IMPORTANT: Ideally, if your liveaboard itinerary starts from Moalboal, you should plan to
arrive in Cebu the day before embarkation and arrange hotel accommodation for 1 night.
Guests who are planning to arrive in Cebu on the day of embarkation are kindly requested to
book a flight which arrives no later than 09.00 am as the transfer from Mactan-Cebu Airport to
Moalboal takes approximately 4 hours.
Disembarkation in Cebu at the end of the liveaboard will be just before 10:00; we kindly ask
guests not to book flights that depart earlier than 13:30 on the day of disembarkation. Earlier
departures are logistically problematic and therefore not recommended.
If a morning flight departure is unavoidable, guests can disembark the evening before but will
need to arrange a hotel for the night and their own airport transfer. Please note however that
doing so may also exclude you from diving on your last day.
Advice on Flights
International flights may be booked into and out of Manila or Cebu. We recommend that you
plan to arrive in Manila or Cebu at least 1 day before the liveaboard departure date to allow
for possible flight delays or schedule changes and to ensure you start your holiday well-rested.
If travelling via Manila with international and domestic connections on the same day, please
allow plenty of time for transfer between domestic and international terminals and check-in
and ensure that you will arrive in Cebu in good time for your transfer or embarkation time (no
later than 09:00 for embarkation in Moalboal or 12:00 noon for embarkation in Cebu).
International Pre-Arrival and Pre-Departure Registration
With effect from 15th April 2023, all travellers to and from the Philippines are required to use
the Bureau of Immigration's eTravel portal (https://etravel.gov.ph) to register their personal
and travel details. This is in line with the directive of the government's Inter-Agency Task Force
for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases on the complete utilisation of the
e-Travel system which was introduced in December 2022, and to facilitate faster and more
convenient airport procedures.
● Arriving passengers: Need to register within seventy-two (72) hours before their
scheduled time of arrival in the Philippines.
● Departing passengers: Need to register within seventy-two (72) hours before their
flight's scheduled departure time from the Philippines.
To register, each traveller must:
1. Visit etravel.gov.ph
2. Select “Philippine passport holder” or "Foreign passport holder" according to their
nationality
3. Enter their travel details and email address
4. Enter their personal details and sign a health declaration form to complete registration
5. Wait for their QR code to be generated then download and print/save a digital copy.
6. Present their QR code upon check-in before their flight departure or during the Bureau
of Quarantine (BOQ) verification upon arrival.
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) will discontinue the use of paper-based arrival and departure
cards beginning 1st May 2023.
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