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

Posted on October 27, 2013 by agitopassim

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

Davao Day 3: Food Trip

Posted on October 27, 2013 by agitopassim

We dropped all our planned activities for today and went straight to the city after our free breakfast at Samal Island Huts.

How to go to Davao city from Samal island:

1. take a trike to Babak wharf

2. Ride a ferry from Babak wharf to Sasa wharf

3. take a cab from Sasa wharf to anywhere you need to be at Davao city

Lachi’s

In our case, we went straight to Lachi’s for our delicious lunch. We tried their durian cheesecake and durian sansrival (Php75). Prices are affordable and food was delicious!

Then we took a trike from Lachi’s to Blugre Cafe and drank our durian coffee (Php150).

Aldevinco and Bangkerohan

Then we went to Aldevinco and Bangkerohan for our pasalubong shopping. We took a jeep from Blugre Cafe to Aldevinco. We didn’t like to buy shawls or malongs so we decided to go to Bangkerohan instead. We rode a jeep to Bangkerohan from Aldevinco. Bangkerohan is like a market so stuff are cheap. We brought all our pasalubongs (durian – Php40/kilo; durian candies – Php100/6packs) there.

Accommodation: Domicilio Lorenzo

We were all sweaty and tired after buying pasalubong from Bangkerohan. We took a cab from there to Domicilio Lorenzo. It was creepily quiet there. The place looks too homey but was like a museum too. We enjoyed the pool there too. It was raining quite hard so we asked the staff to order our dinner from Jollibee and ate in our room. We prepared our stuff for tomorrow’s check out then went to sleep.

4D/3N Davao: Planned Itinerary

Posted on October 19, 2013 by agitopassim

After scouring through different travel blogs* on how to go do-it-yourself in Davao, I finally came up with the Itinerary below:

Day1: Oct.14	Activities	Expenses	per head
5am	MNL to DAVAO
6:45am	Davao
7-7:15am	Sta. Ana Wharf	taxi to wharf
	Breakfast; buy lunch A.First trip 9am ” PALBROS2 ” then back to Davao at 3pm.B. Second trip 12noon ” BIG PALBROS ” then back to Davao at 7am following day C. Third Trip 3pm ” GRACE” then back to Davao 8am following day. D. Fourth Trip 4pm ” HOFF GORIE” then back to Davao 8:30am following day.	breakfast
9:00am	Sta. Ana Wharf to Kaputian	ferry	50
10:00	Captain Hook’s Red Parrot Inn	accommodation	534
10-2 or 3pm	Talicud Island Hopping	package tour	667
		lunch
3pm onwards	FREE TIME	dinner
		Subtotal	1251

Day2: Oct.15	Activities	Expenses	per head
	Check out Captain Hook’s Inn	breakfast
8am-1pm	Pearl Farm	ride to Pearl Farm
		Day Tour + Lunch	1800
1-3pm	Giant Clam	Kuya Robert	334 (1k/boat)
		EF+snorkel etc	175
3-5pm	Hagimit Falls	habalhabal fr Adecor to Babak Wharf	50
		EF+environmental fee	45
5pm onwards	Samal Island Huts (SIH)	ride fr Hagimit to Babak/SIH (bus/habalhabal)
	FREE TIME	accommodation w/bfast	767
		dinner
		Subtotal	3171

Day3: Oct.16	Activities	Expenses	per head
6am	Breakfast at SIH
7-7:15	Walk to Monfort Bat Colony
7:15-8:15	Monfort Bat Colony	Entrance	100
8:15-8:30	Walk back to SIH
8:30-10:30	Vanishing Island	RT ferry to and fromVanishing Is	167 (500/boat)
10:30-10:45	ferry back to SIH
10:45-11am	check out SIH
	Babak Wharf to Sasa Wharf	ferry	13
1pm	Sasa Wharf to Domicilio/Lachi’s	lunch
	Lachi’s	fare from wharf to Lachi’s	300
	Blugre Coffee from Abreeza	durian coffee	150
		fare from Lachi’s to Phil. Eagle
	Phil. Eagle	EF+environmental fee	55
	Zipline		500
	Back to Domicilio	dinner
		accommodation	600
	FREE TIME
		Subtotal	1885

Day4: Oct.17	Activities	Expenses	per head
	Breakfast at TAPS	breakfast
	Bangkerohan Shopping	souvenirs
	Aldevinco Shopping
10:30	leave for airport	fare to airport
13:20	DVO – MNL	lunch
3:00 PM	MNL

Estimated Grand Total: Php6,307 (exclusive of food, fare, and pasalubong)

We planned to start with the farthest destination first, Talicud, Samal Island, then spend the last day in the city. We were to check in at 3 different hotels/inns to facilitate our activities in Samal Island and to be able to explore the island as well.

But, of course, things didn’t turn out the way we planned. A few days before our trip, we decided to take the Sasa wharf route instead of Sta. Ana wharf so we could start with our Talicud Island tour early. The boat ride from Sta. Ana wharf starts at around 9am or 10am which means that we’ll be at the Red Parrot Inn by 10am or 11am – too late for the tour according to our contact at Red Parrot who helped book our tour.

We also had to drop some activities because we were too tired from our tricycle (mis)adventures to and from Pearl Farm. This carried on til our last night in Davao thus, no city tour for us. -_-

Actual Itinerary and Summary of Expenses on my succeeding posts.

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lakwatseradeprimera.com

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