FEES:
ACTEX Calamba Exit = PhP25.00
STAR Tollgate to Batangas City = PhP67.00
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One-way pass = PhP92.00
Travel time = around 1-1/2 hours
We decided to leave our car or "Park 'n Sail" at Batangas Port. You may bring your car to Puerto Galera via Roll-on Roll-off ferry, a.k.a. ro-ro but this is not advisable because most resorts have no parking areas especially those near the beach, plus, it is more expensive.
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| Approaching Batangas Port. We turned left going to the parking entrance. No, we didn't enter this arch. |
The Batangas Port Terminal was jampacked that day! Well, I kinda expected a crowd because we went there on a Saturday but didn't expect so many! I guess those people (just like us) are trying to make most of the summer season.
There are different shipping lines that can transport you to White Beach. They are recognizable by their boat color: Gallerian (blue), Father & Sons (yellow), and Minolo (red). We bought tickets from Father and Son's Shipping Lines (FSL).
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| FSL Blue Penguin-9 Boat (Photo Credit: http://puertogaleraferry.net) |
Round Trip Fare to White Beach via FSL = PhP500.00/person
Environmental Fee (one-way) = PhP10.00/person
FSL also transports to Sabang and Muelle. Here's the link to their website for the updated fares and trip schedules.
You had to confirm your roundtrip ticket back to Batangas at the Father and Son's Shipping Lines Ticketing Booth upon arrival because it gets fully-booked fast. We booked the 1:30 pm schedule so we won't catch the bigger waves in the late afternoon.
Edward's friend is a geodetic engineer who happens to have a colleague whose family owns a resort there. We stayed at Moreno's Resort. It's a 3-storey apartelle, no swimming pools, but have enough rooms to accommodate several groups, some have AC, some have electric fan only (for the budget-conscious). It's not beachfront but that's fine with us because it's just a few blocks away from the shore. We stayed at room H on the second floor; it has a toilet & bath, 1 single bed, 1 queen-size bed, and an electric fan. It only cost us PhP750.00 for a 24hr-stay (very cheap!)... Well, this is actually a discounted rate because of our friend! :-)
After checking-in, we decided to grab some food at the beachfront restos. Ed and I love seafood but found out that the restos are offering only either: prawns, squid, tilapia, or milkfish (a.k.a. bangus), if not chicken or pork. We're kinda disappointed and ended up ordering Sinigang na Hipon. The waitress happens to be a fire dancer at night and invited us to watch her perform. It was something I looked forward to.
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| Ed and I... (Sorry, no pictures of the food. It took a while before it was served. We were so hungry that we ate it as soon as it landed on our table! LOL) |
We decided to do snorkeling in the afternoon. We rented a boat for PhP1,900.00 which took us to a drop-off point where we had to transfer to a smaller boat for PhP200.00/person. The smaller boat was the one to take us to the corals. Manong bangkero asked us to jumped into the water and hold on to a hose tied securely to his boat. We were dragged by it going to the "fish feeding area". We really enjoyed that ride because as we saw live corals in different forms and different fishes while being dragged. It was really a fun experience!
Here's the video of our ride:
Unedited video
Some photos:
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| Group shot going to the snorkeling area |
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| Corals |
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... and some fish
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| Ed and I. Oh how we love this ride :) |
Overall, it was a fun (although quick) weekend escapade! Looking forward to more weekend getaways with friends!
xoxo,
how much was fees park n sail? ty
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