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By Air (Main Routes)  

Manila - Caticlan - Culasi

  • Several domestic flights from Manila to Caticlan (daily)
  • Once in Caticlan you can use private car, jeepney, or bus to Culasi

Manila - Kalibo - Culasi

  • Philippine Airlines with up to four flights daily
  • Cebu Pacific with one to two flights daily
  • Air Philippines with one to two flights daily
  • Rental Vans w/driver will drive you to Culasi
  • Jeepney transports from Kalibo to Culasi run 3 times daily

Cebu - Caticlan

  • Asian Spirit with one to two flights weekly
  • Sea Air with one to two flights weekly
  • Caticlan - Busuanga (Coron Isl./Northern Palawan)
  • Sea Air on demand
  • Once in Caticlan take a rental van w/driver to Culasi
  • Jeepney transport from Caticlan to Culasi run 2 times daily

 

Alternate Arragements (Land or Sea)

From Iloilo (or Kalibo) to Culasi
Ceres Bus has regular bus schedules, some of them air conditioned, from Iloilo to Kalibo and three times daily to Culasi. GM Liner is another bus company plying the route Iloilo - Caticlan with air-conditioned buses twice daily in both directions. Alternatives are the mini-vans from Iloilo to Kalibo and another mini-van from there to Caticlan. Another alternative is to rent a taxi from Iloilo directly to Culasi. The trip Iloilo to Culasi takes between 4 to 5 hours.

Ship Manila to Lipata

LIPATA PORT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION - REOPENS IN MARCH 2008


MBRS Shipping Lines have two boats plying the route from Manila to Lipata. The ships leave Manila's North Harbor, Pier 8, every Friday, Monday and Wednesday at 5 PM. Arrival time in Lipata is the next day between 10 and 11AM.

Other shipping companies service the route Manila to Dumaguete, half an hour east from Kalibo. The companies are WG&A and Negros Navigation.

By Car from Luzon
RORO - Caticlan, the entry point for Boracay, can be reached also by private cars or air-conditioned buses, via the 'strong republic nautical highway', stretching from Batangas, Luzon, to Cagayan de Oro, Mindanao. A RoRo (Roll On - Roll Off) vessel leaves Batangas daily at 8.30 AM to Calapan, Mindoro. From there drive your own car or board a mini-van or air-conditioned bus to Roxas, Mindoro, where another RoRo vessel leaves at 2 PM for Caticlan, where the boat arrives at 6 PM. From there you can drive down the coast rode (NATIONAL HIGHWAY) to Culasi. The same RoRo vessel leaves Caticlan daily at 9 AM. Contact number: Montenegro Shipping Lines, Inc., Main office Batangas City, Tel.: 043 723 7975/ 723 7598 and 723 2964.

 

 


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