comprehensive guide on traveling to different islands in the Philippines from Cebu

FROM CEBU CITY
Going to Panay

Air travel
Cebu to Caticlan (Boracay): Asian Spirit or Seair (with daily flights around 2500 pesos)
Cebu to Iloilo City: Air Philippines, Cebu pacific, and philippine airlines (with daily flights around 2300 pesos)

Boat travel
Cebu to Iloilo city: Trans-asia shipping lines (560 pesos, 14-16 hours)
Cebu to Iloilo city: Cokalion shipping lines (520 pesos, 14-16 hours)

Boats usually leave at 7pm for boats leaving directly for boracay.

Going to Samar

Bus/boat
Cebu city to catbalogan and calbayog

Boat travel
Cebu city to calbayog: MWF Palacio shipping lines (340 pesos, 10 -11 hours)

Going to Siquijor

Boat travel
Cebu city to larena: Oceanjet fast ferry (two times daily, 630 pesos, 3 1/2 hours) via tagbilaran bohol.
Cebu city to larena: Supercat (daily, 700 pesos, 4 1/2 hours ) via tagbilaran/bohol and dumaguete/negros.
Cebu city to larena: Palacio (daily except for saturdays, 220 pesos, 7 hours) MWF via tagbilaran/bohol 8 hours.

Going to Palawan

Air travel
Cebu city to puerto princesa: Teusdays, thursdays, fridays, sundays (3000 pesos)

Going to Negros

Air travel
Cebu city to Bacolod: Air Philippines, Cebu pacific, or Philippine airlines with daily flights (1900 pesos)

Bus/boat
Cebu city to Bacolod: many ceres liner leave cebu for Bacolod daily from a southern bus terminal in Cebu. They then meet a ferry going from Tabuelan to Escalante and proceed towards Bacolod. the trip takes roughly 8 hours which costs around 350 pesos.

Cebu city to Dumaguete: take a bus from Cebu souther bus terminal headed for dumaguete, choose from airconditioned buses(200 pesos) to non airconditioned ones(300 pesos). The trip takes around 5-6 hours.

Boat travel
Bantayan to Cadiz: Island shipping (daily depending on weather and tides, usually at 6-7 am) the trip takes 2 hours. after arriving take a jeep which will go to Bacolod. anyone going to Dumaguete should take a tricycle from the wharf to a Ceres bus terminal.

Bato to tampi: rovi Navigation ( 40 pesos, 35 minutes)

Cebu city to Dumaguete: Oceanjet, or supercat ( 550 pesos, 3 1/2 hours)
Cebu city to Dumaguete: Cokaliong, or george and Peter lines ( 300 pesos, 6 hours)
Cebu city to Dumaguete: Aleson shipping lines ( only on Sundays 300 pesos, 6 hours)

Liloan to Sibulan: several times daily with outrigger

Oslob to sibulan and tampi: several times daily with car ferry

Toledo to san carlos: Aznar shipping corporation (120 pesos, 1 hour)

Tangil to Guihulngan: daily with small ferry

Tabuelan to Escalante: daily with Aznar shipping corporation ( 2 hours)

Going to Masbate

Boat travel
Bogo to Placer: twice a week by boat

Cebu city to Cataingan: Super shuttle ferry ( mondays, 10 hours)


Cebu city to Masbate: MWF Trans-asia shipping lines ( 370 pesos, 14 hours)


Maya to Esperanza: MWF with a big outrigger ( 2 1/2 hours)


Going to Mindanao


Air travel
Cebu city to Cagayan de oro: Asian spirit (MWFSS 2400 pesos)
Cebu city to Cagayan de oro: Seair (TTHS 1800 pesos)

Cebu city to cotabato: Seair (mondays, fridays 2700 pesos)

Cebu city to Davao: Air philippines, philippine air lines ( daily flights 2600 pesos)
Cebu city to Davao: Cebu pacific ( daily except weekends 2600 pesos)

Cebu city to Dipolog: Asian spirit ( MWF and sundays 2400 pesos)

Cebu city to general santos: seair ( tuesdays, saturdays 2000 pesos)

Cebu city to Surigao: Asian spirit ( tuesdays, thursdays, saturdays, sundays 1500 pesos)

Cebu city to Tandog: Asian spirit ( mondays, wednesdays, fridays, saturdays 2500 pesos)
Cebu city to tandog: seair (tuesdays, saturdays 2200 pesos)

Cebu city to Zamboanga: Cebu pacific ( MWF and saturdays 2700 pesos)

Boat travel
Cebu city to Butuan/nasipit: WG&A, Sulpicio lines, Cebu ferries (250 pesos 11 hours)

Cebu city to Cagayan de oro: Cebu ferries, Tran-asia shipping lines, sulpicio lines (400 pesos 10 hours)

Cebu city to dapitan/dipolog: Supercat (650 pesos 6 hours)
Cebu city to dapitan/ dipolog: Cokaliong, George and Peter lines ( 400 pesos 13 hours)

Cebu city to Davao: Sulpicio lines (mondays and fridays 1200 pesos 28 hours)

Cebu city to Iligan: Cebu ferries, sulpicio lines ( 550 pesos 15 hours)

Cebu city to ozamis: trans-asia. sulpicio (550 pesos 10 hours)

Cebu city to surigao: cokaliong, sulpicio lines, WG& A ( 400-500 pesos 7-11 hours)

Cebu city to Zamboanga: George and peter lines ( mondays and fridays 24 hours)

Going to Luzon

Air travel
Cebu city to Manila: air philippines, cebu pacific, philippine airlines ( daily 3000 pesos 1 hour)

Boat travel
Cebu city to Manila: sulpicio lines, WG&A (1500 pesos 22 hours)

Going to Leyte

Bus/boat
Cebu city to Isabel and tacloban: 6 hours to Isabel and 11-12 hours to Tacloban

Boat travel
Camotes islands to baybay: from Poro ( 250 pesos 1 1/2 hours)

Camotes islands to ormoc: from Bukog 3 hours

Carmen to Isabel: four hours

Cebu city to Bato: Kinswell shipping lines ( 250 pesos 4 hours)

Cebu city to Baybay: fast ferry oceanjet ( 400 pesos 2 1/2 hours)

Cebu city to Hilongos: fast ferry oceanjet ( 450 pesos 2 hours)

Cebu city to liloan: maypalad shipping corporation ( 200 pesos 6 hours)

Cebu city to maasin: cokalion shipping lines ( 400 pesos 6 hours)

Going to Bohol

Boat travel
Argao to Cabilao island: (tuesdays and saturdays 1 1/2 hours)

Cebu city to tagbilaran: oceanjet, supercat (150-400 pesos 1 1/2- 4 hours)

Cebu city to Tubigon: Oceanjet ( 250 pesos 1 hour)

Going to Camiguin

Air travel
Cebu city to mambajao: seaair (fridays, sundays 1400 pesos)

Going to Biliran

Boat travel
Cebu city to naval: My shipping (MWF 230 pesos 9 hours)