Tour The Philippines: Bohol & Cebu & The Dumaguete Area In 6 Days

Guide

Our tour guides/drivers are licensed, speak English and know how to bring excitement to your day. What we deliver is the complete opposite of the cookie-cutting tours the big corporations offer, leaving you in complete boredom. Although our tour guides/drivers are attentive, accommodating, and engaged, they also know when to give you your private space and free time. It’s a perfect balance. *Female guides are available upon request. Note that although virtually all activities on this multi-day tour are shared with other travelers, we can make the trip almost completely private, per your request, at an additional cost. Typically, the only private activities are the visits to two waterfalls near the city of Dumaguete.

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Lunches x 2 Air-Conditioned Vehicle All Entry Fees Private Transportation English-Speaking Tour Guides *Female guides available upon request

Meals

Lunch is included specifically on the daytrip to Apo Island. Dinners are not included. We are very picky about food and refuse to accept anything short of quality. We do our best to ensure you are being offered healthy and tasty local cuisine.

Transport

We take care of almost all of your transportation needs once you are on the tour.

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Others

Alcohol Travel Visa (only applicable to citizens of certain countries) Terminal Fee and Luggage Fee at the port in Dumaguete

Accommodation

Below are the names of the hotels where we commonly have our customers stay. Note this is subject to availability. ‘Pre-Tour’ or ‘Post-Tour’ Night: Manila, Preferred Accommodation: Okada Manila or Solaire Resort & Casino or Manila Marriott Hotel Nights 1-2: Alona Beach, Panglao, Preferred Accommodation: Amorita Resort or Bohol Beach Club Nights 3-4: Dumaguete, Preferred Accommodation: The Henry Resort Night 5: Cebu City (near to the airport), Preferred Accommodation: Savoy Hotel Mactan Newtown This tour includes lodging for 1 night, specifically in Cebu City. However, upon request, we can book accommodation for you for all nights at establishments which meet your needs. For years, we automatically included 5-star hotels in our travel packages. In the interest of our customers, we ultimately decided to reduce the price of our tours and encourage specifically those with higher expectations to simply request room upgrades. Why? Some of our customers want simple and clean but ultimately cheap rooms. Some of our customers want 4-star hotels and are willing to pay more. Others want nothing short of 5-star extravagance. There isn’t a way to uphold ONE standard for hotels in our travel packages considering everyone has a different budget. What we CAN uphold are the standard and quality of our tours, all of which offer nothing short of a first-class experience. Again, upon request, we can upgrade your room type for the night included as well as book lodging for all nights on this tour. Let us know and we will provide you with pricing options.

Flights

Although airfare is not included in the price, we will find you the exact flights you need. Just ask. Below are the domestic flights needed for this tour: Day 1: Manila or Cebu City to Tagbilaran Day 6: Cebu City to Manila (if applicable to you)

Insurance

All participants are required to book travel insurance within 72 hours of booking this tour. At a minimum, such insurance must cover cancellations, medical expenses, evacuations, flight loss or delays and 24/7 assistance.

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Day 1 Day 1: Creepers In The Night
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 1: Creepers In The Night

When traveling from abroad to the Philippines, Manila is usually most tourists’ first point of arrival. It is recommended that you avoid the capital altogether and instead simply use its airport as a layover en route to the island of Bohol. Upon arrival to the island’s capital, Tagbilaran, we drive to the settlement of Panglao. This is our base from which to explore the island and where our lodge is located. We will be hanging out at Alona beach. About 1,500 meters (1,640 yards) long and lined with palm trees, resorts and shops, the white-sandy Alona beach is popular both day and night.

Your tour with us today starts officially at 5:15pm. Please be in the lobby at this time, as your tour guide and driver should be waiting for you there. We are taken by vehicle to the Abatan River Community Life Tour. There we go on a firefly boat cruise. Probably you have never seen something like this before. The cruise starts shortly after arrival. Afterwards, we return to our hotel.
Day 2 Day 2: Chocolate Hills, A Tarsier Sanctuary & A River Cruise
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 2: Chocolate Hills, A Tarsier Sanctuary & A River Cruise

We are exploring Bohol Island. Specifically, we see Loboc River (for a cruise), Tarsier Sanctuary, Chocolate Hills, Habitat Butterflies Conservation Center, Bilar Man-Made Forest and Baclayon Church.

The highlights are Loboc River, Tarsier Sanctuary and Chocolate Hills. Chocolate Hills’ unique and mound-shaped formations are Bohol’s most popular attraction. During the dry season, the grass-covered hills turn chocolate brown in color. This transforms the area into seemingly endless rows of chocolate kisses. Another highlight is a visit to a sanctuary to see endangered tarsiers. These primates can only be found on a few islands throughout Southeast Asia. Not least is a boat cruise along the Loboc River. Lunch is included in this boat cruise tour.
Day 3 Day 3: Relaxing In A Natural Pool & Coming Face-To-Face With A Waterfall
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 3: Relaxing In A Natural Pool & Coming Face-To-Face With A Waterfall

From Tagbilaran, we go by boat to Dumaguete, a town best used as a base from which to explore the area. Have ready your swimming attire and a towel. The first stop on today’s tour is Casaroro Falls. The other stop is Pulangbato Falls. We return to Dumaguete in the early evening.
Day 4 Day 4: Huge Sea Turtles Off Apo Island
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 4: Huge Sea Turtles Off Apo Island

As a daytrip from Dumaguete, we head to the port in Malatapay so we can take the boat ride to Apo Island. Big-eyed jacks, bump-head parrotfish, and sea snakes inhabit the reefs of the island. Nevertheless, the highlight for most tourists are the sea turtles. They get so close to swimmers and are pretty big.
Day 5 Day 5: Swimming With Whale Sharks, Climbing Aguinid Falls & Canyoneering At Kawasan Falls
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 5: Swimming With Whale Sharks, Climbing Aguinid Falls & Canyoneering At Kawasan Falls

Today will be a long but exciting day nonetheless. From Dumaguete, we take a boat ride to Oslob. After swimming with whale sharks, we drive to the Aguinid Falls. This is a great place for climbing waterfalls (with a helmet and ropes, of course!). Last but definitely not least, from Aguinid Falls we drive to Kawasan Falls. There we have lunch, which is included on today’s tour. Kawasan Falls is a destination popular specifically for canyoneering. After that thrilling tour, we drive to Cebu City. We sleep at a hotel near to the airport.
Day 6 Day 6: Our Tour Ends This Morning
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 6: Our Tour Ends This Morning

Transportation will be arranged for you to reach the airport in Cebu.

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The Philippines: Bohol & Cebu & The Dumaguete Area In 6 Days

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Itinerary of your trip The Philippines: Bohol & Cebu & The Dumaguete Area In 6 Days

Day 1: Creepers In The Night

Day 2: Chocolate Hills, A Tarsier Sanctuary & A River Cruise

Day 3: Relaxing In A Natural Pool & Coming Face-To-Face With A Waterfall

Day 4: Huge Sea Turtles Off Apo Island

Day 5: Swimming With Whale Sharks, Climbing Aguinid Falls & Canyoneering At Kawasan Falls

Day 6: Our Tour Ends This Morning

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