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June 30, 2016 By Cille Anne 17 Comments

Bohol Tour via Tubigon – Itinerary and Highlights

We visited Bohol again! The first time we visited the land of chocolate hills was 2011, then again just last June 2016.

We followed a different Bohol Tour itinerary for our first and second time. I’ll be laying out the highlights of the second tour. Hopefully it can give light in case you are confuse whether to choose Tubigon Port over Tagbilaran Port as your entry point.



The Bohol 2011 vacation saw us travelling via Oceanjet fast craft from Cebu to Tagbilaran, and then tour of Bohol with Carmen town as the furthest tourist spot stop. Our visit to Bohol this 2016 we sailed from Cebu to Tubigon via Lite Ferries, a RORO slow boat, first stop was Sagbayan Peak in the town of you guess it, Sagbayan. 😀

Refer to this DETAILED ITINERARY for the Cebu to Tagbilaran then Bohol Tour (2011 Vacation).

Bohol Tour with pick-up from Tagbilaran Port – the tour fee for this was P2,500 last 2011. We checked with our van driver and he said, it is now P3,000 but you can try to haggle the rate. Some smaller van services outfits grants discounts.

Rates are regulated by the Bohol Tourism office. You can ask your van driver to see the tour and tariff rates, tourism accredited drivers have this laminated tariff cards. Based on the rate card, you’ll know how much the rate for specific tours or van services from one point to another.

Example: Pick-up from Panglao with Dauis mini- tour, the rate is P800 including a visit to Dauis Chart and the well or balon inside the church that was uncovered after the 2013 earthquake with a sidetrip to the Hinagdangan Cave and Bohol Bee Farm.

Bohol Tour via Tubigon

For our 2016 BOHOL TOUR our group was picked-up from TUBIGON PORT, this was our itinerary:

  1. FAST CRAFT via TAGBILARAN, slow RORO BOAT via TUBIGON

Sail with Lite Ferries Shipping Line from Cebu to Tubigon. Ticket rate is P110 per passenger. Sailing time is about 2 and a half hours. Earliest morning trip is at 7 AM. Cebu Pier 1 terminal fee is P25/pax.

**You cannot buy tickets ahead in the Lite Shipping ticketing office in Pier 1 or Pier Uno. You can only buy advance lite ferries ticket direct from their main office which is in MJ Cuenco Avenue, in the old NSO building.

2. BOHOL TOUR STARTS!!!

Our group was picked up by the van service in Tubigon Port (we made prior arrangement a few days before through my aunt).

*There is a McDonald few meters from the port in case you took the 7 AM Lite Ferries boat and is hungry for breakfast.

First stop is Sagbayan Peak, entrance fee is P50/pax. Don’t miss trying their bibingka! Photoshoot opportunities: the complex is big with sections on tarsiers (we saw 2 tarsiers!), butterfly, statues of animals, superheroes, and fairytale characters, viewpoint for the chocolate hills, and a restaurant.

Sagbayan Peak Visit

Now, your van driver may say that the chocolate hills that you can see from Sagbayan Peak are the same chocolate hills one can see in Carmen town, and in his eagerness to help you save a bit of your tour budget, might suggest you skip Carmen town hills viewing. Chocolate Hills in Carmen entrance fee is P50/pax.

This I recommend: GO STILL TO CARMEN. The visible chocolate hills in Sagbayan Peak are far inferior to what you’ll see when you get to the main Carmen viewpoint. If you are a first timer in BOHOL, the iconic Chocolate Hills view are in Carmen, not in Sagbayan Peak. See the difference in the pics below:

Sagbayan versus Carmen Chocolate Hills

p.s. yes, I gained weight, the hubby’s a good chef ^^

**If I am to redo our tour this 2016, I would choose the Tagbilaran route even though fast craft tickets are more expensive than Lite ferries tickets. From Cebu you can take any of the fastcrafts: Supercat, OceanJet, Weesam Starcraft to enter Bohol via Tagbilaran.

