How to get there
Camotes Group of islands is both accessible from Cebu and Leyte.
Daily trips from these provinces are available.
From Cebu, the best way to get to the island is via Danao City
which is 27 kilometres due north of Cebu. There you
can take a roll-on roll-off boat or if you’re quite an adventurer,
you can take an outrigger canoe (locally called as “pumpboat”).
There is also an air strip at San Francisco, although as of this moment,
there are no chartered flights available.
Look for it on a map and it will be the tiny speck in the middle of Cebu
and Leyte. For the average traveler, the only way to get there is by ferry. For those
with a lot more money to spend, locals say private planes can land on the islands.
Two major ferry lines make the trip daily from the
Danao Port at Danao City: Super Shuttle Ferry and the
Jomalia Shipping Corporation. The latest schedules are below.
Super Shuttle Ferry | |
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Danao Port - Poro, Camotes |
1pm |
Poro, Camotes - Danao Port |
5pm |
Jomalia Shipping Corporation | |
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Danao Port - Consuelo, Camotes | 5:30am, 8:30am, 11:00am, 2:00pm, 5:30pm, 9:00pm |
Consuelo, Camotes - Danao Port | 4:00am, 5:30am, 9:00am, 1:00pm, 3:00pm, 5:00pm |
aren’t set in stone. Basing it on the weather, the authorities decide if the trip will push
through and what time the ferry will depart.
Weather
The climate is typified by its distinct dry season like the rest of
the country. Monsoon seasons starts usually from between
early weeks of June to mid-August and between early weeks of
November to last weeks of January. Strong waves from the sea
are expected during these seasons.
The term “walo-walo” used by the locals refers to straight eight
days of rains and high seas and straight eight days of
sunny days and calm sea during southwest monsoon season.