⌛ Traveling alone in dumaguete and apo island

Hi everyone! I need help. I'll be traveling alone from Cebu City to Dumaguete on May 19-21. Here is the itinerary that I'm thinking:

19-May
600 ETA Mactan
700 ETA Cebu City
800 Travel to Dumaguete City
1400 ETA Dumaguete City
20-May
700 ETA Apo Island
600 ETA Dumaguete City
21-May
700 ETD Dumaguete
800 ETA Santander/Lilo An (Cebu)

My questions are:
1. Where can I stay in Dumaguete that is cheap since I'll be traveling alone?
2. What is the cheapest way to go to Apo Island? I cant afford to rent a whole boat... :( And is it possible to do just a day trip?
3. How far is it from Dumaguete to Apo?
4. What are places I can go to while I'm in Dumaguete?

I greatly appreciate the all the tips and help you can give me. )

 

I will try to help you on 2 of your questions.
There is actually only ONE way to go to Apo Island: By boat ! (unless you are a very good swimmer :D )
Assuming you prefer a 'transfer' with one of the boats you need to pay a certain amount dependend on with how many you can share the trip and dependend on a 5 person boat or a 15 person boat .....
Be carefull with the small boats for max 5 persons, unless you're lucky with the absence of waves
So with some luck you can share a 15 persons boat with a lot of other persons, but honestly .....at 7 AM I don't see there a lot of people waiting when making my morning beach-walk to the Malatapay pier.
A daytrip is possible.

Malatapay pier is exactly 25 Km south of Dumaguete and you need to count on a travel time from Dgte to the pier in Malatapay of 45 minutes, unless you have your own motorbike to go, which could give you a 15 minutes advantage.

 

thanks, jellyfish. unfortunately, i cant swim to save my life. so there'll be a lot of people at malatapay pier that i can share a ride to the island?

 

I would bring a PFD or life jacket then! :D

 

If you cant swim than obviously you cant dive, so why were you going to Apo Island

 

What I said ........at 7 AM I did not see a lot of people waiting for the early morning trip to Apo. But I could be wrong that at days when I'm not there it's very crowded.
Simply go there and hope there are enough to join you and the waves have a resting day if you need to take a 5-seat boat
Dave....what about snorkeling at Apo with good equipment ? (and a proper sized swimm tube !)
No need to be capable to swimm :D .....just move your legs up and down.

 

Jellyfish, I keep telling the wife to do just that.:D

 

Hi...

I will travel alone in Dumaguete/Apo Island the 22 23 may...and i have the same problem of sharing the boat....any idea??