Cebu and Bohol (Sept. 2024)

A Cebu-Bohol Trip with Hubbs 

Sept 5-9, 2024

Considered this a delayed overdue honeymoon trip for us. That’s what I called this trip of ours to Cebu and Bohol.

I even booked the flight impulsively when Cebu Pacific announced a Piso Fare last March.

Our flight from Manila was at 9 am and we’ve reached Cebu at 10 AM. Then we took a taxi going to Cebu Port. Fare was 200 pesos.

Then we rode Oceanjet that we booked via Klook. It was 800ish per person. We just had a light lunch at Cebu Port while waiting for our boat.

Boat ride from Cebu to Bohol was 2 hours.

At 3 p.m. we were already at Tagbilaran Port and from there, we road a tuktuk or a tricycle going to our Inn. It was a 30-minute travel time from Tagbilaran to Panglao and costed us 500 pesos for 2 pax.

We stayed at HM&B Traveller’s Inn that we also booked via Klook.

After settling our things, we then went to Alona Beach. We had a merienda on the nearby 7/11 and walked on the beach.

It was a mini-boracay for me, though the water of the beach in Boracay is clearer (for me also).

We decided not to swim that day.

When the sun finally went down, we went back to our inn to rest early. It’s been a long day of travelling.

We were just so grateful that despite the heavy rain in Manila, it was sunny day in Cebu and Bohol.

We slept early.

 

The following day or for our Day 2, we had a booked country side tour via Klook. Our tour started at 8 am. The van picked us up on our hotel. This tour costed us 600/head.

Here’s the place we’ve visited:

Blood Compact Shrine 

        Asin Tibuok shop (I forgot to take photos here)

       Baclayon Church Visit

            Butterfly Sanctuary

            Lunch at Loay River

        Man-made Forest

        Tarsier Sanctuary

        Chocolate Hills

At 5pm, we’re back to Alona Beach where we ate for dinner.

And at 7 pm, we’re back to our hotel.

That summed up our Day 2!

For our Day 3, we woke up at 6 am because we planned to swim at Alona Beach.

We just had coffee for breakfast then we enjoyed the beach for two hours before going back to our hotel.

At 11 am, we checked out and we’re back to Tagbilaran Port to go back to Cebu City.

Our booked hotel in Cebu City was just a walking distance from Cebu Port. We stayed at VG Pension and Residences.

After checking in, we went to Magellan’s Cross and Basilica de Sto. Nino de Cebu for a church visit. I also bought some pasalubong for Mama. 

We then went to Plaza Independencia and Fort San Pedro.

For our dinner, we just bought take out food at Jollibee and we’re back to our hotel.These tourist spots were just walking distance from our hotel.

 

For our Day 4, we woke up at 2 am because our booked trip started at 3 am. We also booked this tour via Klook at 2500 per head. 

The van picked us up at 3 am.

And then we’re off to see the whale shark in Oslob Cebu. It was a three-hour ride from Cebu City.

 Upon reaching Oslob, we had breakfast and by 7 am, we rode a boat to see the whale sharks!

It was a great experience and my Hubbs really enjoyed it.

After an hour, we’re back offshore then we went to Sumilon Island via boat ride which was 300 pesos per head.

We went snorkeling at a fish sanctuary and we enjoyed a bit of swimming time before going back to the main island.

We then had a lunch on a nearby restaurant and it was our first time to try Pork Sinigang de Cebu.

At 5 pm, we’re back to our hotel.

We just bought food for dinner via grab since we were too tired to go outside.

 

For our last day, we’re going back home.

But before that, we went to Taboan Market to buy danggit and some pasalubong.

Our flight was at 10 pm.

We checked out at 12 noon and then we booked another short stay near the airport wherein we paid 800 pesos for an 8-hour stay.

We stayed in Mactan and we just walked around the nearby mall to grab some lunch. We also bought Milk tea.

We stayed the whole day on the shared space condo that we rented to rest.

At 10 pm, we’re already at the airport waiting for our flight.

We reached home at 2 am.

It was a memorable trip for me and Hubbs. It was both our first time to Cebu and Bohol and will definitely be back there to visit other spots that we haven’t visited yet.

Daghang Salamat, Cebu!

Salamat Kaajo, Bohol!