It has been a while that I haven’t visited the gem spot in northern Luzon. After all the hard work and dedication to my job and family matters, I believe that I deserved to travel once in a while. You deserved it too. Just believe it and let’s lakwatsa anywhere.
This is a planned trip for a few months with my new found friends. There’s just one day that we talked about about where they wanna go and someone said Baguio. I was excited to visit again as well, so without any hesitations, I booked a flight directly since there is promo fare. The other friends just depend on my decision so they have no choice but to go with me. That’s how the insane friends are.
Just want to remind that this blog is a personal blog and hopefully a helpful guide for those who are reading and visiting. I appreciate the time and effort of viewing this post. Let’s begin the adventure.
Three of us are from Cebu and the other one is already in Manila. I organized and did the research on what to do and where to stay. A couple of months and preparations to find an affordable place and affordable tour that accommodates 4 young and fresh good looking humans. Joke Lang!… Anyways, our flight is Cebu to Clark then Manila to Cebu and that is roughly 2500 pesos only since it was a promo fare. In this post, I will also share the cost that we spend during our trip.
To make it short, here is the summary of our trip. This is 4 nights and 4 days trip to Baguio City and La Union.
Thursday, 4:55PM – Flight from Cebu to Clark. You are lucky if there is no delay but unfortunately, our flight got delayed because there was Typhoon Egay that time. We arrived at the Clark airport around 7PM. There is a bus terminal just within the Clark Airport’s area. Sadly there were no bus going to Baguio during our visit because of the typhoon so we need to go to the DAU Pampanga bus terminal. It is 100 pesos bus fare from the Clark Airport to DAU Terminal that is less than an hour ride. Good thing there is a bus in DAU Terminal so we immediately board and it is 416 pesos bus fare from DAU Terminal to Baguio City.
It is 4-5 hour ride from DAU Terminal to Baguio City, so we roughly arrived at our transient house that we rent around 1 AM. Our accommodation has been arranged from Miss Diana in Facebook or the VIDI Vacation HOME Fb Page. That ranges 400 to 500 pesos each depends on numbers of heads. Price depends on the season and by the number of heads.
We decided to just order a food from GRAB since it was raining and tired from travel. GRABFOOD and FOODPANDA is available in the area so it is more convenient for the tourists anytime and anywhere. Char!
On the second day, we decided to have the whole day Baguio City Tour even if it is still raining. I did the tour reservation from Abe Reyes in Facebook. You can contact him directly for the rates. We get ours for 1000 pesos each with the spacious INNOVA for 4pax. Price depends on the season and by the number of heads.
So this is it pancit. The highlight of this trip.
The Baguio City Tour is from 8AM to 5PM. We were not able to visit the other spots in the list because of the aftermath from the typhoon Egay. Some park were still in the clearing state during the time that we visited. Even if it was raining, we still had fun and enjoyed the moment during our tour. It is tiring but it is still worth it.
We went home and took a rest then prepare for dinner.
You can also check my youtube channel for the videos.
https://youtu.be/I_iX1rPbLiI
Our expenses in Baguio City (PHP)
100 Bus from Clark Airport to DAU Terminal (Since there is no bus from airport to baguio during our visit)
416 Bus from DAU Terminal to Baguio City
1000 each – Accommodation for 2 nights
1000 each – Baguio City Tour (excluding entrance fees)
100 Entrance fee in Mirador Heritage EcoPark
100 Entrance fee in Igorot Stone Kingdom
60 Entrance fee in Tan-awan Village
20 Entrance fee in Bell Church
Foods, drinks, souvenirs, taxi fares are not included since it will depend on your wants/needs. I can say that everything is there in Baguio City. We even discovered some clubs and bars during our strolling at night.
On the Next Day
After the cold and the party in Baguio City, we also decided to visit San Juan, La Union to have a quick dip. It is 2-3 hour bus ride from Baguio City to San Juan. We took a cab from our accommodation to bus terminal that only cost 80 pesos. The bus fare is only 130 pesos. You can ask the taxi driver’s if where is the terminal going to San Juan La Union.
It’s not my first time to visit in Elyu but my friends are first timer. We only have one night to stay and we got our accommodation for only 750 each from Lazaga Transient. The building is new and the room is spacious for the 4 of us.
Expenses in La Union
130 Bus from Baguio City to San Juan La Union
750 for the Accommodation
624 Bus from La Union Terminal to Cubao
Foods and personal expenses depends on your attitude.. Charlangs!
La Union trip is also in my youtube channel:
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