How do I get from Siquijor to Cebu City?

The quickest way is the boat that goes there directly: OceanJet's daily passenger fastcraft leaves Siquijor town port, calls at Tagbilaran in Bohol and carries on to Cebu in about 4 to 4.5 hours on one ticket, landing you at the city pier - passengers only, no vehicles. The overland alternative is the fast ferry to Dumaguete (about 45 minutes to an hour), the hop to Sibulan ferry port, the 20 to 30 minute crossing to Liloan at Cebu’s southern tip, then about 150 km and 3.5 to 4.5 hours north by road; it is slower, but it lets you stop in Oslob, Argao or Carcar on the way. Cebu.travel arranges the Cebu-side road leg on either route - from the city pier or from Liloan port to your address - request a quote. The boat tickets are your own booking, paid at the port.

It depends which way you come back. On OceanJet's direct fastcraft via Tagbilaran it is about 4 to 4.5 hours to the city pier, plus the short drive to your hotel. Overland it is a full travel day: the 45 minute to one hour crossing to Dumaguete, the hop to Sibulan, the 20 to 30 minute crossing to Liloan, the 3.5 to 4.5 hour drive north, and the waits between sailings - leave the island in the morning and you should be in the city in the evening.

Take a morning boat. The Siquijor-to-Dumaguete sailings are the constraint on this direction rather than the road, and the later you cross the more of the northbound drive happens after dark. Confirm the current schedule locally the day before you travel.

Yes - and this is the direction to do it in, since there is no flight to catch. The road north from Liloan runs past Oslob, Argao and Carcar, so a whale-shark stop, lunch on the coast or a break at Simala all fit. Mention it in the quote request so the day is priced with the stop in it.

If you are flying out the same day, the airport is the better drop and we build the buffer back from check-in - see our Siquijor to Mactan airport route. If you have a night in Cebu first, or an onward trip north or to the islands, the city drop takes the timing pressure off the ferries entirely.

Yes - we meet your ferry at the pier and drive you back to Siquijor, 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.

Your driver meets the boat rather than the clock. He waits at the terminal with your name on a board, takes the luggage as you come out, and you walk to the car and leave; if the crossing runs late the pickup moves with it. The part worth knowing in advance is that it is the arrivals hall or the terminal gate he meets you at, not the gangway - the bags are yours between the boat and the building, and the porters working that stretch are local rather than ours. Tell us the sailing you are on and roughly what you are carrying and the right vehicle is waiting when you walk out.

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.