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I wouldnt take a tricycle from within the Airport as they will probably try to charge you 200 peso. Walk the 50 metres to the main road and jump on a Vhire going to your left towards Dumaguete. Should be 10 peso or less for the 5 minute ride. From Central Dumaguete take an 8 peso trycycle ride to the Ceres bus terminal then a bus bound for Bayawan, jump off at Malatapay and walk/trycycle to the waterfront. Bancas should leave when there are enough passengers..

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But obviously if you have lots of luggage ask how much is the trycycle from within the Airport to the Ceres Terminal, should be about 30 peso..

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Thanks, surfboy! Do you have a suggestion for where in Central Dumaguete we should get off? Also, if our flight gets in at 8:30 am, can we be fairly certain (within reason, of course) that we can arrive in Apo Island the same day?

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I have taken trikes from the airport before, its been awhile but don't remember them being all that much really...p40?

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When I went to Apo about a year ago, there were no scheduled boats so I had to pay the charter price of 2000p for the return trip, so I wouldn't count on getting a public boat. Yes, you shouldn't have any problems getting to Apo and back if your flight arrives at 8.30am.

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Where are you staying on Apo Island? If you just call Liberty's, or Mario, or anywhere else for that matter, they will be able to tell you if there is a scheduled boat running and what time. Otherwise just turn up at Malatapay and ask. Although, you won't need to ask really, as they will know where you're going ;)

I've never taken the Ceres to Malatapay - there are Jeepneys going all the time, and it's a much more fun ride than the bus. Just ask a tricycle driver for the Malatapay jeepney stop.

The tricycle drivers at the airport can sometimes drive a really hard bargain. 50 pesos is too much, but realistic. Any more than that and you're getting screwed. Walk a couple of hundred metres to the road and you can flag one down, or an easy ride, at the standard price.

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Agree Jeepneys are more fun, but only if you have a small amount of luggage. Last time I went to Apo we just went to the pier at Malatapay and waited about 30 minutes for the next full banca leaving, but it depends a lot on how many people are waiting to go, no people no banca, must hire a whole boat as above..

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We ended up taking a jeepney from the airport to the center of Malatapay, then a shared tuk tuk to the bus terminal. Jeepney was 8 pesos per person, tuk tuk was 9 per person. Thanks, everyone!