DIY Siargao Island Hopping – When visiting the tear-drop-shaped island, a Siargao Island Hopping tour is one of few must-do activities we recommend here. With just a short boat ride off the coast of General Luna, spend half-day or the entire day island hopping in three of the most popular tropical islands of Siargao known as Naked, Daku, and Guyam Island. And if you have a bigger budget, you might want to add these beautiful islands before you start your tour namely: Corregidor Island, Mam-on Island, and Sohoton Island.
Earlier this year in January, before the coronavirus pandemic hit, we went to Siargao Island for the second time. And compare to our first visit, we have been blessed with good weather almost the entire stay on the island.
We maximize our time in Siargao, making sure we will not miss the places we never visited.
We explored popular tourist attractions north of the island by motorcycle, rented a motor-bangka to Sugba Lagoon, Pamomoan island, Kawhagan Beach, experience the best of nightlife on the island, and of course island hopping to the popular tri-islands, Sohoton and Corregidor island with fellow local tourist we made friends.
WHERE TO BOOK A SIARGAO ISLAND HOPPING TOUR
If you’re looking for a reliable and safe booking of Siargao Island hopping tour online, the best and exclusive price for this activity we can recommend is Klook. With just $40 or less, you can enjoy and walk along the pristine white sands of Naked Islands, see the clear waters and have your sumptuous lunch in Daku Island, and chill out in Guyam Island.
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But if you’re on a budget and you don’t mind being part of joiner island hopping tour just like us, we recommend you just go straight to Siargao Tourist Information Center, just beside the General Luna local market. Tourists usually arrive as early as 06:00 AM, just politely ask if you can join them and split the price of the tour.
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DIY SIARGAO ISLAND HOPPING – First Stop: Naked Island
The first stop of our Siargao island hopping tour is Naked Island. Even though we’ve seen a lot of pictures on the internet and we already know what to expect, we’re still amazed at how beautiful the turquoise blue waters surrounding the island.
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From the name of the island itself, no trees, and just a sandbar in the middle of the ocean. Naked Island is a small island where you can just lie down and work on your tan, swim around, have some great photos, drink your beer or something refreshing in your boat, just make sure you keep your trash back to the mainland, also its a great drone spot, only if you have one.
Next Stop: Daku Island
“Daku” means “big”. Daku Island is the highlight of our tour. It is the biggest of the three islands, has a better and wider white sand beach, perfect for activities such as Frisbee and volleyball. The island is surrounded by clear waters and picturesque swaying coconut trees. Also, the island has a barangay with friendly locals selling fresh seafood for lunch. Huts are available for rent if you want to chill and stay for a couple of hours.
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Last Stop: Guyam Island
The last stop of our DIY Siargao Island hopping tour is Guyam Island. The island is also small but the clear shallow waters, coconut trees, picturesque and serene white sand beach is surely a tropical paradise for beach lovers. You can spend the rest of the day relaxing here, lie down, and just appreciate the beauty of Guyam island.
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SIARGAO ISLAND HOPPING RATES (Boat only)
Fare rate for Tri-Island Hopping:
Category A – Capacity 1-6 – ₱ 1,500
Category B- Capacity 7-10 – ₱ 2,500
Category C- Capacity 11-15 – ₱ 3,000
Fare rate for Mam-on Island w/ Tri-Island
Category A – Capacity 1-4 – ₱ 3,500
Category B- Capacity 5-8 – ₱ 4,000
Category C- Capacity 9-12 – ₱ 4,500
Fare rate for Correigdor Island w/ Tri-Island
Category A – Capacity 1-4 – ₱ 3,500
Category B- Capacity 5-8 – ₱ 4,000
Category C- Capacity 9-12 – ₱ 4,500
Fare rate for Sohoton Island w/ Tri-Island
Category A – Capacity 1-4 – ₱ 5,000
Category B- Capacity 5-8 – ₱ 6,000
Category C- Capacity 9-12 – ₱ 7,000
Note: Rate is as of January 2020. For other tour packages and bigger groups that require a bigger boat, just directly communicate with the personnel in the Tourist Information Center.
SIARGAO ISLAND HOPPING BUDGET: TRAVEL EXPENSES
BOAT FEE: ₱ 1,500/5
ENVIRONMENTAL FEE: ₱ 50 per person
DAKU ISLAND DOCKING FEE: ₱ 100/5
GUYAM ISLAND ENTRANCE FEE: ₱ 30 per person
TOTAL: ₱400/person
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– Last Update: May 30, 2020 –
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