Van tour rental if pick-up via Tagbilaran is P2,500 (included all tourist sites except Sagbayan Peak). Van rental if pick-up is via Tubigon is P4,500 (all tourist sites included). **You can negotiate the rates with the driver. Clue: NEGOTIATE! 😉

3. TOURIST SITE STOPS

These are the usual tourist sites in Bohol. These sites are included in the itinerary followed by tour operators and van drivers.

Sagbayan Peak (if you arrived via Tubigon only.)

Carmen Chocolate Hills Viewpoint (best way to see the famous hills!)

Manmade Forest (temperature becomes cooler!)

Habitat Bohol EcoPark (ice cream!!! And butterfly education for P30/pax entrance / tour fee. :))

Bamboo Hanging Bridge (Tenten and Serena had a moment here).

Rio Verde Tarsier Place (we skipped this since we saw tarsiers in Sagbayan Peak).

Luboc River (we skipped the Luboc River Cruise with lunch but we spent time on the Luboc bridge for photo-ops.)

Blood Compact Site (quick photo-op)

Baclayon Church (still undergoing rehabilitation)

Dauis Church (see the “miraculous well” inside the church itself)

Bohol Bee Farm in Panglao (ice cream!!! Load up on pasalubong too!)

Lastly, Panglao resort drop-off

4. PASALUBONG SHOPPING

If you arrived by way of Tubigon, request your driver to stop by the town of Albuquerque to buy kalamay of Bohol. This town makes the tastiest Bohol calamay as well as its cheapest there. Otherwise, buy your pasalubong calamay and peanut kisses just before you enter the Tagbilaran Port complex. You can still buy calamay and other Bohol pasalubong goodies inside the port but it’s more expensive there compared to the pasalubong stalls outside the port.

Hoard Bohol Bee Farm’s special spreads. 😉

5. GOING HOME – ANOTHER VAN RENTAL

Van pick-up service from Panglao to Tagbilaran Port is another fee.

Are there public transpo? Yes, there are buses, but they are very rare. If you are alone, you can take a habal-habal, or chance upon a van driver who just drop-off guests in Panglao then rent him to take you to Tagbilaran port for a cheaper rate. This was what we did last 2011, we paid only P500, instead of P800 usual van hire rate for Panglao – Tagbilaran drop-off.

*The P800 rate comes with a Panglao and Dauis tour (Bee Farm, Dauis Church, Hinagdangan Cave if you didn’t have time for these sites on your Bohol Day Tour). The main Bee Farm is located in Panglao Island, scenic place and good food!

6. BOHOL TOUR RECOMMENDED DRIVER

I can recommend our van driver JUVAN, his cellphone number is 0912 4068224. Nope, I don’t have any commission or freebies whatsoever. 🙂 But if you get his services, please tell him you read about it on Penfires, a blog by someone who was his guest along with her family who stayed in a resthouse in Brgy Libaong. Then ask for discount! *wink haha

Bohol Tour Services and Rates

I didn’t know him prior to the Bohol tour but he’s great. He was very accommodating when we made a special request to drop by the Island CityMall to pick-up some groceries, and we ended-up about 2 hours in the mall, the usual 5PMish end-of-tour was extended at no additional charge. Also, I left my hygiene pack in his van, he made sure I got it before leaving Bohol, intact. Inihabol pa sa port. 🙂

He can also help you arrange a boat for Island Hopping if you want to go dolphin watching or visiting nearby islands to Panglao.

Bohol Panglao Island

**I can’t recommend a particular hotel for this vacation since we stayed at a relatives’ rest house in Panglao Island. But if you need to find a hotel in Bohol, check out these discounted offers from Agoda: Low price to medium price hotels and resorts or this one Bohol Recommended Hotels.

On the return trip, we’ve chosen to sail with STARCRAFT, 1 pm departure schedule. Fastcraft fare was P440, Tagbilaran terminal fee is P20/pax. Sailing time 2 hours and will dock in Cebu Pier 3.

Hope this helps you a bit if you are debating whether to get to Bohol from Cebu via Tubigon or via Tagbilaran.

Cheers!

