BATANGAS [Isla Verde]
🇵🇭ISLA VERDE ADVENTURE PRIMER🇵🇭
✈🛳🚌 How to get to Isla Verde, Batangas:
⏺ Ride a bus from Metro Manila to Batangas City Grand Terminal (e.g. JAM Liner in LRT Taft-Buendia or Cubao; travel time is 1.5 – 2 hours depending on traffic condition).
⏺ Transfer to a jeepney to reach Batangas City proper.
⏺ Ride a jeepney bound for Tabangao Aplaya.
⏺ If pressed for time, you can charter a tricycle from Grand Terminal that will take you directly to Tabangao Aplaya.
⏺ Take the public boat bound for Isla Verde (travel time: 1 – 2 hours depending on sea condition).
⏰⏳ SAMPLE ITINERARY:
DAY 1
4:00 AM ETD for Batangas Grand Terminal
6:30 AM ETD for Batangas City
7:00 AM ETD for Tabangao
8:00 AM ETA Tabangao Aplaya
9:00 AM ETD for Isla Verde
10:30 AM ETA Isla Verde
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Free time / swimming / snorkeling / island tour
6:00 PM Dinner
8:00 PM Lights out
DAY 2
2:00 AM Wake-up call
3:00 AM ETD for Tabangao
5:00 AM ETD for Grand Terminal
6:00 AM ETD for Manila
💰💶 ESTIMATED BUDGET (for a solo traveler): Php 1,500 – Php 2,000
***Expenses may vary depending on the type of accommodation you will avail and personal consumption of food and other necessities. If traveling alone, you will solely shoulder the boat rental fees for island tour.
📜✏ Tips/Reminders:
📌The schedule of the public boat leaving for Isla Verde from Tabangao and vice versa is only once a day. It leaves between 9:00 AM and 9:30 AM while it leaves for Tabangao the next day at around 3:00 AM to 4:00 AM.
📌There are resorts in the island where you can rent cottages and pitch tents.
📌If traveling with a group, you can rent a boat for island tour.
📌Bring enough cash as there are no available ATMs in the island.
📌Expect rain and rough sea condition during monsoon season (June-February).
📌You can join organized travel events online to save on time and cut on costs.
📌Always observe the LNT principles.
***For more photos in Isla Verde, please click this link. For other destinations in Batangas and CALABARZON, you may visit this link.
