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Municipality in Camarines Sur, Philippines · Bicol Region

Calabanga

Calabanga, officially the Municipality of Calabanga, is a municipality in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines.

Calabanga
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The place

Calabanga, officially the Municipality of Calabanga, is a municipality in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 88,918 people.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Calabanga

2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Immaculate Conception Parish Church

    Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Parish Church, also known as Quipayo Church, is a Roman Catholic church located in Calabanga, Camarines Sur, Philippines. It is under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Caceres.

    2 km · Roman Catholic church in Calabanga, Camarines Sur, Philippines · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Magarao Church

    The Saint Anne Parish Church, commonly known as Magarao Church, is a Roman Catholic church located in Magarao, Camarines Sur. It is under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Caceres.

    6 km · Roman Catholic parish church in Magarao, Camarines Sur, Philippines · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

  1. 01
    Harubay Falls

    Harobay.

  2. 02
    Quipayo Church
  3. 03
    Our Lady of La Porteria Parish Church

    A Spanish-era Roman Catholic church in downtown Calabanga.

  4. 04
    Hinulid Church

    A small religious shrine hosting an image of the dead Christ (Santo Entierro).

  5. 05
    Cabgan Island
  6. 06
    Kawit Island

From Wikivoyage: Calabanga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Do

Things to do

Explore the new fish pond near Bagacay in Tinambac Hike in Barangay Harubay Fishing

From Wikivoyage: Calabanga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

Top rated: Nikko's Kinalas, Santa Cruz Ratay Mamay's, Poblacion Pizza hut, LCC Mall Nilabay: by chef Mosj, Pagatpat Mister Donut (2 branches Poblacion)

From Wikivoyage: Calabanga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Calabanga

Airports
Bicol (DRP), 83 km · Kalibo (KLO), 243 km · Ninoy Aquino (MNL), 253 km
  • Legazpi → Calabanga
    85 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · ₱245–330
  • Kalibo → Calabanga
    240 km · quickest by road, 18h 23m · ₱18,785–30,970
  • Manila (Pasay) → Calabanga
    256 km · quickest by road, 6h 27m · ₱920–1,220
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Calabanga

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Calabanga. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inFrom the airport you need to walk to the main highway, where you can take a 30-minute jeepney or bus ride to get to the downtown, and costs .
  • Get inUV Express arrive and depart at these terminals: To get to Virac in the Catanduanes Island you take a minivan from the Naga van terminal to Tabaco city (2 hours, ).
  • Get inA fast ferry departs Tabaco port every day at noon.
  • Get inThe ferry takes 1.5 hours and the fare is .
  • Get aroundPublic transportation is provided by pedicabs, jeepneys and tricycles (motorcycles with a sidecar).

From Wikivoyage: Naga, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-08.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Sabang and Puerto GaleraPH

    9 ways of moving, 46 sources

    243 km
  2. 02
    Leyte IslandPH

    11 ways of moving, 20 sources

    369 km
  3. 03
    CoronPH

    12 ways of moving, 57 sources

    378 km
  4. 04
    Tagbilaran and BoholPH

    12 ways of moving, 45 sources

    457 km
  5. 05
    DumaguetePH

    9 ways of moving, 46 sources

    489 km

If you know how people move in Calabanga – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Calabanga

  • Bombonmunicipality of the Philippines in the province of Camarines Sur3.1 km
  • Magaraomunicipality of the Philippines in the province of Camarines Sur5.9 km