4D/3N Davao: Actual Itinerary and Summary of Expenses

Day1: Oct.14	Activities	Expenses	per head
5am-6:45am	MNL to DAVAO
6:45am-7:15am	Davao to Sasa wharf	taxi to wharf (Php100)	33
7:15am-7:45am	Sasa Wharf to Babak	ferry	10
7:45am-10	Babak to Kaputian	tricycle (Php250)	83
10:00	Captain Hook’s Red Parrot Inn	accommodation	534
10-11:30		lunch	205
11:30-1:30pm	Talicud Island Hopping	package tour (1800/boat)	600
1:30-3pm	Kaputian Beach Resort	Kaputian Beach Resort Entrance Fee	15
3pm onwards	FREE TIME	dinner at nearby carienderia	40
		Subtotal	1520
Day2: Oct.15	Activities	Expenses	per head
7:30am	Check out Captain Hook’s Inn	breakfast	0
9am-1:30pm	Pearl Farm	ride to Pearl Farm (Php1k for the day)	334
		Day Tour + Lunch	1800
1:30-2:30pm	Giant Clam	Kuya Robert (1k/boat)	334
		Environmental fee	75
2:30-3pm	Samal Island Huts (SIH)	accommodation w/bfast	767
4pm	FREE TIME	early dinner	85
		Subtotal	3395
Day3: Oct.16	Activities	Expenses	per head
8am	Breakfast at Samal island Huts
9:30am	check out SIH	trike to Babak wharf	20
9:45-10am	Babak Wharf to Sasa Wharf	ferry	10
10-10:45am	Sasa Wharf to Domicilio/Lachi’s	cab from wharf to Lachi’s (Php160)	53
10:45am	Lachi’s	lunch	210
		trike from Lachi’s to Blugre Café (Php30)	10
12noon	Blugre Coffee	durian coffee	150
	Aldevinco	jeep from Blugre to Aldevinco	8
	Bangkerohan	jeep fromAldevinco to Bangkerohan	8
		souvenirs	390
3pm	Domicilio Lorenzo	cab from Bangkerohan to Domicilio (Php70)	23
		accommodation	600
		dinner	125
		Subtotal	1607
Day4: Oct.17	Activities	Expenses	per head
9am	Breakfast at TAPS	breakfast	90
10am	leave for airport	fare to airport via bus	15
11am	DVO – MNL 1:20pm	lunch	80
3:00 PM	MNL	terminal fee at Davao	200
		Subtotal	385

Grand Total: Php6,907 + airfare Php1,603.8 = Php8,510.8 (inclusive of all fares, meals, and souvenirs/pasalubong)

TIPS to make your Davao adventure cheaper AKA lessons from the trip:

1. Make use of Pearl Farm’s package tour. We didn’t, so we had to rent out the trike. Pearl Farm’s package tour includes a roundtrip ferry to and from Sta. Ana wharf.

2. There are few food choices in Kaputian. You may opt to bring your own food and have the staff where you’re staying cook it for you at minimal fee or scout for nearby carinderias. We were too tired and hungry when we arrived at Red Parrot Inn so we ended up having a meal worth more than Php600!

3. I thought staying in different hotels would’ve saved us travel time. Maybe it did but it also cost us. A  better itinerary would’ve been:

Day1: Davao City Tour (find an accommodation near the wharfs)

Day2: Pearl Farm, GIant Clams (after arriving at Pearl Farm, have your contact for the Giant Clam meet you at the back door of Pearl Farm; go to the Giant Clams first so it is still low tide then just get back to Pearl Farm and enjoy it the rest of the day)

Day3: Samal island Tour (from farthest to nearest from Babak wharf) – Talicud Island, Kaputian Beach, Hagimit, Monfort Bat Cave, Vanishing Island

 

Contact numbers:

tricycle driver, Kuya Jason – 09129276559

Giant Clam, Kuya Robert – 09496579661

 

Other Davao Posts:

Davao Planned itinerary

Day 1: Talicud Tour at Samal

Day 2: Pearl Farm and Giant Clams

Day 3: Food Trip

Day 4: Back to MNL

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