Province of Camarines Sur Travel Forum

hi. i'm planning to go to the above-mentioned places on the 20th. i already have a plane ticket but i haven't booked any hotel rooms yet. i'd like to know if the itinerary i made is feasible... my return flight is on the 23rd but i think im going to bump it the following day to make way for caramoan and lake buhi excursion. here are the questions:

1. how far is Dancalan from Legazpi airport? How do i go there from the airport? (cheapest transpo please).
2. travel time from Dancalan to Donsol would more or less take how many hours? Are there any Public transpo?
3. and from Donsol, how much travel time would I allot going to the CamSur Watersports Complex? How will I go there? Is there public transpo?
4. The rooms at CWC looks decent enough... even their 550 room (and with A/C too?). Would you suggest that I stay inside or is it better to just rent a hotel room outside CWC? of the hotels around CWC, which is the cheapest?
5. How far is CWC from Caramoan? How about Lake Buhi? How will I go to these places from CWC? How much damage will this sidetrips cost me approximately? Places to stay in Caramoan and their rates please.

I'm going there alone, by the way. Whew! Sorry, maraming tanong! hehe. here's my itinerary. I haven't made plans for the 4th day yet. I'm alloting it for the Caramoan/ Lake Buhi trip. please feel free to revise the timetable if ever there are errors (i.e., misapproximated travel time). thank you very much!

DAY 1
5:40am : ETD from Manila – Legaspi via Cebu Pacific
6:35 : ETA in Legazpi City (Albay)
7:00 : Albay sight-seeing (Mayon Volcanic Eruption experience, Casagwa Ruins)/ breakfast
8:30 : ETD from Albay to Dancalan (Sorsogon)
12:30pm: ETA in Dancalan [check in at Villa Luisa Celeste]
12:45 : Quick lunch
1:00 : Dancalan Beach
2:30 : ETA in Bulusan Mountain (Volcano) Lake (kayak, muni-muni)
3:30 : Palogtoc Falls (tatayo raw at maninigas mga utong sa lamig ng tubig. hmmm...)
4:00 : ETD from Palogtoc falls to San Benon Hot Spring
5:00 : San Benon Hot Spring (pampainit naman para marelax)
6:00 : ETD from San Benon papunta sa resort
7:00 : dinner
8:00 : lights-out (kumustah?!)/ socials with the foreigners! Oo, foreigners lang! haha

DAY 2
7:00 : early check-out/ breakfast
8:00 : ETD from Dancalan to Barcelona
8:30 : Barcelona Church (Spanish Ruins)
9:00 : ETD from Barcelona to Donsol
12:00nn : ETA in Donsol/ check in at Amor Farm Beach Resort
1:00pm : Early Registration for Butanding Interaction/ lunch
1:30 : beach/ rest/ explore Donsol
6:00 : early dinner
6:30 : Firefly Rhapsody (Night River Cruise)
9:00 : lights-out/ makipaglaro sa foreigners… ng apoy! sa dilim! bwahahaha!

DAY 3
6:00am : marangyang breakfast
7:00 : meet and greet with the Butandings
12:00nn : check-out/ quick lunch
1:00pm : ETD from Donsol to Pili, Camarines Sur
4:30 : ETA in Camarines Sur (check-in at CamSur Watersports Complex)
5:30 : Wakeboarding time (sulitin ang 4 hours night schedule!!!)
10:00 : super late dinner
12:00mn: lights-out (this time, wala nang foreigners involved. Hihi)

DAY 4

4. The rooms at CWC looks decent enough... even their 550 room (and with A/C too?). Would you suggest that I stay inside or is it better to just rent a hotel room outside CWC? of the hotels around CWC, which is the cheapest?

I suggest you stay in CWC if you will be doing a wakeboarding, 550 room is good its actually a container van and they are the nearest place of stay in the cable park, but if you can stretch your budget go for the cabannas for 1,250 a night, AC, hot and cold shower, dvd player, tv


5. How far is CWC from Caramoan?
From CWC to Caramoan it took us 5 hours travel. From the highway going to CWC take a bus, you have no option all of the buses bound there are non airconditioned, take a bus ( JC LINER )bound to LAGONOY tell the conductor that you will be getting off to the town of GOA, in the jeepney terminal going to SABANG Pier fare is 40 pesos per head. Then take a jeep bound to SABANG PIER in GOA fare is 15 pesos per head, Once you are in SABANG PIER ride a Motorized boat bound to GUIJALO fare is 120 pesos. take note boats bound GUIJALO are from Morning till 1PM only so make sure of your travel time to not miss this. Once you are in GUIJALO ride a tricycle to take you to CARAMOAN Town Proper fare is 15 pesos each. From Caramoan central town there are 4 Inns to choose from, La Casa Roa, Villa Julianna, Lodge Inn and Rex Tourist inn.


Hope this helps, this is my IT last March 11. or check out my reviews in Caramoan and Camsur here in VT

Regards,
moymoydtraveller