Siquijor as a Day Trip from Bohol: Seventeen Hours, and Who Should Do It
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If you want to see Siquijor from Bohol without changing hotels, the Siquijor Day Tour from Bohol is the booking: €91.44 per person, 17 hours, 4.6 stars from 16 reviews. Its listing calls it the only full-day Siquijor tour from Bohol; the only other Siquijor option in our list comes from the same operator and is a five-day package that includes the same kind of day trip. If you can spare a night, skip the day trip and go by ferry on your own.
What the day is
The listing describes an island hop from Bohol to Siquijor for waterfalls, white-sand beaches, healing rituals and jungle views, in a shared group. The listing gives an approximate timetable: departure from the Abraham Bohol resort in Panglao at 6:00, the ferry from Tagbilaran at 7:00, arrival on Siquijor around 9:30, then Pitogo Cliff, the Balete Tree with its fish spa, Cambugahay Falls, lunch, the Butterfly Sanctuary, the Mt. Bandilaan viewpoint, a Bolo Bolo healer and free time at Bucafe, before the return ferry from Larena. Ferry tickets, transport, the guide and all entrance fees are included; the itinerary marks lunch, the traditional village (the healer) and the café stop as extra fees, so budget for meals and the healer, and bring your own swimsuit and towel. The only pickup point listed is the Abraham Bohol resort in Panglao; the group is limited to 12 participants, and the guide speaks English. The return sailing from Larena to Tagbilaran is listed as 7pm or 9pm depending on availability, so the day can end late.
Check dates and prices for the Siquijor day tour
The ferry crossing
Fast ferries link Tagbilaran in Bohol with Siquijor. The tour’s own timetable allows about two and a half hours from boarding at Tagbilaran to arrival on Siquijor, and published ferry times are around two hours, so check the sailing times and fares that apply to your dates. Weather can change a crossing, and that matters more on a 17-hour day with no slack.
Day trip or overnight
| Siquijor day tour | Ferry and a night or more | |
|---|---|---|
| Time on the island | what is left after the crossings | as long as you stay |
| Price | €91.44 per person | ferry fare plus accommodation |
| Rating | 4.6★ · 16 reviews | – |
| Best for | people based in Panglao who can be at the Abraham Bohol resort by 6:00 | people who want to see the island unhurried |
If you want Siquijor as part of a longer package, the 5-day Bohol and Siquijor guided trip is listed from €272.85 per person and is a new listing; it includes four nights in a dorm bed at Abraham Bohol, a Pamilacan day and a countryside day, while Siquijor itself is still a day trip from Bohol.
When the day trip is a bad idea
- You are tired of long days. Seventeen hours, much of it in transit, is a very long day.
- You have small children. See our Bohol with kids guide; a 17-hour day is not what we would pick.
- You have limited mobility. The listing says the tour is not suitable for people with mobility impairments.
- You wanted one thing, such as a waterfall. For falls without a ferry, Bohol has its own: waterfall hopping on Bohol.
When it is worth it
You are short on time, based in Panglao and want one long, group-led day somewhere that is not Bohol. Because only one operator is listed, there is no cheaper competitor to compare, so the price is the price.
Our recommendation
If Siquijor is on your list and you have one free day: book the day tour and plan nothing else that day. If you have two or more: go over by ferry and stay a night. If you are short on energy: skip it; Bohol’s island hopping tours offer a day on the water without the second island.
