5D4N CARAGA Full Guide

Sharing our 5D4N itinerary and expenses in Caraga ✈️✈️

📍Agusan Del Norte
📍Surigao Del Norte
📍Siargao Island
📍Surigao Del Sur

===========ITINERARY============

Day 1 - March 12
📍Vinapor, Agusan Del Norte

7:25am - ETD NAIA Terminal 3
9:00am - ETA Butuan

⏺ There are multicabs outside the airport going to Butuan Bus Terminal.
Once you are at the Bus Terminal, look for a bus bound for Cagayan De Oro and ask the driver to drop you off in Carmen where you can ride a motorcycle to Vinapor. The bus drivers or conductors already know what to do when you tell them that you are going to Jurassic Blue Waters or Vinapor Blue Waters Resort.
🏍🏍From Carmen Bus Terminal, You may charter a motorcycle to drop you off and pick you up to and from Blue waters resort - contact kuya Harry at +639462299887

9:45am - ETD Butuan to Vinapor
10:45am - ETA Jurassic Blue Waters Resort
11:00am to 1:00pm - Photo Ops. Relax.
1:00pm - ETD Vinapor to Butuan (Bus)
2:00pm- ETA Butuan (Robinson's) - the bus passes by Robinson's. Waited for my friends to arrive because their flight from Manila is a little bit delayed.

5:00pm - ETD Butuan to Bad-as, SDN (Travel time is about 3-4 hours)
9:00pm - ETD Bad-as to Claver, SDN (travel time is abou 45mins to 1 hr)
10:00pm - ETA Claver, SDN
Check-in at Revlun Pension House (it's just 30-40 steps away from where the Van dropped us off in Claver)

‼️ *We decided to stay in Claver because it's just near Hayanggabon Port - the gateway to Bucas Grande.

💵💰EXPENSES:
Fare to Bus Terminal - P20
Bus to Carmen - P50 (Non-Aircon) , P60(Aircon)
RT Motorcycle to Blue waters resort - P100
Resort Entrance - P30
Cave Pool Entrance - P100
Bus back to Butuan - P60 (Aircon)
Lunch - P150
Multicab From Robinson's to Terminal - P9
Bus to Bad-as, Surigao Del Norte - P180
Van to Claver - P80
Dinner - P100
Revlun Pension House - P800 Aircon room good for 4 pax (P200 each)

💸💸Total - P1,079.00

Day 2 - March 13
📍Bucas Grande - Sohoton

5:00am - Wake up/prep time
6:30am - Check-out from Revlun Pension

🏍🏍 From Revlun Pension House we chartered a tricycle bound for Hayanggabon Port for P25 each. There are several tricycles outside the Pension house so it's not that hard to get one. Travel time from Revlun Pension to Hayanggabon Port (the gateway to Bucas Grande) is about 25-35mins.

7:10am - Meet-up with the Boatmen.

⛴ We chartered the Boat for Island Hopping in Bucas Grande and Service to Dapa, Siargao Island for P5,000 (divided by 4)
Contact - +639972173274 for inquiries and rates.

7:30am - Start of Sohoton , Bucas Grande Island Hopping

Spots visited:

📍Crystal Cave and Bolitas Cave - P50 entrance fee
📍Lake View - P25 entrance Fee (unli cliff jump included)
📍Club Tara Resort - P20 entrance fee (free use of swimming pool and unli photo ops)
📍Sohoton Cove
📍Jelly Fish Sanctuary

💸 *For Sohoton Cove and Jelly Fish Sanctuary, we paid P1,810 pesos for the 4 of us, it includes small boat for Island Hopping in Sohoton Cove and 4 paddle boats to Jelly Fish Sanctuary. (Best time to visit Jelly Fish Sanctuary is April or May as per locals)
‼️It is recommended to bring food.

2:00pm - End of Bucas Grande Island Hopping and ETD to Siargao Island, same boat. No need for transfers for our convenience.

4:00pm - ETA Dapa Port, Siargao Island

🏍 From Dapa Port we chartered motor cycle to Point 303 in Cloud 9, Siargao Island. We paid P100 each. Travel time is about 30-45 mins.

5:00pm - Check-in at Point 303, we booked it through Agoda.com for P1,600 non-aircon good for 4pax. Point 303 is just across the famous Surfing Zone and Cloud 9 Boardwalk.
- walk to cloud 9 boardwalk, watch surfers, sight seeing, and photo ops (free entrance)

Dinner - P150
Rest

💸💸Expenses
Breakfast - P60
Tricycle to Hayanggabon- P25/head
Crystal and Bolitas Cave - P50/head entrance fee
Lake View - P25
Sohoton Cove and Jelly Fish Sanctuary - P453/head for a group of 4
Club Tara Resort - P20/head
Boat for Island Hopping and Service to Siargao Island - P1250/head
Lunch - P100
Point 303 - P400/head
Dinner - P150

Total- P2,533.00

Day 3 - March 14
📍Siargao Island Hopping

5:00am - wake-up prep time
6:00am - Start of Island Hopping

🏝🏖 We paid P1,200 for the Island hopping for the 4 of us that includes:

📍Snorkeling (Gear Rental is P150 so better bring your own snorkeling gear)
📍Naked Island (No Entrance Fee)
📍Daku Island (P25 entrance fee)
📍Guyam Island (P20 entrance fee)

Contact - 09073103333

9:00am - End of Island Hopping

✅ *We charted motorcycle to Dapa Port and paid P100/head.

