Wanderlust: 5Days-4Nights Siquijor-Dumaguete Trip

St. Francis Of Assisi Church

Mystical Island

Siquijor, the 3rd smallest province in the Philippines, is located in the Central Visayas Region. Siquijor is the best jump-off point if you want to roam from Island to Island due to its proximity to other provinces. To the north of Siquijor is Cebu, to the west is Negros, northeast is Bohol, and to the south, across the Bohol Sea, is Mindanao.

Siquijor has long known to be a province of magic potions (gayuma), shamans , witches (aswang), sorcerers (mambabarang), hence the tagged name Mystical Island. This belief of the province probably led to the preservation of its nature. Now in modern times, locals claim there are still some who practice this kind of stuff and jokingly adds acceptance of digital payment (lol)

HOW TO GET THERE :

There is no direct flight to Siquijor, so your nearest airport would be in Dumaguete. You can choose to fly with Philippine Airlines , CebuPacific or AirAsia.

Upon arriving at Sibulan Airport Dumaguete, you will ride a tricycle to drop you off at the Dumaguete port near Siliman University. There are tricycles inside the airport which charged more than the ones in the highway. If you are not in a hurry, you can walk your way out of the airport and then from there hail a tricycle that takes you to the same port but cheaper. We had luggages so we contacted our guide to have a trike pick us up for 400 pesos for 4 persons. I was told this is way too high but then I'm paying convenience besides we were in a bit of a hurry to catch the 10AM ferry for Siquijor,

Here are the ferry schedules:

For up to date schedule, please refer to:

https://dumaguete.com/dumaguete-ferry-schedules-offices/

Ferry ride takes about almost 2 hours if you ride the Montenegro lines, fast boat Atlantis and Ocean jet can take about 1 hr. Your choice of ferry would really depend on your budget and time, but most likely it will depend on what's available at the port.

We have not taken our breakfast yet just to catch the 10AM schedule. We bought some cup noodles in the ferry for 50 pesos each and entertained ourselves in taking pictures. If you have motion sickness, I suggest you just sit, and do nothing but pass time.

I contacted Kuya Jun Mark to pick us from Siquijor port to Coco Grove Beach Resort, our accomodation in San Juan, But since we were really hungry and could not wait, we asked our guide to take us the nearest resto. We ended up eating at Monkey Business. Food was so-so and not worth the price. I think Thai pork belly and Pad thai (forgot to pic) were the ones that stood out from the ones we ordered.

COCO GROVE BEACH RESORT

Our rooms are not yet ready so we wandered to the resort first and familiarize ourselves with the beach area, restaurant area, and pool. The resort is huge, I did not expect so.