Camiguin Island tour and Itinerary

Airfare seat sales really attracted me to decide to fly to Cagayan de Oro for the second time to explore this region of Mindanao more. What I originally planned to be a CDO-Bukindnon-Camiguin trip (which is the usual CDO travel IT) turned to 3days-2nights Camiguin Island trip. And I must say that this turned out to be one memorable vacation. For travel enthusiast, planning and much research is needed to come up with the best travel itinerary. This I did and may I add that it wouldn’t hurt to ask the friendly locals (although there are only a certain number of people who can speak Tagalog, but most are fluent in English) who are more than willing to help to make your stay as memorable as possible.

View near Old Volcano

I was not able to properly reserve a place to stay but I trusted Paguia’s Cottage owner Ms. Weng to reserve a room for 2 and was delighted that she reserved a better room for us (3-4pax capacity) for the same price because the 2pax bedroom we requested was not available at that time. Going to Camiguin from Manila was quite long but it was comfortable since we got to ride the Ocean Jet fast craft which was air-conditioned. The long trip was however well-worth it mostly because of the people we met along the way who were helpful and hospitable too.

White Island

Here's our actual itinerary during our stay in Camiguin, the Island born of fire.
Day1:
4:40 am Manila to CDO (Laguindingan Airport)
6:10am ETA at CDO airport
6:30am ETD from airport to CDO via Magnum Express
7:30am ETA Magnum terminal near Centrio Mall in CDO
7:45am ETA Macabalan port (via taxi)
8:00am ETA from Macabalan Port in CDO to Benoni Port in Camiguin
10:36am ETA Benoni port
GUINSILIBAN:
10:53am early lunch in J&A Fishpen
MAMBAJAO:
12:00nn ETD from port to Mambajao public market (where Vjandep bakery is) Motorella ride to Brgy Yumbing
1:00pm ETA Paguia’s Cottage, rest
3:00pm Explore the White Island
5:00pm travel back to mainland
7:00pm: Dinner at Fire Island Grill
9pm: Lights out

Day2:
8:00am  start of tour
CATARMAN:
8:30am    View old volcano
8:40am    Walkway to the old volcano and Stations of the cross
9:30am    Viewing of Sunken Cemetery
9:40am    Stop over at Ruins of Church of Gui-ob (aka Church of Cotta Bato)
10:00am  Bura Soda Spring
11:40am  Sto. Nino cold spring
GUINSILIBAN:
2:00pm    Moro-moro watch tower
2:20pm    Giant Clams Sactuary
MAHINOG:
4:20pm    View of Mantigue Island
4:55pm    Katibwasan Falls
6:10pm   Ardent Hotspring
7:30pm   End of Day Tour

Day3:
8:00am    Check out from Paguia’s Cottage
8:30am    ETA Mambajao Public Market
9:45am    Van left terminal to Benoni Port
10:00am  Departure of RORO to Balingoan Port
11:41am  Arrival of RORO to Balingoan Port
12:00nn   Bus to Agora Market
2:00pm    ETA Agora Market, Lunch
3:00pm    LAX shuttle to Airport
4:30pm    ETA shuttle to Airport

Estimated expenses for 2 pax excluding airfare from Manila to CDO: