Sorsogon to Manila bus

Buses from Sorsogon to Manila start at €27.67 and take 5h 36m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Sorsogon to Manila starts at €27.67 and takes 5h 36m door to door, run by 4 operators over 399 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 23 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 36mDoor to door
  • 2h 42mMoving
  • €27.67 to €64.52From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 3Per day
  • 29.6 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€27.67 to €64.52 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Departure times on this route

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €64.52Thu24
  2. about €62.32Fri25
  3. about €52.97Sat26
  4. about €44.72Sun27
  5. about €40.87Mon28
  6. about €35.37Tue29
  7. about €39.77Wed30
  8. about €42.52Thu1
  9. about €33.17Fri2
  10. about €40.33Sat3
  11. about €32.07Sun4
  12. about €27.67Mon5
  13. about €28.22Tue6
  14. about €30.97Wed7

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026

Cheapest€27.67
  1. Del Monte Motor Works DM434807:305h 16m12:46Elavil - Bacon TerminalJAM Liner - Cabuyao Terminal
  2. ALPS the AL299813:3246m14:18JAM Liner - Cabuyao TerminalManila Multi-modal Terminal

Changes at Cabuyao, with 46 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 7h 32mCO2 14.9 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Fastest€35.92
  1. Del Monte Motor Works DM945907:301h 55m09:25Elavil - Bacon TerminalEaglestar - Naga Terminal
  2. Cebu Pacific CP774910:2247m11:09Naga Airport WNPNinoy Aquino International Airport MNL

Changes at Naga, with 57 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 5h 36mCO2 60.6 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Lowest CO2€28.22
  1. Del Monte Motor Works DM927907:304h 52m12:22Elavil - Bacon TerminalCalamba Megatrans
  2. Philippine National Railways PN166913:0728m13:35Calamba railway stationLerma station

Changes at Calamba, with 45 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 6h 49mCO2 13.2 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Del Monte Motor Works72 km/hChangeablePower sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi
Cebu Pacific740 km/hFixed fareNot published
ALPS the72 km/hChangeablePower sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi
Philippine National Railways140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi

The coach gets you into Manila. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Manila for the night the coach gets in

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Booking window

When to book Sorsogon to Manila

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €24.9290 days
  2. €23.8260 days
  3. €30.4245 days
  4. €28.7730 days
  5. €32.6221 days
  6. €30.9714 days
  7. €39.777 days
  8. €52.973 days
  9. €64.521 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €23.82.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 171 percent. The dearest point is €64.52, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €32.07Sun
  2. €27.67Mon
  3. €28.22Tue
  4. €32.62Wed
  5. €42.52Thu
  6. €33.17Fri
  7. €40.33Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Sorsogon

Coach
  • Elavil - Bacon Terminal

Manila

Coach
  • Manila Multi-modal Terminal
  • GV Florida Manila Bus Station
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 399 km against 372 km in a straight line, a detour of 10 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Cabuyao, Calamba, Naga. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Sorsogon at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 3 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Sorsogon to Manila

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Coach from Sorsogon to Manila take?

The Coach from Sorsogon to Manila takes 5h 36m door to door, of which 2h 42m is spent moving. The route runs 399 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Coach from Sorsogon to Manila cost?

The Coach from Sorsogon to Manila starts at €27.67 for one passenger, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare is €28.22. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Coach from Sorsogon to Manila?

4 operators run the Coach from Sorsogon to Manila: Del Monte Motor Works, Cebu Pacific, ALPS the, Philippine National Railways. Between them they file around 3 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Coach from Sorsogon to Manila use?

The Coach from Sorsogon to Manila leaves from Elavil - Bacon Terminal and arrives at Ninoy Aquino International Airport MNL. Allow about 1h 57m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Coach from Sorsogon to Manila?

Fares for the Coach from Sorsogon to Manila bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €23.82. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 171 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Sorsogon to Manila produce?

The Coach from Sorsogon to Manila produces about 29.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 399 km, which works out at roughly 74 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Sorsogon to Manila?

Operators on the Coach from Sorsogon to Manila publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 4 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 36m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Sorsogon to Manila on 23 September 2026: 399 km of route against 372 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €27.67, and 5h 36m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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