Last June 2018, myself and two of my college friends went to Cebu! We spent 4 days there and it was so much fun 😀 😀 but there is still so many places to explore in Cebu. I’ll definitely be back soon.
Sharing with you all our Cebu itinerary and budget to help you plan your trip here! 😀 Detailed posts per day will be up soon.
Day 1
Simala Shrine 
Simala Shrine 
Inside the Shrine 
Lechon in Carcar! 
Dinner 😛
| TIME | ACTIVITY | COST (PHP) | NOTES |
| 8:55 am to 10:20 am | Flight – Clark to Cebu | 1,672 | Flew with Philippine Airlines (PAL) during one of their seat sales – I think we booked a year a head hahaha! |
| 11:00 am to 11:40 am | Travel to South Cebu Bus Terminal | 70 | We used Grab from the airport and there was a promo at the time to get P100 OFF, not sure if it’s still valid but code is “BESTOFCEBU” – 211 Also, super traffic in the city! |
| 11:40am to 12:50 pm | Waiting for a bus | ||
| 12:50 pm | Bus to Car Car | 60 | |
| 3:50 pm | Tricycle to Simala Shrine | 100 | 300 split by 3 people, to and from. It was around a 30 to 40 minute ride. We had all our stuff with us but the tricycle driver let us leave them while we had a look around |
| 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm | Simala Shrine | Free | Wear pants, long skirts, covered shoulders, etc. if none, you can rent out some skirts just before entering. |
| 5:30 pm to 6:00 pm | Tricycle back to Carcar | ||
| 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Dinner and grocery | 154 (+10 for Lechon) | Dinner – 245 Grocery – 218 |
| 7:00 to 7:30 pm | Waited for a bus | ||
| 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Travel via bus from Car Car to Oslob | 116 |
Day 1 TOTAL: Php 600 (excluding airfare)
Day 2
| TIME | ACTIVITY | COST (PHP) | NOTES |
| 6:30 am to 7:00 am | Breakfast Bought snakcs from 711 | 74 | |
| 7:50 am to 8:40 am | Bus to Canyoneering drop off | 40 | |
| 9:00 am | Canyoneeering | 1,500 | THE BEST!!! Wear appropriate footwear! |
| 2:00pm | Lunch at Matutino (in front of Kawasan Falls entrance) | 270 | |
| 3:00pm | Kawasan Falls | 45 | |
| 4:00pm | Habal Habal, Kawasan to Osmena Peak (1 hour) | 333 | 1000 / by 3 people |
| 5:00pm | Trek to Osmena Peak (just in time for the sunset!) | ||
| 7:00pm | Habal Habal, Osmena Peak to Dalaguete | 200 | 600 / by 3 people |
| 7:30pm | Bus, Dalaguete to Oslob | 50 | |
| 8:30pm | Dinner at Bora Cafe | 220 |
DAY 2 TOTAL: Php 2,732
Day 3
Whaleshark watching 
Briefing before whale shark watching 
Sumilon Island 
Osmena Peak 
Tops of Cebu Restaurant
| TIME | ACTIVITY | COST (PHP) | NOTES |
| 6.45am | Tricycle to Whaleshark briefing area | 40 | |
| 7:00am | Register + Safety reminders Swimming with the Whalesharks! | 500 | |
| 8:30am | Breakfast | 150 | |
| 9:00am | Sumilon Island | Boat 400 Entrance 50 | Boat 1200 / by 3 people |
| Snacks Buko Juice + Ice Candy | 37 | ||
| 11:00am | Tricycle back to Hotel | 40 | 120 / by 3 people |
| 12:00pm | Bus to Cebu City | 60 | |
| 4:00pm | Grab car to Hotel | 37 | 111 / by 3 people |
| 4:30pm | Check in + Rest | ||
| 6:30pm | Habal-habal (Motorbike ride) to Tops of Cebu for Dinner | 233 | 700 / by 3 people |
| 7:00pm | Dinner | 593 | 1780 / by 3 people The view is amazing here, especially at night! |
DAY 3 TOTAL: Php 2,100
Day 4 (Half day)
Taboan Market 
Magellan’s Cross 
Sto. Nino Church
| TIME | ACTIVITY | COST (PHP) | NOTES |
| 8:00am | Jeep to Sto Nino Church and Magellans Corss | 8 | |
| 10:00am | Taxi to Taboan Market for Pasalubong | 35 | You would definitely need to take a shower and change clothes after going here. You’l smell of dried fish! hehehe. I picked up some dried mangoes (of course!), chicaron, otap and dangit (dried fish). |
| 11:00am | Taxi back to Hotel | 80 | |
| 12:00pm | Grab car to Airport | 111 | 333 / by 3 people |
DAY 4 TOTAL: Php 234
TOTAL EXPENSES
Daily Expenses:
Day 1 – 600
Day 2 – 2,732
Day 3 – 2,100
Day 4 – 234
Total: PHP 5,666
Accomodation (for 3 people)
Oslob 2 nights at New Village Lodge – 3,015
Cebu City 1 night at Island Breeze Hostel – 1,059
Total: PHP 4,074
Per person: PHP 1,358
Flight (return Clark to Cebu)
Philippine Airlines – PHP 1,672
GRAND TOTAL: PHP 8,696
* not included in total – pasalubong shopping hehehe
I hope this blog post gave you guys some sort of insight on the budget and time needed for a few days in Cebu. As mentioned in the intro I will be doing more detailed posts (per day) in my next coming blogs so stay tuned!
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