Getting to Siquijor

Siquijor has two arrival points and your ticket decides which one you get. They are roughly 30 to 40 minutes apart by road, which is far enough to matter if somebody is meeting you.

Check which port your ticket names before you arrange any transfer, or make the question irrelevant by having your own wheels meet you at whichever one you dock at. Roam delivers free to both.

Best for almost everyone. Dumaguete sits directly across the strait and the crossing is short and frequent. This is the route to default to unless you have a specific reason not to.

1. Get to Dumaguete. Direct flights from Manila and Cebu, or buses and ferries from across Negros and southern Cebu.
2. Dumaguete to Siquijor is about an hour on the fast craft, with several sailings a day. Roll-on roll-off services run slower and cheaper.

Morning sailings are generally calmer and less prone to cancellation in the windy months. We do not publish fares or timetables on this page on purpose: both move around, and a guide caught quoting a departure that no longer exists is worse than a guide that told you to go and check.

Two realistic options, and one of them is much less heroic than the other.

• Via Liloan in south Cebu. Bus or car down to Liloan port, which is the long part of the day, then the short crossing to Sibulan or Dumaguete, then the Siquijor ferry. Scenic, cheap, and doable in a day if you start early.
• Fly Cebu to Dumaguete, then the ferry as above. The lazy option, and usually the correct one when the schedules line up.

Bohol. Direct services have connected Tagbilaran with Larena seasonally, and they are genuinely convenient when they are running. Schedules change often enough that it is worth confirming close to your dates. If it is not running, route through Dumaguete.

Manila. Fly to Dumaguete if you can, Cebu if you cannot, then continue as above. On a morning flight out of Manila you can be watching a Siquijor sunset the same day.

Your ferry docks. It is hot. Everyone who was on board wants transport at the same moment, and the pier fills with offers: tricycles, habal-habal, and scooter rentals of wildly varying paperwork.

You can absolutely sort a ride there, and plenty of people do. You will also be negotiating tired, in the sun, with your bags at your feet, and the rushed pier rental is where passports get asked for and prices get creative. If you do rent at the port, read the five red flags first.

The alternative is to have the vehicle waiting. On Roam you book a verified scooter, tuktuk or self-drive car before you get to the island, read and sign the owner’s rental contract at booking, and it is delivered free to either port, or your accommodation, timed to your ferry. Keys, helmets, a five-minute walk-around, and you are on the coast road while the queue is still forming.