Batanes DIY Trip for 5 Days and 4 Nights

Batanes Chasing sunset
Here’s to everyone’s dream destination - BATANES, the home of the peace loving indigenous people called Ivatan. This postcard-worthy place is dubbed as “Nature’s Playground” because of its undulating terrain, diverse marine life, dramatic cliffs, majestic rolling hills, towering lighthouse, creamy and white sand beaches and crystal-clear waters. Batanes will literally take your breath away, a paradise like no other.

Naidi Hills Lighthouse

📍Breathtaking Batanes

👣How to get there?
- Fly from Manila/ Clark to Basco via Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific or Skyjet.
▪️Batan and Sabtang Island

Sto. Domingo Church

📍North Batan Tour
✔️Casa Real/ Capitol
✔️Sto. Domingo Church
✔️Vayang Rolling Hills
✔️Naidi Hills Lighthouse
✔️Basco Arch
✔️Mt. Carmel Chapel
✔️PAGASA Weather Station
✔️Fundacion Pacita
✔️Basco Idjang
✔️Agriculture Viewing
✔️Dipnaysupuan Japanese Tunnel
✔️Valugan Boulder Beach
▪️Sustainable Ecotourism Fee - P350
✔️12 years old and below - Free

PAGASA Weather Station

📍Sabtang Island Tour
✔️Sabtang Lighthouse
✔️Morong Beach
✔️Ahao Arch
✔️Little Hongkong
✔️Duvek Cove
✔️360 Payvahan
✔️Savidug Town
✔️St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel
✔️Limestone Arch Formation
✔️Savidug Idjang
✔️Chamantad Cove and Tinyan View Point
✔️Overlooking Sleeping Beauty
✔️Sabtang Weaver’s Association
✔️Chavayan Village
✔️Santa Rosa De Lima Chapel
✔️Conscience Coffee Shop
▪️Try Ivatan Traditional Costume for only P15.

Vayang Rolling Hills

📍South Batan Tour
✔️Chawa View Deck/ Paderes View Deck
✔️Mahatao Pier/ Shelter Port
✔️Old Spanish Lighthouse
✔️San Carlos Borromeo Church
✔️Blank Library
✔️San Jose Obrero Church
✔️Blue Lagoon
✔️White Beach
✔️Spanish Bridge - Uyugan
✔️House of Dakay
✔️San Antonio Chapel
✔️Honesty Coffee Shop
✔️Mochong View Point
✔️Song Song Ruins
✔️Alapad Rock Formation
✔️Madangay Hills
✔️Batanes Museum
✔️San Lorenzo Ruiz Chapel
✔️Marlboro Hills
✔️Tayid Lighthouse
✔️Old Naval Base
✔️Mahatao Stone Houses
⚓️Environmental Fee:
▪️Mahatao Pier/ Shelter Port - P50

Ahao Arch

📝Rates:
▪️North Batan Tour - P1500 (3 Pax)
▪️Sabtang Island Tour - P1500 (Wholeday Tour for 3 Pax, P1000 - Halfday Tour)
▪️South Batan Tour - P2000

Fundacion Pacita 

🐚Sidetrips:
✔️Diura Fishing Village
✔️Spring of Youth (15-20 minutes trekking)
▪️Spring of Youth is open until 5PM only. Monday and Friday - closed for water maintenance.
▪️Trike Fare - P500 per trike (Two Way)
⚓️Entrance Fee:
▪️Spring of Youth - P50

Fundacion Pacita 

▪️North and South Batan Tour
▪️Kuya Joselito Alcantara
☎️09182167440
▪️Sabtang Tour
▪️Kuya Jun Calma (Recommended by Kuya Lito)
☎️09086170726
🛌Where to stay in Batanes?
📍Batan Island
▪️Vatan Inn
▪️Kuya Jover Vargas
☎️09985518656
✔️P1500 per night with free breakfast - 3 pax
▪️Nanay Cita’s Homestay - Palangud Inn
☎️09399193616
✔️P350/ night per person
▪️Marfel’s Lodge
▪️Marfel Fitero
☎️09209764966
▪️RL Puriran’s Homestay
▪️Jona Libaton
☎️09985343144
📍Sabtang Island
▪️Faberes Rasayan Nu Ivatan Hometel (Sabtang Lighthouse)
▪️Nanay Adela
☎️09214967233
✔️P500/ night per person
▪️Arjay’s Homestay
☎️09392228118
✔️P350/ night per person

Spring of Youth

⚓️Activities:
✔️Biking
✔️Swimming
✔️Stargazing
✔️Hiking
✔️Photo Ops
▪️Bike/ Motorbike Rentals:
▪️Small Bikes/ Japanese Bikes - P25 per hour/ P300 per day.
▪️Mountain Bikes - P600 per day
▪️Motorbikes - P1000 per day


Payi or Lobsters of Batanes
🍔Where to eat in Batanes?
▪️Monica’s Canteen (2-minute walk from Vatan Inn)
✔️Food ranges from P60 and up.
▪️Beehan Meals and Snacks
✔️Bulalo is a must-try.
▪️Jino’s Eat Pizzeria
▪️Harbour Café
▪️Pension Ivatan
▪️Octagon Bed and Dine
▪️Johnny’s Grill (North Batan)
▪️Fundacion Pacita Restaurant (The most expensive resto in Batanes)
▪️Hudzan’s Café (South Batan)
▪️Biksa Frappe (South Batan)
▪️Paulvanna’s Canteen (South Batan)
▪️MNJS Catering and Services (Sabtang Island)

Batanes famous ‘Blow Ur Horn’ signage
🥘A must-try in Batanes:
▪️Supas (Yellow Rice)
▪️Vunes
▪️Uved Ball (Banana Roots)
▪️Luñes (Ivatan Pork Adobo)
▪️Payi (Lobster)
▪️Dibang (Flying Fish)

