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# Calabanga

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

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## Every way there

- Legazpi → Calabanga 85 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · ₱245–330 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/legazpi-to-calabanga) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Legazpi&to=Calabanga)
- Kalibo → Calabanga 240 km · quickest by road, 18h 23m · ₱18,785–30,970 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kalibo-to-calabanga) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Kalibo&to=Calabanga)
- Manila (Pasay) → Calabanga 256 km · quickest by road, 6h 27m · ₱920–1,220 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/manila-pasay-to-calabanga) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Manila+%28Pasay%29&to=Calabanga)

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around Calabanga, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Calabanga has

- Y Scheduled flights Legazpi (DRP), 83 km
- N Trains and coaches no timetable feed known for this country
- Y Ferries Cruz - Balongay, 9 km; sailings estimated
- Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
- N Bike and scooter share no share feed known
- N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Naga, 11 km.

13.709°, 123.216°

According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 88,918 people.

Get in

## Getting to Calabanga

There are no flights to Calabanga. However there is an airport 40 minutes away. It is the Naga Airport in Barangay San Jose, Pili. An 8-hour trip from Manila to Naga City. There are daily trips from Cabusao, Tinambac, Siruma, and Sipocot via boat, and Seasonal trips from Mercedes, Daet in Camarines Norte and Camaligan, Canaman and Libmanan.

See

## Worth seeing

1. Harubay Falls Harobay.
2. Quipayo Church
3. Our Lady of La Porteria Parish Church A Spanish-era Roman Catholic church in downtown Calabanga.
4. Hinulid Church A small religious shrine hosting an image of the dead Christ (Santo Entierro).
5. Cabgan Island
6. Kawit Island

Do

## Things to do

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

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)

How locals move

## Getting around Calabanga the local way

- Get in From 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 in UV 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 in A fast ferry departs Tabaco port every day at noon.
- Get in The ferry takes 1.5 hours and the fare is .
- Get around Public transportation is provided by pedicabs, jeepneys and tricycles (motorcycles with a sidecar).

From [Wikivoyage: Naga](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Naga), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-08.

Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabanga) and [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Calabanga), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.


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