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| Operator | Price | Rating | Duration | |
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| Super Shuttle Ferry | ₱425 | — | 3.5h | Buy Ferry Ticket on 12Go → |
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This crossing is a genuinely useful island hop — Bohol to Camiguin without routing through mainland Mindanao — and almost everything that goes wrong with it goes wrong on land, not at sea.
Both ports are in the wrong place relative to where travellers actually stay. On the Bohol side it leaves from Jagna, on the southeastern coast, about 66 kilometres and 1.5 to 2 hours from Tagbilaran — not from Tagbilaran itself. On the Camiguin side it uses Balbagon, on the island’s southern shore, while most accommodation clusters around Mambajao and the Agoho–White Island stretch on the north coast. And Balbagon is not Benoni, which is Camiguin’s better-known pier and serves an entirely different crossing.
Get those three facts right and the rest is straightforward: Super Shuttle Ferry runs a RoRo across in three and a half to four and a half hours, once a day in the early afternoon, from around ₱425 for a foot passenger.
The crossing at a glance
| Crossing | ~3.5–4.5 h |
| Sailings | One daily, departing Jagna early afternoon (~13:00–14:30) |
| Fare | ~₱425–₱770, foot passenger, economy to tourist |
| Classes | Economy · Tourist A |
| Bohol port | Jagna, southeastern coast — ~66 km from Tagbilaran |
| Camiguin port | Balbagon, southern coast — not Benoni |
| Vehicles | Yes — RoRo, limited capacity per sailing |
Plan for the longer end of that window and treat a quicker crossing as a bonus. Note also that the fare is the counter fare — aggregator listings for this corridor have quoted well over ₱900, which is agency markup rather than a different ticket.
Fare note: the peso figures on this page are terminal base fares. This operator ticketing runs through the port counter or Barkota, the domestic aggregator, rather than the international booking sites — where a third-party agent does list the route, expect a booking fee and a static exchange rate on top. See the booking-channel map for who sells what.
Bohol → Camiguin
The trip has two legs, and the first one is a bus. From Tagbilaran’s Dao Integrated Bus Terminal, services to Jagna run via Duero and Guindulman, take roughly 1.5 to 2 hours, and cost about ₱80 to ₱100. From Panglao, add the crossing to the mainland first. This is not a leg to compress — Jagna is a separate town on the opposite side of the island’s south coast, and missing a once-daily sailing costs you a day.
The sailing leaves Jagna in the early afternoon, typically between 13:00 and 14:30, which sets your whole day: the bus from Tagbilaran has to happen in the morning. Frequency on this route is thinner than on Super Shuttle’s Cebu-side crossings, so confirm what is actually sailing on your dates rather than assuming the daily service holds.
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Camiguin → Bohol
Northbound, Balbagon’s single daily departure runs on the reverse leg of the same vessel. Getting there from Mambajao or the Agoho beach strip means 20 to 40 minutes by tricycle or habal-habal depending on where you are staying — arrange it the night before rather than flagging one down on the morning of a once-daily sailing.
Landing at Jagna, you are still 1.5 to 2 hours from Tagbilaran and the tourist belt. The same Dao Terminal bus runs in reverse via Guindulman and Duero. If your onward plan is Panglao or the Chocolate Hills, treat the ferry’s arrival time as the start of a half-day, not the end of one.
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The ports
Jagna Port is Bohol’s secondary sea gateway, and it feels like one: a working wharf with an active public market behind it rather than a passenger terminal. Ferries from Cagayan de Oro, Nasipit and other Mindanao ports call here, which gives the town a commercial, transit-driven character unlike most Bohol municipalities its size.
The port also carries a livelihood that most travellers walk straight past. Jagna is Bohol’s calamay country — the sticky rice-and-coconut sweet, cooked down and packed into a cleaned coconut husk sealed with a red band. It is the island’s most common pasalubong, and the Jagna Calamay Makers and Vendors Association makes a living from it. When the seaport was temporarily closed, the calamay trade went down with it; when the port reopened, the business came back. That is a direct, unglamorous illustration of what a small provincial wharf actually does for the town around it. The market’s other specialty is peanut butter, made in small batches from roasted Bohol peanuts and sold in recycled jars.
Balbagon Port on the Camiguin side is the smaller of the two facilities and the one to name precisely when arranging transport, because Benoni is the pier drivers will assume you mean.
Operators on this crossing
Super Shuttle Ferry is the sole operator, running Economy and Tourist A classes on RoRo vessels — the same company behind the Hagnaya–Bantayan and Liloan–Camotes crossings out of Cebu. The Camiguin–Bohol leg is one of its longer regular routes.
Sole-operator dependence is the structural risk here, and it is compounded by the once-daily schedule. There is no later sailing to fall back on.
How to book
- Search the corridor on 12Go and confirm the sailing actually runs on your date — frequency is not fixed.
- Book vehicle space ahead if you are bringing a motorbike or car. RoRo capacity per sailing is limited.
- Arrange both ground transfers in advance: Dao Terminal to Jagna, and your Camiguin accommodation to Balbagon.
- Print your ticket before travel day. Travellers have reported trouble printing at the smaller ports without a Filipino phone number, so save the confirmation in more than one place.
- Build in a buffer. One sailing a day means a missed connection is a lost day.
Frequently asked questions
Does the Camiguin ferry leave from Tagbilaran?
No. It uses Jagna, on Bohol’s southeastern coast, about 66 km and 1.5 to 2 hours from Tagbilaran by bus from the Dao Terminal via Duero and Guindulman, for around ₱80 to ₱100.
Which Camiguin port does it use?
Balbagon, on the island’s southern side — not Benoni, which serves a different crossing entirely. Name Balbagon specifically when arranging a tricycle.
How long is the crossing?
Three and a half to four and a half hours. Plan for the longer end.
What time does it leave Jagna?
Early afternoon, typically between 13:00 and 14:30 — which means the bus from Tagbilaran is a morning job.
How much does it cost?
About ₱425 to ₱770 for a foot passenger, Economy to Tourist A. That is the counter fare — online agency listings for this corridor have quoted well above ₱900, which is markup rather than a better ticket.
Can I bring a motorbike?
Yes — this is a RoRo. Book the vehicle slot in advance, because capacity per sailing is limited.
How often does it sail?
Once daily, though frequency here is thinner than on Super Shuttle’s Cebu crossings. Verify before building a fixed itinerary.
Related on bohol-philippines.com
- Jagna — the port town, its calamay trade, and what is worth stopping for.
- Port of Jagna — the wharf, its operators, and onward transport.
- Bohol ⇄ Cagayan de Oro Ferry — the other Mindanao-bound crossing from Jagna.
- Bohol transport — flights, ferries, and getting around the island.
Schedule, fare and duration detail from operator ground truth, 2026-08; calamay and market detail from the Jagna destination record. Super Shuttle tickets at the pier or through Barkota; online aggregator coverage of this corridor is thin and marked up. Confirm before booking.