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I don't think you'd be able to get a boat at that time...i've always had to make special arrangements to get there after dark, and that was always before 10 pm. If you go on your own, and it's day time, there are always people/boats there to take you over...i can't remember how much it cost but it wasn't much...if you want to transfer off hours I'd ask whoever you wind up booking accommodation with for input
Thanks all for your help, REALLY appreciate it!
Trip booked (will travel during day time to Malapascua).
Will follow up with dive report after visiting in April, assuming you / future readers may be interested :-)
Cheers, Ward
Thanks all for your help, REALLY appreciate it!
Trip booked (will travel during day time to Malapascua).
Will follow up with dive report after visiting in April, assuming you / future readers may be interested :-)
Cheers, Ward
You are not travelling during Easter(Holy week) holiday, are you?
Travelling will be slow and buses, ferries are overloaded.
Thanks Centrals, but 1 day for the whale shark viewing will have to do as all hotels in Tanawan, Oslob seem to be full. Anyway, a 3 hr busride at 4 am doesn't scare me. I'm more concerned about getting back.
However, if anyone knows a driver that will give me a private ride (paid of course) and back from Cebu City, I am more than interested, so please Send me a private message or post here!
Cheers, Ward
I have a driver I used several times in Cebu (Ferdie +639163868866). If he can not drive you himselve, I am sure he can arrange it. May not be the cheapest option, but he is convient to have. I will be in Malapascua April 28th to May 6th.
Manila airport gives much better exchange rate than its Cebu counterpart.
There is no forex facility in Malapascua.
I have found the best way to acquire foreign currency, is just to take money out of the ATm. Thee fees there are usually much less than what you get charged to exchange money anywhere outside of a bank. If you check with your bank there are usually certain banks that you can take money out of free of charge. I travel non stop and regularly have 3 or 4 currencies on me, but I never try to exchange as the percentage is usually way too much. In cebu, they would pay more money for Hong Kong dollars than they would for Chinese Yuan (Chinese Yuan is worth 20% more). In Mabul, they were offfering less Malaysian Ringgits for USD than they were for Singapore dollars. (USD are worth 30% more).
Don Cebu, where would be the best place to stay and dive op to use for Oslob/Pamagsama, for 1 day/night?
Well for me it is different because I have my own car and gear.... But I have done both
1: Leave the city at 3:00 a.m., drive to Oslob and be in the water by 6:00 a.m.
( I bring my own tanks and gear so it is different for me, as of now I am not sure if there is a dive operator in Oslob, but they are moving really fast and I would expect someone is setting up one now to cash in on the Whale Shark gold rush )
After Lunch, drive to Moalboal stay at the Pacifico Lodge and dive with Nelson's.
2: Go to Carcar for the day and visit old historic houses and take pictures.
Stay at: RL Apartments in Carcar. Wake up at 4:30 am and be in the water by 6:00 a.m.
After Lunch drive to Moalboal stay at the Pacifico Lodge and dive with Nelson's.
I am not sure what the going rates are for taxi's or what dive operators are charging to go to Oslob... but I am curious and I hope some people will post about their experience.
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