Lipata Ferry Crossing

Lipata Ferry Terminal , Surigao, Mindanao to Liloan, Leyte Schedules

 
 
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Lipata Ferry Terminal
Surigao to Liloan Departure Schedule
04:00 AM

06:00 AM

2:30 PM
Arrived at Port at 1:20PM.... Actually left Port at 2:45PM arrived at 7:06 arrived Hotel D' Angelo, Tacloban at 10:08PM
09:00 PM

(None of the Schedules are for Sure)

We went 2.5 hours before to see if the boat was there.

Rates and Procedures Liloan to Surigao

RORO (Vehicle, Roll On Roll Off)

From the National Highway turn left here

 in front of the Gateway Hotel in Surigao

Welcome signs to Caraga region. Mile marker about 1113 km. south manila.
Mile marker at the Lipata Ferry Terminal about 1118 km. south Manila and 20 km. to the proper of Surigao. Beautiful and soft road going to the Lipata Ferry Terminal to Surigao city proper.
Stay right at the cross road going to Lipata Terminal about 5 km.  Left goes to San Francisco and the rock beaches. Arch at Port of Lipata going to Liloan Terminal in Southern Leyte.
Guards of the Port. Lipata is a big Port they had 3 ships from Lipata Surigao to Liloan terminal in southern Leyte.
Actual Log book of departure and Arrival of the Passengers and Trucks. The Tolls and fares for the Ferry.

Fare and Tolls from

 

Lipata Ferry to Liloan

Stop at the Guard house before entering the

Port and he will record (Never forget to have a

copy of the cars registration papers) the Car

Registration (No fee) this is for booking at all

Ferries so the shipping company will know

when they have enough to pay for the trip.

 

Window 1.............Registration  ( No fee )

Window 2...................................P 144.00

Window 3...............................P 2, 350.00

Always remember! If you want to cross the Straits

there, No one knows except the Captain, be there!

except the person 

here and anywhere else, check to see if the boat is 

Or a miss your boat! Don't pay anyone anything

behind the Window!

Checking if there is a boat. Guard recording the registration of the Car.
Phil at Window 3. The guy behind the window 3.
Tip of Mindanao. Bottom of the ferry where the car park.

We threw 1 peso in the Ocean and  

 the boy will jump to the water to get it.

Boys from Lipata port of Surigao in the Ocean

just after got the money from under the water.

Two boys climbing at the back of the ramp of the ferry. Two boys started to jump to the water.
Loida trying to keep cool. Boys at the port who jump to the water to get the money.
Loida waving goodbye to Mindanao island. Beautiful island at the heart of the Pacific ocean between Visayas and Mindanao.
 Loida don't look down look at the mountain. 20 foot Swells in the Surigao Staits of WW II fame.

Bottom of Southern

Leyte island.

More of Surigao Straits and

Southern Leyte.

"Look at the Flying Fish", They look like

20 to 50 feet at a time, about 18 inches

Shiny Silver Birds flying and diving about  

above the water between the waves.

Visayas Islands as

it is just getting dark.

Be sure to have plenty of fuel if you are on a boat in the

1054 Kilometers south of Manila, We are almost out

store in Sogod Municipality in Southern Leyte that had

afternoon, the next fuel at night is in Tacloban City, Leyte

of fuel in the middle of the night, we found a Sari-Sari

fuel in Pepsi 1 Liter bottles, we got 10 Liters for 500 Pesos

 

 

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  I used to come to Surigao city by direct flight from Manila. I'm just wondering how much it would cost for a passenger van or a car to cross from lipata to liloan.
Andot Rodil | abrodil@yahoo.com | Legaspi Village, Makati City, Metro manila
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at 11:22:40 PM PST

3 1/2 to 4 hours across after we finally got on a boat at 1:00 the boat actually left dock around 3:30 or 4:00 in high swells in the Surigao Straits, all I can say is keep your eyes on the horizon and don't look down.
Phil in the Philippines | Hotel Veniz, Baguio City, Benguet Province, Luzon
Tuesday, November 28, 2006 at 06:03:54 AM PST

Wow! this is great and the way it should be except where's the maps on this magnificent page?
Jeffery Davis | Hopkinsville, Kentucky USA
Saturday, November 18, 2006 at 09:15:23 PM PST

 

 
 

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