BATAAN [Sisiman Bay]

🇵🇭SISIMAN BAY ADVENTURE PRIMER🇵🇭

✈🛳🚌 How to get to Sisiman Bay/Mt. San Miguel, Bataan:
⏺ Ride a bus from Metro Manila to Mariveles, Bataan (e.g. Genesis Bus; travel time is 3 – 4 hours depending on traffic condition and number/duration of stop-overs).
⏺ Alight at SSS Building in Mariveles.
⏺ Charter a tricycle to San Miguel Rock/Sisiman Bay.

⏰⏳ SAMPLE ITINERARY:

3:00 AM ETD for Mariveles
6:00 AM ETD for Sisiman Bay
6:30 AM ETA Sisiman Bay
7:00 AM Commence trek
8:00 AM ETA Mt. San Miguel summit
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Trek to hilltop grotto
3:00 PM Free time
5:00 PM ETD for Mariveles
6:00 PM ETD for Manila

💰💶 ESTIMATED BUDGET (for a solo traveler): Php 1,000 – Php 1,500
***Expenses may vary depending on personal consumption of food and other necessities. If traveling alone, you will solely shoulder the transfer rates via tricycle.

📜✏ Tips/Reminders:
📌You don’t need a guide to hike San Miguel Peak as the trail is straightforward.
📌The hike lasts for 30 – 45 minutes depending on your pace.
📌There is a hilltop grotto across San Miguel Peak that can be reached by climbing stairsteps for a few minutes.
📌Hiking Mt. San Miguel is advisable for first-timers.
📌There are available cottages that you can rent at the beach.
📌Expect rain during monsoon season (June-February).
📌Always observe the LNT principles.

***For more photos in Sisiman Bay, please click this link. For other destinations in Bataan and Central Luzon, you may visit this link.