Basilica of Our Lady of Peñafrancia, Camarines Sur: How to Get There

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Camarines Sur

Bicol Region · Luzon

Capital: Capital: Pili
Cities and municipalities: 1 city · 35 municipalitiesAlso in Camarines Sur: Naga City (independent city)Component city: Iriga
Languages: Languages: Bikol Central · Rinconada Bikol · Albay Bikol · Filipino · English

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🕒 Best time:
September for the Peñafrancia festival.
🧭 Getting there:
Jeepney or tricycle from downtown Naga to Basilica Road, Balatas.
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🧭 Getting there:
Banca ride across Lake Buhi from the town proper, then about a 30-minute trek.
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From Iriga City, jeepney to Buhi town proper on the lakeshore.
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🎟️ Entrance:
Registration about P210 (as last reported)
🧭 Getting there:
Jeepney from Naga to Carolina, then habal-habal along Panicuason Road to the park entrance.
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Walkable from the Naga city center plazas.
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🕒 Best time:
Dry season, calm seas.
🧭 Getting there:
Boat from Nato wharf in Sagñay.
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🎟️ Entrance:
Environmental fee about P30 (2019)
🕒 Best time:
March to May; big waves during the northeast monsoon.
🧭 Getting there:
From Naga, van to Sabang port and boat to Guijalo port, or bus via the Fuentebella highway. Island hopping boats leave from Bikal.
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Jeepney or van from Naga to Pasacao.
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Take a Sabang-bound bus from Naga and ask to be dropped at the beach.
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🕒 Best time:
March to May.
🧭 Getting there:
Hire an island-hopping boat at Bikal port in Caramoan (around P1,500–3,000 per boat, as last reported).
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Pili nuts (mazapan, pastillas, sugar-glazed)
Pili nut sweets and packs of pili nuts, sold at the J. Emmanuel Pastries House of Pili outlet in SM City Naga.
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Pili tarts
Small tarts filled with sweetened pili nuts, the classic Bicol pasalubong.
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