Potipot Island is located in Uacon, Candelaria Zambales. It’s a 5-hour long drive from manila to Zambales. Pero kung magcocommute lang it will take 6 hours. Better if you ride in Caloocan/Monumento Victory Liner going to Sta. Cruz. Bihira lang kasi yung bus na Sta Cruz sa Cubao. At sa Pasay, going to Iba Zambales lang pwede masakyan. 3am pa lang nasa bus station na kami. We stayed in Isla Vista Beach Resort. The place was nice. Siya yung pinakamalapit sa Potipot Island. 3-minute boat ride lang. Mabait pa yung may ari ng place at meron pang asong kumakanta…si pepper. Ankyutkyut nya.
The place is not so expensive. We stayed there for 2days. Here’s what we spent (all in peso):
1200.00 - room (4pax)
2100.00 - room (6pax)
250.00 - additional person
150.00 - additional bed
Total: - 3700.00
We are 11 in all so we only spent 337.00 each for the room.
400.00 - boat ride going to potipot (back and forth). Btw, the boat can accommodate 4-6pax but we decided to divide our group into three. We spent a total of 1200.00 so that’s 100.00 each.
50.00 - entrance fee in potipot (each).
240.00 - three meals (lunch, dinner and breakfast)
840.00 - bus fare (from manila to sta. cruz and back to manila)
Total expense: 1570.00php EACH
Note: this doesn’t include yet the money we spent for our baon, snacks, alcohol and cost of travel from alabang going to caloocan.
What to bring:
Off lotion
Flashlight
Water (lots of water)
Jacket (sobrang init sa umaga pero malamig sa gabi)
Alak (dapat magpakalasing sa island)
Tent (pero we didn’t bring one kasi we didn’t stay overnight in the island…ayaw malamukan ng mga kasama ko).
Here’s our itenerary:
4:30am - 10:30am - departure. There’s only one stop over kaya ilabas nyo na lahat ng nasa pantog nyo.
10:30am - 11:00am - reception. You need to wait for your room key. Pwede na kayo magikot-ikot at picture taking.
11:00am - 1:00pm - check in. Nagayos muna kami ng gamit and nag-lunch na rin. Masarap yung pagkain. Marami. Kaso marami rin nakikipyestang langaw.
1:00pm - 6:00pm - Inuman sa Potipot Island. Nagbabad sa araw. Daming starfish! Kewl!
6:00pm - 9:00pm - back to resort. Dinner.
9:00pm - 5:00am - mahaba-habang tulog.
5:00am - 7:00am - sunrise. Breakfast.
7:00am - 9:30am - we went to the beach again pero sa tapat lang ng resort. Malakas alon kaya masaya.
9:30am - 11:00am - Picture taking again. Ligo/pack up na ng gamit. Check-out.
The place is not so expensive. We stayed there for 2days. Here’s what we spent (all in peso):
1200.00 - room (4pax)
2100.00 - room (6pax)
250.00 - additional person
150.00 - additional bed
Total: - 3700.00
We are 11 in all so we only spent 337.00 each for the room.
400.00 - boat ride going to potipot (back and forth). Btw, the boat can accommodate 4-6pax but we decided to divide our group into three. We spent a total of 1200.00 so that’s 100.00 each.
50.00 - entrance fee in potipot (each).
240.00 - three meals (lunch, dinner and breakfast)
840.00 - bus fare (from manila to sta. cruz and back to manila)
Total expense: 1570.00php EACH
Note: this doesn’t include yet the money we spent for our baon, snacks, alcohol and cost of travel from alabang going to caloocan.
What to bring:
Off lotion
Flashlight
Water (lots of water)
Jacket (sobrang init sa umaga pero malamig sa gabi)
Alak (dapat magpakalasing sa island)
Tent (pero we didn’t bring one kasi we didn’t stay overnight in the island…ayaw malamukan ng mga kasama ko).
Here’s our itenerary:
4:30am - 10:30am - departure. There’s only one stop over kaya ilabas nyo na lahat ng nasa pantog nyo.
10:30am - 11:00am - reception. You need to wait for your room key. Pwede na kayo magikot-ikot at picture taking.
11:00am - 1:00pm - check in. Nagayos muna kami ng gamit and nag-lunch na rin. Masarap yung pagkain. Marami. Kaso marami rin nakikipyestang langaw.
1:00pm - 6:00pm - Inuman sa Potipot Island. Nagbabad sa araw. Daming starfish! Kewl!
6:00pm - 9:00pm - back to resort. Dinner.
9:00pm - 5:00am - mahaba-habang tulog.
5:00am - 7:00am - sunrise. Breakfast.
7:00am - 9:30am - we went to the beach again pero sa tapat lang ng resort. Malakas alon kaya masaya.
9:30am - 11:00am - Picture taking again. Ligo/pack up na ng gamit. Check-out.
