You will know how weird we are when it comes to traveling by posting this blog on a month of August on a Habagat Season on an orange rainfall warning. So, yeah, that’s basically one of our identities as travel bloggers.

Due to a family related event happening in Elyu, we have decided to grabbed this opportunity to enjoy our stay there and excitedly made an itinerary for a 3D2N adventure, which is posted here below.

 

Because of certain circumstances, like perhaps heavy downpours of rain, we were not able to follow the itinerary through. But, it didn’t mean we did not enjoy out stay. Proof of our joyous 3D2N stay can be watched here on this link: La Union 3D2N Itinerary and more it will also help you visualize more of our adventures, also some of the details I might have forgotten to write here are mentioned there.

I highly recommend our transient house located at Tammocalao. It is walking distance to a beautiful beach, which is also not crowded. By the way, this is a tricycle ride away from San Juan, just in case you’re wondering.

Meanwhile, here are the photos of the beautiful beach:

It is highly recommendable to bring your own car if you plan to explore La Union, because tricycle fares can take large amount of your budget, but if you are traveling on a group of 4 or more, the fares can be cheaper because a 200 peso ride can be divided into 4 or more.

We have managed to explore some of La Union’s tourist attractions even on an orange rainfall warning:

1. Kabsat (San Juan) – a local famous restaurant in town offering a beautiful view of the ocean, as in crashing of waves are heard. It’s quite pricey, but if you are dining as group of 4 or more, it can be classified as budget-friendly already.

 

2. The beach at the transient – as I have mentioned above, a beautiful crowd less beach is walking distance.

 

3. Immuki Island (Barangay Paraoir) – due to an orange rainfall warning, it is closed, but they have allowed us to enter and take photos, plus there’s a souvenir shop open and got our chance to buy some. The place is breathtaking, I was a bit sad we were not able to swim here.

 

4. The Centennial Tree (Carcarmay Integrated School) – I have been really looking forward to meeting this tree, and very glad I have touched and seen it personally. It is enormous like how i describe the waves here in Elyu. This is located inside a school.

We were supposed to go to Watchtower and Pebble River and Bahay na Bato, but due to the limited time, because we just went out on the 3rd day, and we were supposed to check out by around 1 PM, we just went to the Centennial Tree instead. Plus the fact that, my cousin, whom we considered sister already, have already been to those places before. We can explore it some other time, because the transient house is so good, I’ll know I’ll book this place again. They also offer meat and vegetables for your stay on a budget-friendly amount. We have a price of almost 800 for a 3-day stay, which is already for breakfast, lunch, dinner, this is a mixed of fish, meat, and vegetables.

The locals or perhaps the people in Elyu are so accommodating, helpful, and kind. Please don’t take advantage of this or ruin their clean and beautiful place. Be a responsible traveller.

Here’s the budget breakdown for our DIY La Union 3D2N:

1,600 – total Bus Transpo from Pasay to San Juan and vice versa

1,300 – sum of tricycle ride (Kabsat, Immuki Island, and Centinial Tree), this can be divided to your group (for example 1300/5)

350 – tricycle fare going to Patras terminal (divided to your group)

4,000 – 3D2N stay at transient (divided by 3), 2 bedrooms and can accommodate up to 7 I think because 1 bedroom has 2 beds, and an extra mattress.

If you have questions, feel free to comment down below.

Thank you and enjoy your tour!