Island Hopping
Transportation from one island to another
Most of the time Filipinos will take the boat to travel from one island to another island in the Philippines . The relative short distance between islands and the price of the ticket makes that understandable. For this reason even tourists will make use of the boat. Moreover, for tourists travelling by boat from one island to another island, “island hopping”, is attractive because it offers more possibilities to communicate with Filipinos and Filipinas.
Once decided to make a trip through the Philippines, the choice has to be made which boat and which company (or still airplane?) you want to make use of!
Island hopping by boat
There are three types of boats. The traditional type is the pump- boat. Nowadays most bigger pump-boats are motorized. The pump-boats are normally used for the shorter distances. The price of the ticket is cheap. For really short distances between islands close to each other, the smaller un-motorized pump boat is used. These un-motorized boats are mostly used for fishing.
The second type of boat is the ferryboat, the most comfortable possibility for ‘island hopping’. There are several companies who have regular trips between the bigger islands.
The third type of boat is the fastest, the modern hovercraft. In the Philippines it is known as the Super Cat. This ferry is a real Catamaran with two keels joined by a frame.
The Super Cat travels between some bigger islands, not a too big distance between them!