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  1. LoveEatWander says

    July 20, 2016 at 11:37 pm

    Thank heavens I found this blog about Bohol! I am making our IT for our trip and this article provided more info than I actually needed. Awesome! Thank you for writing this. I can sleep early tonight. 😀

    Reply
    • Cille Anne says

      July 25, 2016 at 5:07 pm

      Welcome 🙂 Enjoy Bohol!

      Reply
      • Ana says

        June 5, 2017 at 10:15 pm

        Hi mam..can we have your contavt number? We are bound to bohol thia weekend..

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        • Cille Anne says

          June 6, 2017 at 1:16 pm

          Hi Ana, this is a personal travel blog, I am not affiliated with any tour organizer po.

  2. jean says

    August 8, 2016 at 1:51 pm

    thank you for sharing your experience 😉 my partner and I will be going to bohol next month and we’ll be staying at panglao island just for an overnight.. we dont have much time so we’re planning to have a coutryside daytour first before going to panglao island to save time and energy.. do you think it’s much better if we take the cebu-tubigon route? is it nearer to carmen? i was thinking if we will have the tagbilaran route, it will be a waste of time travelling back and forth going to carmen chocolate hills.. im really confused right now.. lol

    Reply
    • Cille Anne says

      August 10, 2016 at 8:28 pm

      Hi Jean, I strongly suggest that you take the Tagbilaran route. 🙂 We’ve done it that way the first time we visited Bohol for an overnight stay. Also, it can save you more time if you will skip the Dauis Church and Hinagdanan Cave (both in Panglao Island) in your tour.

      Reply
  3. Senied Milcah says

    November 10, 2016 at 11:35 am

    Hi Cille Anne 🙂 thank you for the information you have shared regarding your Bohol trip. It was really very helpful as i am currently planning our itinerary. Also, i will definitely mention to Sir Juvan that i got the info from you 🙂 thanks again 🙂

    Reply
    • Cille Anne says

      November 10, 2016 at 3:11 pm

      Hi Senied, thanks for dropping a comment! 🙂 Enjoy Bohol!!!

      Reply
  4. Eleonor Villanueva says

    February 3, 2017 at 8:16 am

    Hi Cille Anne. I enjoyed reading your Bohol tour. This is very helpful for me in planning my trip with family and a friend. You gave me good insights on the priorities I need to accomplish in this trip. Also, I will consider your recommendation for Mr. Juvan EDano and will mention your name to him. More success and blessings to you..

    Reply
    • Cille Anne says

      February 3, 2017 at 9:43 pm

      Thank you Eleonor! Have a grand vacation sa Bohol! 🙂

      Reply
  5. Jerry says

    March 18, 2017 at 4:21 pm

    Thanks it really help….

    Reply
  6. JOZEL says

    July 17, 2017 at 5:17 pm

    Recently tried the via Tubigon port, so far the boat was fast, took only about an hour and 15 mins…. we were there last June 2017….

    Reply
    • Aileen says

      September 19, 2017 at 4:17 pm

      Hi Jozel!

      Can you suggest a tour operator or car w/driver rental which will pick/drop us at tubigon port? And how much is the fare for fastcraft from cebu to tubigon? Thanks!

      Aileen

      Reply
  7. Jozel says

    July 17, 2017 at 5:19 pm

    You have any idea how to go to Bantayan island from any ports in Bohol?

    Reply
    • Cille Anne says

      July 17, 2017 at 8:22 pm

      Hi Jozel, naku wala akong idea for direct boat from Bohol to Bantayan Island :/

      Reply
  8. Maike says

    August 10, 2017 at 10:02 am

    Too bad you were not able to explore Tubigon, there is a island hopping service that we tried which brought us to several islands. The boat was beautiful too. Much better than me experience in Panglao. You should try it on your next visit to bohol.

    Check Seadrake.net it should give you some ideas too

    Reply
    • Cille Anne says

      August 10, 2017 at 1:30 pm

      Hi Maike, Thank you for that recommendation. 🙂 We’ll definitely check that out on our next Bohol visit.

      Reply

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