Batanes Famous Honesty Coffee Shop
🐚Where to buy Pasalubong?
▪️Vavayat Souvenir Shop
▪️Tawsen
▪️Honesty Coffee Shop
▪️Souvenir Shop near House of Dakay

Batanes Old Spanish Bridge
💰Breakdown of Expenses:
▪️Terminal Fee (Clark Airport) - P150
▪️Vatan Inn stay for 2 nights - P1000 (P3000 divide by 3)
▪️North Batan Tour - P500 (P1500 for 3 pax)
▪️Sustainable Ecotourism Fee - P350
▪️Trike Fare to Diura Fishing Village and Spring of Youth - P167 (P500 RT for 3 pax)
▪️Entrance to Spring of Youth - P50
▪️Trike to Ivana Port - P168 (P500 for 3 pax - Two Way)
▪️Ivana Port Terminal Fee - P5
▪️Faluwa Fare (Boat) to Sabtang Island - P200 (Two Way)
▪️Sabtang Environmental Fee - P200
▪️Sabtang Wholeday Tour - P500 (P1500 for 3 pax)
▪️Ivatan Traditional Costume - P15
▪️Overnight Stay at Rasayan Hometel - P500
▪️Overnight Stay at Nanay Cita Homestay - P350
▪️South Batan Tour - P667 (P2000 for 3 pax)
▪️Mahatao Shelter Port Entrance Fee - P50
▪️Trike to Airport - P35 (P100 divide by 3)
▪️Food for 5 days - P1300
▪️PAL Airfare - 4500 RT
✔️Total per person - P10,707
Ivatan’s Tubho Tea
📝5D4N DIY Travel Itinerary
▪️Day 1
10:50 AM - ETD Clark International Airport
12:20 NN - ETA Basco Airport
12:30 PM - Airport Transfers c/o Vatan Inn
01:00 PM - Check in at Vatan Inn Homestay (2 nights stay)
01:30 PM - Late lunch at Monica’s Canteen
02:30 PM - Back to Homestay
03:30 PM - Bike around Basco
05:30 PM - Sunset Viewing at Naidi Lighthouse
06:30 PM - Back to Vatan Inn
07:00 PM - Dinner
08:00 PM - Free Time
09:00 PM - Lights Off
▪️Day 2 - North Batan Tour
05:00 AM - Wake Up Call
06:00 AM - Free Breakfast
07:00 AM - North Batan Tour
12:00 NN - Lunch at Johnny’s Grill
01:00 PM - Back to Vatan Inn
02:00 PM - Free Time
03:00 PM - Travel to Diura Fishing Village and Spring of Youth via Trike
05:30 PM - Back to Vatan Inn
07:00 PM - Dinner at Beehan
08:00 PM - Free Time
09:00 PM - Lights Off
▪️Day 3 - Sabtang Island Tour
04:00 AM - Wake Up Call
05:00 AM - Free Breakfast
05:30 AM - Travel to Ivana Port (Trike)
06:00 AM - Ivana Port to Sabtang Port
▪️First Trip - 6AM to 7AM
▪️Second Trip - 12NN to 1PM
07:00 AM - Sabtang Island Tour
12:00 NN - Lunch at MNJS Catering Services
04:00 PM - End of Sabtang Tour
04:30 PM - Check in at Faberes Rasayan Hometel (Sabtang Lighthouse)
05:00 PM - Sunset Viewing
07:00 PM - Dinner
08:00 PM - Free Time
09:00 PM - Lights Off
▪️Day 4 - South Batan Tour
04:00 AM - Wake Up Call
05:00 AM - Breakfast
05:30 AM - Travel back to Ivana Port
▪️First Trip - 6AM to 7AM
▪️Second Trip - 12NN to 1PM
07:00 AM - Ivana Port to Nanay Cita Homestay
07:30 AM - Check in at Nanay Cita Homestay
08:00 AM - South Batan Tour
12:00 NN - Lunch
04:00 PM - End of South Batan Tour
04:30 PM - Buy Pasalubong
05:00 PM - Back to Nanay Cita Homestay
05:30 PM - Sunset Viewing
07:00 PM - Dinner
08:00 PM - Free Time
09:00 PM - Lights Off
▪️Day 5 - Flying back to Manila
06:00 AM - Wake Up Call
08:00 AM - Breakfast
11:00 AM - Early lunch
11:30 AM - Travel to Basco Airport
12:00 NN - Basco Airport
01:00 PM - Flight back to Clark Pampanga
02:30 PM - ETA Clark International Airport 


📌Tips:
▪️People in Batanes are very hospitable, humble and accommodating.
▪️You can cook your own food at the homestay, bring canned goods para less gastos.
▪️PNB and Landbank ATM Machines are also available in Basco but make sure to bring enough cash.
▪️Bring off lotion if you are planning to visit Sabtang and Itbayat Island.
▪️SMART Network is working in Batanes so don’t worry with the FB and IG story haha.
▪️Choose seat F (right side of the plane) when arriving and seat A (left side of the plane) when departing from Batanes to witness the stunning beauty from above.
▪️Book your tour and accommodation ahead of time especially during peak season.
▪️Recommended number of days for Batan and Sabtang Island is at-least 4 days and 3 nights; 7 days or more if you are planning to include Itbayat Island in case of boat trip cancellation.
▪️Be a responsible traveler and always practice ‘Leave No Trace’.
▪️Lord, thank you for this favor.🙏🏼

Dios mamajes, Batanes! Til next time.😘

Written and Photos : Deon Joseph Dionela
Be update to the latest Biglaang Escape, follow us in our official Social Media Networks

Instagram : www.instagra.com/biglaangescape
Youtube : 

Comments

Post a Comment