Mar 15, 2012

How to Go to Subic Attractions and List of Expenses

The different Subic attractions in SBMA, Olongapo, Zambales.

Part 13 of Camiling-Clark-Subic Getaway
How to Go to Subic Attractions from Manila:
  • Ride a bus bound to Olongapo. Drop at the terminal in Olongapo.
  • To go to your hotel:
  1. Hire a tricycle to your transient/hotel/resort for P10 per head. Do not let the trike driver fool you. Some of them will make the route longer and request additional payment.
  2. Walk a bit until you are already around the roundabout or intersection of the streets and main road. Wait a jeepney along Rizal Avenue. If your hotel is located along Magsaysay Drive (or Avenue) or Rizal Avenue, ride a yellow one. Fare not more than P10 (P8 I guess).
  3. Try to hail a taxi to your hotel/resort. Taxis in Olongapo look like private cars. It is more expensive though.
  4. If your hotel/resort is located along Waterfront Rd/Dewey Ave. in SBMA, try to ride a jeepney bound to SBMA Maingate (I guess the yellow one) then hire a taxi to your hotel. Note that neither trikes nor jeepneys are allowed inside SBMA.
  5. When one wants to go back to Victory Liner Bus Terminal from Magsaysay Drive, catch a yellow jeep and drop at the roundabout. Walk a bit to the terminal.
  6. If you are along Magsaysay Drive, Saulog/Genesis Bus Terminal is somewhere near at the back of SM City Olongapo. Just a walk a bit to SM and cross the street along Gordon & East 16th Avenue.
  7. Note: Olongapo Hotels are far CHEAPER than hotels located inside SBMA.
  • To go to Subic attractions:
  1. If you are already in Magsaysay, inquire a traffic enforcer or just any local where you can hire a taxi for your trip. As in our case, we were helped by the hotel staff.
  2. Regular fixed one way fare to any of the Subic attractions like Zoobic Safari, Ocean Adventure or Tree Top Adventure at P400 (as of October 2011, rate might have increased now). Double it for a round trip fare. You can negotiate with the driver if you want to visit all the three destinations. Be sure to ask if he will bring you back to the terminal, because tourists will only be brought to the main gate where you can already ride a jeepney to the terminal.
  3. Piece of advice: Do not leave valuable things inside the van. The simple thought there is, you don’t trust strangers, do you?


How to Go to Subic Attractions from Baguio:
  • Ride a Victory Liner Bus bound to Olongapo. To go to your hotel or Subic attractions, read suggestions under “How to Go to Subic Attractions from Manila”.

How to Go to Subic Attractions from Clark:
  • From DMIA, ride a shuttle bus that goes to Dau Terminal. From Dau, ride a bus bound to Olongapo. Loading area at the back part of the terminal, just facing the entrance to the terminal.
  • To go to your hotel or Subic attractions, read suggestions under “How to Go to Subic Attractions from Manila”.

Expenses
Individual Amount
Van to Camiling
200.00
Trike to our house
10.00
Trike to church in Camiling
10.00
Trike going back to our house
10.00
Trike to market
10.00
Bus bound to Pasay, drop at Dau Terminal—student fare
92.00
Trike to Clark Maingate
15.00
Hired jeepney for the tour in Zoocobia Fun Zoo and Paradise Ranch
333.00
Trike back to Dau Terminal
15.00
Bus bound to Olongapo—student fare
112.00
Trike to Ridge Crest Hotel
10.00
Jeep to Gapo (to buy things)
*8.00
Jeep back to Magsaysay
*8.00
Hired van for the Subic Tour
467.00
Jeep from VL Terminal to Magsaysay
*8.00
Saulog Bus bound to Cubao, drop at San Fernando, Pampanga—student fare
*96.00
Jeep bound to Dau from San Fernando, Pampanga
33.00
Bus bound to Baguio—student fare
*240.00
Ticket paid for Zoomanity Zoos
800.00
Olongapo Hotel
550.00
PASALUBONG
300.00
FOOD
300.00
MISCELLANEOUS
200.00
TOTAL
3827.00
*estimated only.
**Note that we stayed a night in Camiling, so if you skip this part, you will have a less expense. Plus we did not stay in transient rooms.

It’s fun in Subic. We’d love to go back soon for the things we missed here (like Ocean Adventure Park and Jest Camp, though I already went there once). Travex Travels would like to feature more of Subic and Olongapo. Invite me there and see ya!



THE CAMILING-CLARK-SUBIC GETAWAY TRAVEL SERIES

4 comments:

  1. thank you very much for the info. clarify ko lang po if yung 467 na rent for van is buong van na yung group na kayo. Oh pinaghatian nyo na po yan? Ask ko lang din kng how much ngrarange ang taxi from magsaysay to tree top? we'll be going here this week po kasi and commuters lang kmi :)

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    1. Hello. P467 was our individual payment for it since we were 3. The total fee for the van was P1,400. It was supposed to be just P1000 (round trip with side trip at duty free shop) but we hired the van from Olongapo to Olongapo to the bus terminal near Gapo.

      Di ko na sure magkano ngayon pero from Magsaysay to Tree Top kung one-way lang siguro from 400-600 pesos. :)

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  2. another thing po. we'll be staying din po kasi sa ridge crest hotel, ang ppntahan po namin ay zoobic safari at tree top.. is it a trike away lng daw po ang ridge crest sa zoobic? saka kng pde nyo po ako mabgyan ng advice sa ppntang tree top. Thank you very much in advance! First time lang po namin mag out of town at ng nagcocommute. 2 alng po kc kmi e. thanks po and God bless you :)

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    1. Ah sadly it's not a trike away. In the first place, there are NO TRIKES (tricycles) allowed inside SBMA. Ibig sabihin nun, sa Olongapo lang may trikes. Besides Zoobic Safari is a bit far from Tree Top, kindly refer to the maps I posted on one part of the series.

      Advice ko you negotiate with the taxi/van driver you will hire for the whole tour. Bihira kasi ang sasakyan sa Zoobic/ Tree Top. Kung gagayahin nyo tour namin, dapat P1000 okay na lahat except dapat hanggang SBMA main gate lang. Yung sa amin kasi dati nagpaikot ikot kami sa Olongapo to buy things. Actually lahat na ng tourist spots ng Subic kasama dapat yun nga lang i-budget nyo yung time kasi Zoobic Safari alone is a three-hour tour. Pwede nyo iinclude ang Ocean Adventure or trekking or Camayan Beach. One day tour kasi if you hire a taxi in Olongapo.

      Advice sa tree top: just do it! Mas mataas ang Tree Top Adventure Subic kaysa Tree Top Adventure Baguio kaya mas-exciting ang zipline nila! Hehe. Good luck sa trip! I'm sure it would be fun for sure! :)

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