fe that you can choose from.
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| Longsilog |
We arrived in the resort quite early for check-in, so we decided to head to the beach and start some photo op.
After long hours of travel, seeing the beauty of the beach is definitely worth all the travel.
It was such a beautiful Paradise.❤❤❤
The next morning, we decided to wake up early to wait for the first orange hued rays of sunrise.
And the Beautiful Sunrise did not disappoint us.
It was such a beautiful place...
Thank You Mother Nature!!❤❤❤
Total expenses for group of 3 for an overnight stay(excluding air fare):
Lodging: 2000 /3 = 660
transportation : taxi to bus terminal = 50 * 2 = 100
bus to hagnaya = 170 * 2 = 340
ferry = 170 * 2 = 340
lunch = 150
dinner = 100
breakfast = 150
meryenda(total) = 150
Total = 1,990
You can reach Beach Placid Resort at :
address : F. Roska St., Sta. Fe, Bantayan Island, Cebu, Philippines.
Telephone number : +63 - 32-4065686
Celfone number : 0917-722-2993
email address : beachplacid@gmail.com; contact@beachplacidresort.com
website : www.beachplacidresort.com
You can also check info for supershuttle ferry from their website:
