How to get to Butuan

Butuan City is accessible from various provinces and other popular destinations in the country like Cebu and Manila. There are various means of transportation available if you plan to visit the place. If you were traveling either from the northern or southern provinces, your main transportation options would either be by sea or by air. Various airline carriers and shipping lines also take passengers from various locations in the country into this city. Here are various transportation options to get into Butuan.

Finding a scheduled flight to Butuan City won't be that hard since various airline carriers offer a lot of options to get there. Butuan has a domestic airport at Bancasi, which makes air travel quite convenient. Some airline companies in the Philippines have flights scheduled on a daily basis while other airline carriers have them around four times a week. For example, Cebu Pacific and Philippine Airlines are two airline companies that have flights into Butuan scheduled daily. The flight from Manila to Butuan would regularly last for about an hour and 30 minutes.

Traveling by air into Butuan City may be your most convenient transportation option especially if you do not have the luxury of time. Ticket fares will usually vary from one airline company to another, which means you are better off asking for quotations from different travel options. The cheapest one way ticket into Butuan from Manila would be around P3,000 while the most expensive ones will average around P5,000. Please take note that competing airline companies will have promotional offers to get more passengers. You may ask for any promotions while you're hunting for a good ticket deal.

Those coming from Angeles will find it quite difficult to get a direct flight from Angeles City to Butuan City. However, you will have a couple of possible transportation options if you're coming from Angeles. Your first option is to travel by land to Manila then fly to Butuan. Your other transportation option is to fly from Angeles City to Cebu City and then take a connecting flight to Butuan. The flight from Angeles to Cebu will take an average of an hour and 30 minutes and will cost you an average of P2,500. The flight from Cebu to Butuan City will add to your travel cost from P2,000 to P5,000.

Other than looking for a better deal when choosing flights and other travel options, you should also consider the departure times of each possible flight. Most flights will be scheduled to depart at 7:30 in the morning or 1:00 in the afternoon. There are some flights that are scheduled to leave at other times like 11:50AM or 5:10PM.

Those who are planning to travel by boat will have to brace themselves with an ultimately longer travel time. If you have more time in your hands then you may want to try this transportation option. You'll surely enjoy the scenery as you pass by several islands along the way. Your sea voyage will last for about a day and a half on average. If you are able to find faster ships, then you can cut your travel time down to 26 hours. The rates of the ferry from Manila will start around P2,000 up to P2,500. Ferrying from Cebu will cost less than P1,000, which will ferry you for 18 hours. Sometimes the ferry will even cost half the original price if you can find promotional offers, which are offered frequently.

Once you get into Butuan City, you'll notice that the main transportation option to get around town is by tricycle. They even travel outside of the city's boundaries. However, you'll also notice that jeepneys only travel along the main streets. If you would like to drive around then there are rentals that you can go for. You can get information from a hotel or even at the airport when you land. If you would like to go to other places outside of Butuan, then you will have to go by bus. Butuan is quite accessible by air and by sea. You'll just have to look for transportation options that suits your needs.