How Much Does a Siargao Trip Cost? Budget Guide

Siargao bends to your budget. You can backpack it cheaply or spend freely on villas and private boats, and the gap between the two is wide. Most of your spending comes down to two choices: where you sleep, and how you do the tours.

Everything below is per person and in Philippine pesos, and it leaves out your flights, since those depend on where you fly from. Use it to sketch a number, then adjust to how you like to travel.

Backpacking on dorms, local food, and shared transport, you can get by on roughly ₱1,500 to ₱2,500 a day. A mid-range trip with a private room, a mix of cafés and restaurants, and a rented bike runs closer to ₱3,000 to ₱5,000 a day. Go for design stays and private tours and you are looking at ₱6,000 and up.

Those numbers assume you are out doing things. A slow beach day costs almost nothing.

This is the biggest lever on your budget. A dorm bed runs ₱400 to ₱900 a night. A private room in a guesthouse sits around ₱1,200 to ₱2,500. Mid-range hotels and resorts land between ₱3,000 and ₱7,000, and design villas start near ₱8,000.

Where you stay shapes the rest of the trip too. Our where to stay guide breaks down the areas and what each costs.

Eating local is cheap and good. A meal at a carinderia (a small local canteen) runs ₱100 to ₱200. A café breakfast is ₱200 to ₱400, and a sit-down dinner at a mid-range spot lands around ₱400 to ₱800. A local beer is ₱70 to ₱120, while cocktails at the beach bars climb to ₱200 to ₱350.

Mix it up and you eat well without spending much. Our food guide sorts the best places by what you fancy.

Renting a scooter is ₱350 to ₱500 a day, plus maybe ₱100 in fuel. Tricycles cost ₱50 to ₱150 for short hops in town. From the airport, a shared van is about ₱300, which is the cheapest way to reach General Luna.

Rent the bike by the week and the daily rate drops. For the full breakdown, see getting around Siargao.

This is where the day-trippers spend. A joiner island-hopping tour is around ₱1,500 to ₱1,600 per person with lunch and fees. A Sugba Lagoon boat is ₱1,600 to ₱2,150 split across the group, plus ₱100 entry and a ₱50 environmental fee each.

Smaller stuff stays cheap. Magpupungko entry is about ₱50, and a beginner surf lesson runs ₱500 to ₱1,000. The big-ticket day is Sohoton Cove, at ₱2,300 to ₱3,100 per person for the full trip.

Backpacker: dorms, local food, a shared bike, and a couple of joiner tours come to roughly ₱12,000 to ₱16,000 for five days, before flights.

Mid-range: a private room, your own scooter, restaurant dinners, and a few day trips lands nearer ₱25,000 to ₱35,000. Push into villas and private boats and it climbs from there.

Take the shared van from the airport instead of a private one. Join group tours rather than chartering your own boat. Eat where the locals eat, rent your bike by the week, and travel outside the September-to-November peak when rooms and tours cost more.

Timing matters more than people expect. Our guide to the best time to visit Siargao shows when prices climb and when they ease off.

Got a number in mind? Build the trip around it. The Siargao itinerary lays out 3, 5, and 7-day plans you can cost up from here.

When you're ready to book, compare places to stay, rentals, and tours on Koobo.