Bacolod-Cebu trips via buses and barges
Being a native of Negros and having studied in Cebu with my siblings, we regularly traveled with Bacolod-Cebu buses via the San Carlos-Toledo route which goes like this:
1. Get onboard bus at the Ceres terminal in Bacolod (make sure it has the Bacolod-Cebu trip pasted on its front windows, LOL)
2. Bus departs as scheduled (passing through towns and cities such as Talisay, Silay, Victorias, etc.) until it arrives at the San Carlos port in the eastern part of the Negros Island facing Cebu. Estimated travel time: 3 hours
3. The bus is then loaded in an inter-island vessel or barge. Estimated travel time: 1 hour and 45 minutes to 2 hours
4. Bus arrives at the Toledo port (in the western part of Cebu) and is unloaded from the barge and resumes its trip (passing by towns such as Naga, Minglanilla, Pardo, etc.). Estimated travel time: 1 hour
5. Bus arrives at the Cebu City south terminal.
Alternate routes for Bacolod-Cebu:
1. Via Escalante (Negros Occidental) to Tabuelan (northwestern part of Cebu)
2. Via Don Salvador Benedicto to San Carlos which is the fastest route since this is a cross-country trip from Bacolod to San Carlos passing through the mountains of Mt. Kanlandog. Estimated travel time from Bacolod to San Carlos: 1 hour
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how much does it cost you with bacolod – cebu trip?… i mean the bus trip alone
Jane:
I haven’t got the latest pricing for the bus tickets for bacolod-cebu trips since we used our van during our latest trips to Cebu. The price could be somewhere from Php200-300 for the bus, plus you have to pay the barge ticket which costs about Php150-200. I am really not sure about the exact price, but I will update this post with the current pricing when I’ll be able to get information from a friend who recently had a Cebu-Bacolod-Cebu bus trip.
Thanks for visiting and you can check an update on this post soon!
Wow this is just what I need. Thanks for the very detailed steps. I’m actually planning to visit a friend in Bacolod next month.
The last time I visited Negros was back in 2006 but haven’t gone as far as Bacolod but Dumaguete yet.
Thanks for the tip 🙂
Hello Suzette!
You’re welcome! Writing about it brings back some good ol’ memories of my college days. 😉
You may want to read more about the bus rates, schedule and routes here:
Bacolod-Cebu and Cebu-Bacolod Ceres Bus rates and schedule
Bacolod-Cebu and Cebu-Bacolod Ceres Liner bus routes
is the ceres trip cebu-bacolod and bacolod to cebu daily trips?
Hello Ronald! Yes, they’re all daily trips.
just want to ask if how will i get to robinson metro from bus terminal?and if theres any cheap place to stay near robinson coz im having a job interview and maybe i can stay there for 1 night..
Hello Ches! I suggest you just take a taxi from the bus terminal and tell the driver you’re going to Robinsons… I assume we’re talking about Robinson’s at Fuente in Cebu City, right? and regarding a cheap place to stay, there are many pension houses near Robinsons, you can stay at Gran Prix or NS Royale, or better use Google!