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Hi, it's probably easier to be at Alona Beach, go to the beach front and look for 'Bohol Divers Club' for their daily trips to Balicasag Island. Done this before with no advance booking online. Bring cash.

Once you arrived at the Balicasag island they would offer you to have a local to boat you to where you wanna go (turtle or fish sanctuary) I think the cost would be around 250php per head and additional 150 for snorkling. I just dont remember if the snorkling gear was included in the package we bought from the hostel. We actually asked the owner of the hostel we stayed at to fix it for us. You may wanna ask your hotel to arrange it for you but I think it will cost you more especially if you are staying in one of those high-end hotels in Panglao. I asked someone who stayed at South Palms Beach resort and I was told the tour they offer was 29k php whereas the one they found somewhere in alona beach was 1800php. The tour we package we bought was around 500-750php per head. If you want I can give you the number of the hostel where I stayed who arranged the tour for us. Hope you enjoy Bohol :) Ether

where are you staying if I may ask? If you are already in Panglao and you know how to bike you can rent one and just bike yourself to Alona Beach from there boats are waiting to get you to Balicasag then Virgin Island. Usually if the weather is good its dolphin watching first then balicasag then virgin island. We booked the tour a night before. We stayed at Bohol Coco Farm and they were the ones who arranged it for us. I am afraid I cant recommend any boats or tour guides as the hostel people arranged the trip to the island for us. I would suggest you to look around Alona because if you are staying in fancy hotels in Panglao it would cost you alot of money whereas if you booked through a hostel or any tour operators in Alona beach. I hope it helps and enjoy Bohol :)