Although my husband and I are now based in Mindanao, we regularly go home to Bohol.
On my side of the family, our ancestral house is right there in Tagbilaran. Aside from my brothers and their families living in the City, my relatives from both my father’s and mother’s side are based in Bohol, mostly living in Tagbilaran, Valencia and Balilihan. My husband, on the other hand, also has relatives there from both his father’s and mother’s side. In fact, while I was growing up in Tagbilaran, my husband was growing up in Dimiao. But we only met each other in Mindanao, in Butuan City when we were both working already.
Our usual option in traveling to Bohol is flying to Cebu and then taking a fast craft to Tagbilaran. We have also tried sailing by boat from Nasipit to Jagna and then traveling by private car or bus to our house in Tagbilaran or to my husband’s place in Dimiao. It is good news for us then when there are more options to travel to Bohol 🙂
Beginning this year, flights have been made available from Cebu to Tagbilaran. I must say, however, that back in the 1980’s, there were flights on the same route but ultimately stopped as I think the preference then was really just to travel by boat. And even if it meant traveling by slow boat for 4 hours as the fast craft was not yet available then (they were introduced in the 1990’s). Aside from taking the slow boat back then as a kid, I remember taking a flight with my mother to Cebu from Tagbilaran. When I studied and worked in Cebu, aside from taking the slow boat, I eventually enjoyed taking the fast craft when it was introduced to Tagbilaran and Cebu waters.
Here are the available flights as of today, October 2017, Cebu-Tagbilaran flights are via Air Juan Aviation and Philippine Airlines PAL):
Air Juan Aviation 2022
Departure: 8:30 am
Arrival: 8:50 am
Daily flights
Air Juan Aviation 2026
Departure: 11:50 am
Arrival: 12:10 pm
Tuesdays and Fridays only
Air Juan Aviation 2028
Departure: 3:40 pm
Arrival: 4:00 pm
Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday
Philippine Airlines 2873
Departure: 3:30 pm
Arrival: 4:00 am
Daily flights
Return flights Tagbilaran-Cebu:
Air Juan Aviation 2023
Departure: 9:10 am
Arrival: 9:30 am
Daily flights
Air Juan Aviation 2029
Departure: 4:20 pm
Arrival: 4:40 pm
Daily Flights
Philippine Airlines 2874
Departure: 6:55 am
Arrival: 7:20 am
Daily flights
While there are regular boat schedules from Cagayan de Oro to Tagbilaran and back, there are now also flights from CDO (CGY) to Tagbilaran, via Cebu Pacific:
Cebgo (Cebu Pacific) 6784
Departure: 12:55 pm
Arrival: 1:50 pm
Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Return flights Tagbilaran to Cagayan de Oro:
Cebgo 6785
Departure: 2:10 pm
Arrival: 3:05 pm
Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday
And the latest addition of flights to Tagbilaran are flights from Davao City to Tagbilaran City via PAL set to begin November 1, 2017. Once the exact flight times are available, they will be added here.
I must also include here that there are now flights from Tagbilaran to Seoul (Incheon), Korea via PAL:
PAL Express 2482
Departure: 5:05 pm
Arrival: 11:00 pm
Daily flights
Return flights Seoul (Incheon) to Tagbilaran:
PAL Express 2483
Departure: 2:45 am
Arrival: 6:15 am
Daily flights
You can book find more details and book your flights through the airline websites:
Air Juan Aviation: http://www.airjuan.com/
Cebu Pacific: https://www.cebupacificair.com/
PAL: https://www.philippineairlines.com/en/ph/home
Have an enjoyable and safe travel!