12:00pm - ETD Dapa Port to Surigao City

=‼️ -We ended the Island Hopping early becuase we need to catch the last trip of ferry back to Surigao, LQP at 12nn.
‼️‼️ -Make sure to arrive at the port before 12. Fare is P250 and travel time is about 2-3 hrs.

3:00pm - ETA Surigao City Port

Places visited:

📍Musuem (free entrance)
📍San Nicolas De Tolentino Cathedral
📍Luneta Park

-✅ -You can reach these places just by walking from the Port.

5:00pm ETD Surigao City to Butuan City

-✅ -From Luneta Park there are small jeepneys going to the Bus Terminal for P9. We boarded a Van bound for Butuan and we paid P175 each, travel time is about 3-4 hours.

8:00pm - ETA Butuan City
8:30pm - ETD Butuan to San Franz
10:30pm - ETA San Franz
10:40- ETD San Franz to Hinatuan

✅ -There are no more direct van or bus trips to Hinatuan by the time we arrived at Butuan bus terminal so we boarded a van bound for Davao and we told the driver to drop us off in San Franz Terminal. We paid P80 each and travel time is about 2 hrs. From San Franz Terminal we transferred to another van bound for Mangagoy and told the driver to drop us off in Hinatuan Terminal. We paid P70 each and travel time is about 1 hr and half to 2 hrs.

11:40pm - ETA Hinatuan
Check-in at Maryland Lodge

✅ -Mary Land Lodge is just 5-10mins walk away from the Hinatuan Terminal. We paid P350 for 1 non-aircon room good for 2 pax because there are no more aircon rooms available at that time. P650 for aircon rooms.

💸💸 Expenses:
Siargao Island Hopping - P300/head
Snorkeling Gear- P150
Daku Island Entrance - P25/head
Guyam Island - P20/head
Habal to Dapa Port - P100/head
LQP to Surigao - P250/head
Lunch - P100
Jeep to Surigao Terminal - P9
Van to Butuan - P175
Van from Butuan to San Franz- P80
San Franz to Hinatuan - P70
Maryland Lodge - P175/head
Dinner - P60

Total - P1,514.00

Day 4 - March 15
📍Bislig and Hinatuan, Surigao Del Sur

6:30am - Start of SDS Tour

💸💸 -We paid P3,000 for 2 habal-habal and each habal is good for 2 , so that's P750 each. Contact - 09481269618

-📍-Tinuy-an Falls, Bislig - P25 entrance fee , P150 for the Balsa, and we gave P150 for the 3 volunteer guides.
📍Enchanted River, Hinatuan - P40 entrance fee for Regular/Adult
📍Boat Tour to Vanishing Island and Sibadan Fish Cage - Boat rate is P150/hour good for 4

✅ -Boats are located at the end of the Enchanted river, we went to Vanishing Island(Sandbar) no entrance fee and Sibadan Fish Cage where the famous stingray named Brenda is located. We paid P20 each for the entrance fee. At the end of the tour, we paid P300 for the boat because it took us 2 hours to visit Vanishing Island and Sibadan Fish Cage and we divided it by 4.

3:00pm - End of SDS Tour
Lunch - P140

4:00pm - Back to Maryland Lodge to rest and prep for departure.
4:40pm - Check out
Walk to Hinatuan Terminal
5:20pm - ETD Hinatuan to San Franz

-A van bound for San Franz arrived first at the Hinatuan Terminal so we decided to board and we paid P70 each. From San Franz Terminal we transferred to a van bound for Butuan and paid P80 each.

9:30pm - ETA Butuan City
10:00pm - Check-in at Flor-Al Mansion and we paid P250 per aircon room good for 2. We took 2 rooms because they have no rooms good for 4 at that time.

EXPENSES:
SDS Tour Habal Good for 1 Day - P750/head
Tinuy-an Falls Entrance - P25/head
Tinuy-an Falls Balsa - P150/4 = P38
Tinuy-an Falls Guide Fee - P150/4 = P38
Enchanted River - P40/head entrance
Boat to Vanishing Island and Sibadan Fish Cage - P300 for 2 hrs /4 = P75/head
Sibadan Fish Cage - P20 entrance fee
Lunch - P140
Van Hinatuan to San Franz - P70/head
San Franz to Butuan - P80/head
Tricycle to Flor-al Mansion - P15/head
Flor-al Mansion Aircon room - P125/head for 1 night
Dinner - P100

Total - P1,516.00

Day 5 - March 16
Back to Manila

5:30am - check-out

-We chartered a tricycle to the airport and paid P30 each.

7:05am - ETD Butuan to Manila
8:30am - ETA Manila

Grab to Home - P90

💸💸💸TOTAL EXPENSES💸💸💸
Day 1 - P1,079.00
Day 2 - P2,533.00
Day 3 - P1,514.00
Day 4 - P1,516.00
Day 5 - P120.00

💸💸GRAND TOTAL - P6,762 (excluding Airfare and other expenses like snacks and personal expenses)