How do I get from Bohol to Malapascua?

No. Malapascua sits off Cebu’s northern tip and has no Bohol sailing of its own. You cross from Tagbilaran to Cebu City Pier 1 on the fast ferry, about 2 hours, drive north to New Maya port, about 133 km and 4-4.5 hours, then take the outrigger boat across, about 30-40 minutes.

Yes, but only on an early-morning ferry, and our own figures say how early. Counting back from New Maya port at about 3:30 PM - the target rather than the 5:00 PM cut-off, because the last crossing is the one least likely to fill - it is 4.5 hours on the road from Pier 1, so docking by about 11:00 AM, so a sailing away from Tagbilaran by about 9:00 AM, and at the port an hour before that. Against the hard 5:00 PM the latest workable sailing leaves Tagbilaran about 10:30 AM with no margin at all. Later than that and you are overnighting on the Cebu mainland, so plan it as a two-day move rather than finding out at the port.

Allow 9-11 hours door to door: the transfer to Tagbilaran port, 30 to 60 minutes of ferry check-in, about 2 hours on the fast ferry, 4-4.5 hours by road from Pier 1 to New Maya port, and a 30-40 minute boat to the island, plus the handoffs in between.

You stay on the mainland and cross in the morning. The cut-off is 5:00 PM and it applies to chartered boats as well as the public outriggers, so it is a real outcome on this route rather than a warning we invented, and it is why we time the Pier 1 pickup around a specific boat. If your ferry lands too late to make the crossing safely, tell us in the quote request and we will plan the stop rather than let you discover it at the port.

No. Our quote covers the private road transfer from Cebu City Pier 1 to New Maya port. The ferry and the Malapascua boat are fixed public fares set by their operators and bought at the terminal or online, so we do not mark them up or invent numbers for them. Tell us your sailing and we will time the drive to it.

BookBohol.com handles the resort to Tagbilaran port leg, including Panglao, Alona Beach and longer runs such as Anda. We cover the Cebu side; they cover theirs, so the pier is the only join in the trip.

Yes, and most people on this route are carrying it. Tell us your bag count and whether you have tanks or bulky kit when you request the quote and we will send a vehicle with the right luggage space - it is a long run north and the wrong vehicle shows up quickly.

Yes - we meet your ferry at the pier and drive you back to Bohol, the same road leg in reverse. The crossing stays your own booking, as on the way out. Ask for both legs in one quote request and we price them together. If the way back ends somewhere other than where you started, say where in the Anything else? box on the quote form and we quote that leg instead of the reverse of this one.

The quote is one fixed all-in price for the private vehicle leg, agreed in writing before you travel, and fuel, tolls and parking are inside it - along with any waiting time or extra stops you tell us about when you ask. Because this trip involves a sea crossing, the ferry or boat ticket is not in that figure unless we have set it out for you: tell us your crossing and we will say plainly what we are quoting for and what you book yourself. Entrance and activity fees at anywhere you stop, and your meals, are paid locally.

The car does not cross with you. We drive you and your bags to the pier, your driver helps unload and carries them as far as the terminal entrance or the ticket counter, and from there you travel as foot passengers with your own luggage - so the honest picture is bags out of the car at the pier rather than a van rolling onto the boat. Most of the terminals we drive to have porters working the entrance with trolleys; they are local and they expect a tip, and they are not part of our quote because we neither employ them nor set their rate. What we can do is make the handover unhurried instead of a scramble: tell us roughly what you are carrying when you ask for the quote and we size the vehicle for it and build the extra minutes into the pickup, because check-in closes before the sailing and moving four large cases across a car park takes longer than people allow for. If someone in your party cannot manage their own bag across the gangway, say so in the same message and we will tell you honestly what help is available at that particular pier before you book.

One fixed all-in price for the journey, agreed in writing before you travel, with fuel, tolls, parking and waiting time already inside it. If it would help you decide, ask and we will also quote the alternatives next to it - a larger vehicle against two smaller ones for a group that is on the edge of a van, or the road leg quoted on its own where part of your journey crosses water you are booking yourself. On a trip of several legs we will price them individually as well as together if you want to see where the cost sits. Entrance, activity and boat fees at the places you stop stay outside our figure and are paid locally, and we never mark them up. Say how you want it broken up in the box marked "Anything else?".

Usually yes. There is no minimum notice on this route and no cut-off hour, so a request for tomorrow, or for later today, is worth sending rather than writing off. What settles it is whether a vetted driver is free for the time you need, and you will have the answer and the price by email the same day, usually within a few hours. A very early start is routine here rather than a complication. The part that gets harder with less notice is choice - holding a particular vehicle size or an exact pickup hour - not whether the journey can happen, so send the date and, if the timing is tight, the hour you need to be moving.

Nothing to ask for a quote. Once you are happy with the price it is two steps, not a choice between two: a booking fee paid online (card, bank transfer or GCash) confirms the trip and is what gets you your written confirmation, then the balance goes directly to your driver at the end of the journey. The fee is part of the all-in figure you agreed rather than an extra on top of it, and your quote states it before you pay. Free cancellation up to 72 hours before pickup refunds the fee in full.