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El Nido to Caticlan

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from El Nido to Caticlan. From €75.66, fastest 5h 47m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

El Nido to Caticlan runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €75.66, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 47m over 755 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 24 September 2026Priced for 13 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €75.66, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 13 October 2026

€75.66

  • 205%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving El Nido

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 1Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €180.09Fri25
  2. about €173.01Sat26
  3. about €141.74Sun27
  4. about €109.29Mon28
  5. about €108.70Tue29
  6. about €102.80Wed30
  7. about €125.81Thu1
  8. about €113.42Fri2
  9. about €110.47Sat3
  10. about €89.23Sun4
  11. about €103.39Mon5
  12. about €82.74Tue6
  13. about €93.36Wed7
  14. about €96.90Thu8
  15. about €84.51Fri9
  16. about €106.34Sat10
  17. about €80.38Sun11
  18. about €78.02Mon12
  19. about €75.66Tue13
  20. about €86.87Wed14
  21. about €86.87Thu15

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Caticlan for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Hop-on Hop-off and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book El Nido to Caticlan

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

  1. €83.3390 days
  2. €59.1460 days
  3. €66.8145 days
  4. €80.3830 days
  5. €86.8721 days
  6. €96.9014 days
  7. €125.817 days
  8. €141.743 days
  9. €180.091 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €59.14.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 205 percent. The dearest point is €180.09, 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.
€180.09€59.14137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to El Nido to Caticlan and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

755 km

291 km as the crow flies, 159% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.

Who lives at each end

51,3674,223

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

PhilippinesSouth China SeaCebu CityCebu CityIloilo CityIloilo CitySorsogonSorsogonRoxas CityRoxas CitySan JoseSan JoseCadizCadizDaanbantayanDaanbantayanVictorias CityVictorias CityDanaoDanaoLa CarlotaLa CarlotaTinonganTinonganEstanciaEstanciaMasbateMasbateCarcarCarcarBogoBogoMansalayMansalayEl NidoEl NidoCaticlanCaticlanMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

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 755 km against 291 km in a straight line, a detour of 159 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Manila. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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.

The fare from MPH into Caticlan is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Caticlan

Settled in advance, so the ride into Caticlan costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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Who runs this route

Caticlan is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Hop-on Hop-off

Most of the points near Hop-on Hop-off open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about El Nido to Caticlan

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 it take to get from El Nido to Caticlan?

The fastest journey from El Nido to Caticlan takes 5h 47m door to door, of which 1h 49m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 50m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from El Nido to Caticlan?

The cheapest fare from El Nido to Caticlan is €75.66, as of 24 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €102.80. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from El Nido to Caticlan?

The cheapest way from El Nido to Caticlan is by flight, at €75.66 for one passenger on 13 October 2026. That journey takes 5h 48m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book El Nido to Caticlan?

Fares from El Nido to Caticlan bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €59.14. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 205 percent, measured on 24 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for El Nido to Caticlan?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from El Nido to Caticlan, at €82.74. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 24 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for El Nido to Caticlan?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from El Nido to Caticlan, at €65.63 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from El Nido to Caticlan?

2 operators sell services from El Nido to Caticlan across 1 mode: Air Philippines, Cebgo. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from El Nido to Caticlan?

0 percent of the services we sell from El Nido to Caticlan are direct. The rest connect at Manila, with about 49 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from El Nido to Caticlan use?

Services from El Nido to Caticlan by flight leave from El Nido Airport ENI and arrive at Godofredo P. Ramos Airport MPH. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from El Nido to Caticlan?

0 of the 2 operators we sell from El Nido to Caticlan allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

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, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for El Nido to Caticlan on 24 September 2026: 755 km of route against 291 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €75.66, and 5h 47m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives Caticlan a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Caticlan and across Philippines

Day trips that leave Caticlan in the morning and cover a good part of Philippines by evening.

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The two ends, compared

El Nido reaches 14 places in 5 countries on services we hold, over distances from 126 to 3,531 km. Caticlan reaches 21 places in 3 countries, from 51 to 2,145 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving El Nido

  • 14Places you can leave for
  • 5Countries
  • 2Operators

Arriving in Caticlan

Leaving Caticlan

  • 21Places you can leave for
  • 3Countries
  • 7Operators

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