30/04/2026
🏝️ Complete Guide: Manila → Limasawa for under ₱5,000! Here's the EXACT route we took!
Flying in from Manila? This is the budget route you need to save!
✈️ Book your Manila → Cebu flight first, then follow this guide from Pier 1 onwards. 🙌
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🚢 STEP 1: Cebu City → Maasin City (Southern Leyte)
📍 Head to Pier 1 — buy your OceanJet ferry ticket at the pier to skip extra booking fees!
- Online booking fee: ₱200 extra
- In-office booking fee: ₱175 extra
- ✅ Buying at the pier = NO extra charge!
🎟️ Ticket prices:
- Business Class
- Tourist Class — ₱1,100/person ✔️ (our pick!)
- Open-air Class
⏰ There's only 1 trip daily — ferry leaves at 7:00 AM
🕐 Travel time: ~3 hours
💰 Don't forget the ₱25 terminal fee per person!
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🛺 STEP 2: Maasin City → Padre Burgos
Ride a motor cab (tricycle) to Maasin Terminal for only ₱50.
Then hop on a multi cab (jeepney) going to Padre Burgos!
⚠️ IMPORTANT: Know the difference between motor cab vs. multi cab! A driver tried to take our bags and charge us ₱700 straight to Padre Burgos. The jeepney fare? Only ₱50. Travel time: 45 mins to 1 hour. 🙄
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⛵ STEP 3: Padre Burgos → Limasawa
Pay the environmental + terminal fee: ₱100
Bangka (boat) fare: ₱150/person (MB Evershine — fees may vary by boat)
🕐 Boat ride: ~1 hour
💡 PRO TIP: Want to skip Padre Burgos entirely?
Wait for the **RoRo — MV Cesar Jose** by RLS Shipping Lines.
Goes straight from Maasin → Limasawa in ~2 hours.
⏰ Only 1 trip daily — departs at 5:00 PM
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🏝️ FINAL LEG: Limasawa Arrival
Tricycle to your homestay: ₱25/person
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🧾 FULL TRIP BREAKDOWN (per person):
✈️ Flights:
- Manila → Cebu: ₱1,695.20
- Cebu → Manila (return): ₱1,828.84
🚢 Cebu → Limasawa:
- Ferry (Tourist Class): ₱1,100
- Terminal fee: ₱25
- Motor cab: ₱50
- Multi cab to Padre Burgos: ₱50
- Env. + terminal fee: ₱100
- Bangka to Limasawa: ₱150
- Tricycle on arrival: ₱25
👉 OTAL: ₱5,024.04 per person — round trip, Manila to Limasawa!
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