Touring Ilocos Without a Car Part 2: Going to Pagudpud
This is Part 2 of Touring Ilocos Without a Car series
Pagudpud lies on the north of Laoag. It’s pretty cold out there during the “ber” months pretty much like Baguio. From Laoag, it is a 2 hour bus ride. There are two good beaches in Pagudpud, one is Saud and the other is Blue Lagoon or what they call “Maira-ira“.
GOING TO PAGUDPUD
The airport is located in a town outside Laoag so when you leave the terminal, you will see some jeeps, tricycles and the Fort Ilocandia bus waiting at the parking lot. It’s up to you if you want to ride the jeep or the small tricycles (I mean really small compared to Manila trikes) going to Laoag since the fare is the same, Php40 – Php50 per head depending on how good you are at haggling.
Take the trike if you wanna go directly to your hotel. Take the jeep if you’re headed for the bus terminals at Laoag.
So after some haggling with the jeepney driver, we agreed to the Php 40 fare. If you’re accommodation is in Saud, buses going to Pagudpud will do, but if you’re staying at Kapuluan Vista Resort (like we did) which is nearer Blue Lagoon, ask the driver to drop you off the bus terminal with buses going to Cagayan or Claveria.
We took the St. Joseph bus, but there are other nicer buses out there. The fare for ordinary bus going to Pagupud is Php60 each. We didn’t mind riding an ordinary bus since the weather is already cool. Keep in mind that the last bus leaves at 6 PM.
The ride going to Pagudpud takes around 2 hours, but it seems like 4 hours to me because I forgot to pee before we left. Since our flight was delayed, we didn’t have time to eat lunch so all I had was some peanuts that we bought inside the bus.
There’s a Jollibee within walking distance from the bus terminal where you can relieve yourself and grab something to eat.
Whether you’re headed for Saud beach resorts or Kapuluan Vista Resort, the bus will drop you off the highway and you have to take a 10-15 minutes tricycle ride going to your destination. The fare is around Php 40 per tricycle (not per head).
Finally, at around 5 PM we arrived at Kapuluan Vista Resort hungry and weary. Mike, the owner, was there to greet us. It’s getting dark outside so we just grab an early dinner of their fine bagnet and headed straight to our room to get some rest.
FARE BREAKDOWN:
- Jeep/Trike going to Laoag – Php40-50 per head
- Ordinary bus going to Pagudpud – Php60 per head
- Trike going to resort – Php40 per group
I’ll talk more about the place on the next part.
If you have any questions/suggestions/corrections, please feel free to leave a comment. Thanks!
You might also be interested in:
- Touring Ilocos Without a Car Part 3: Pagudpud
- Touring Ilocos Without a Car Part 4: City of Laoag
- Touring Ilocos Without a Car Part 5: South of Laoag
- Touring Ilocos Without a Car Part 1: From Manila to Laoag
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hi, your blog is really helpful, it will be my first time to go there, hindi ako makapagdecide kung pano maigiging itinerary ko for 4 days/3 nights pero i want to cover sana ung mga places sa vigan, laoag and pagudpud, by the way ang flight namen going laoag is 635 ang arrival, so late na, i wanted sana magstraight sa vigan pero i doubt kung may biyahe pa ng ganun ka late. would you know kung meron? kung d feasible. ano ba maganda unahin? i want to spend sana 1 day each sa vigan/laoag/pagudpud and ung flight naman namen going back manila is gabi din 735pm pa yung departure. hope you can help me here or kahit sino. thanks!!
hi, ok din mag-straight to Vigan kasi maganda rin yung Calle Crisologo pag gabi. Some of my friends did that (same evening flight to Laoag) so may buses pa sa gabi. Spend the night there na rin although wala akong idea kung san ok mag-stay sa Vigan.
Hello! Calvin
Magvivisit kami ng friend ko sa Ilocandia sa June 09 tanong lang sana ako saiyo ng infos. Balak namen na mag stay ng 2 days sa Vigan well ask ko lang how and ilang oras papuntang Currimao Island? and after that ilang oras naman from Currimao to Pagudpud? Thank you.
calvin: currimao is between vigan and laoag. san ba ikaw manggagaling? around 1 hour and so to currimao from vigan. then almost 3 hours to pagudpud from currimao.
hi..nice information here..we are planning to go to vigan and pagudpud by 08/15 but we do not have any idea where to stay and which place to go first..we will go on saturday until monday lang..is it okay to have a bus ride or plane talaga? each of us is just allowing 5-6k per head..will this be enuf? we don’t really have that much time, which are the best places to see in vigan and pagudpud? can you please suggest? do u have any contact infos? thanks..looking forward to your reply.
Wow Amazing Race yan ah. 3 days to visit everything? Mas maganda mag plane if you’re pressing for time pero much expensive. Baka pwedeng plane going there then bus going back. I don’t think you would be able to visit the far but lovely places like Bangui Windmills, Sand Dunes of La Paz, Kabigan Falls.
So plane then head straight to Pagudpud (stay in Saud or Blue Lagoon). Then go visit places there as much as you can while there’s light. The following morning (Sunday) head back to Laoag via bus. See the sights. Baka pwede pa yung sand dunes. Then either spend the night there or take a late bus going to Vigan where you will sleeping. Monday morning visit sites in Vigan and maybe buy pasalubong before heading back to Manila.
hi! me & my boyfriend are planning to go to vigan, laoag and pagudpud, as in lahat ng pinuntahan nyo ng wife mo… I just want to sak you if you have contact # of Kapuluan Vista Resort & BALAY DA BLAS so i can reserve a room…. thank you in advanve
Hi, here’s Sammy’s number, 09175702110.
Here’s the link to Kapuluan Vista Resort. Contact number is also there. You can also try Punta Azul. We stayed there on our 2nd trip back to Pagudpud and it’s way much nearer to the Blue Lagoon.
Hope you’ll have a blast like we did. Adventure talaga.
hey thank you for the info…
Hrmm that was weird, my comment got eaten. Anyway I wanted to say that it’s nice to know that someone else also mentioned this as I had trouble finding the same info elsewhere. Thanks.
Hi! We’re planning to go to pagudpud next week & we’re also staying in Kapuluan. Ask ko lang if may aircon bus from laoag going to pagudpud? Yun flight kse ng Cebu pacific going to Laoag is 11am.
Thanks in advance
i saw some aircon bus pero eto yung mga galing Manila eh. Not sure if they stop to pick up passengers in Laoag. Try calling up Partas, Farinas or Florida bus lines. Numbers (not sure if they are updated) can be found here.