Situated on the island of Mindoro, Puerto Galera, the official "Diving Capital of the Philippines" is famous for its vibrant, healthy reef, the variety of hard and soft corals as well as the hundreds of species of fishes. If you are looking for a chilled out diving trip combined with time on the beach and a variety of dining opportunities and established tourist facilities, Puerto Galera is the perfect destination.
Underwater Puerto Galera offers a vibrant healthy coral reef which is bursting with colour and teeming with marine life. Puerto Galera offers something for very diver. Schooling reef fish, including jacks, snappers, batfish, trigger fish, groupers, trevally, drummers and yellow tail barracuda.
Turtles, moray eels, banded sea snakes, cephalopods, nudibranches and macro crustaceans are all found in abundance.
The main entry point to Puerto Galera is via Manila. From Manila there are several options to get to Puerto Galera.
Private transport, The price for a van is 5500 PHP one way. The price of the private sea taxi from Batangas to Sabang, Puerto Galera is 10500 PHP one way.
Another alternative is the Si-Kat Service. Departure time is daily at 9:30am from the City State Tower Hotel at 1315 A.Mabini Street, Ermita, Manila. The Si- Kat service will bring you to Batangas Port by private bus and from there directly to Balatero Pier Puerto Galera by public fast craft. Si-Kat staff are available to assist passengers from the bus to the public ferry.
Another option is to take a private van from the airport/hotel to Batangas Pier and then catch the public fast craft to Puerto Galera. The fast craft will take about 1.5 hours to bring you to Puerto Galera. The cost of a public fastcraft ticket is 600 PHP per person.
There is a public bus service from Pasay City, Manila to Batangas Port. Take a taxi from the airport or from your hotel to the Tritran/Jam Liner bus terminal in Buendia, corner Taft avenue, Pasay City or to the JAC liner bus terminal in Buendia, corner Donada Street, Pasay City. The bus trip from Manila to Batangas will take around 2-3 hours (depending on traffic) and the public fast craft will take about 1.5 hours to bring you to Puerto Galera. The buses run quite frequently. The cost of a public bus ticket is about 200 PHP per person.
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