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# Olongapo

Olongapo, officially the City of Olongapo, is a highly urbanized city situated in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines.

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## Every way there

- Mabalacat → Olongapo 54 km · quickest by road, 1h 30m · ₱165–220 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/mabalacat-to-olongapo) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Mabalacat&to=Olongapo)
- Manila (Pasay) → Olongapo 83 km · quickest by road, 3h 14m · ₱305–410 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/manila-pasay-to-olongapo) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Manila+%28Pasay%29&to=Olongapo)
- Laoag City → Olongapo 376 km · quickest by road, 9h 45m · ₱1,070–1,430 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/laoag-city-to-olongapo) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Laoag+City&to=Olongapo)

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 Olongapo, 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 Olongapo has

- Y Scheduled flights Olongapo (SFS), 4 km
- N Trains and coaches no timetable feed known for this country
- Y Ferries Subic Bay Yacht Club, 1 km, Subic Bay Yacht Club; 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: Subic, 7 km.

14.830°, 120.280°

According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 264,903 people.

Get in

## Getting to Olongapo

From Manila, ride the red, white and yellow Victory Liner buses. The trip will go through the North Luzon Expressway (NLEx) and Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx). The trip from Manila takes 3-4 hours and it will cost you ₱220-250 one way. The company also has 11 buses from Baguio via Angeles 3AM-11PM, and hourly buses from 4AM-10PM from \[\[Balanga (Bataan) |Balanga\]\] in Bataan.

Do

## Things to do

The tourism office for the area calls Subic Bay the "Pearl of the Orient" and much like a pearl inside an oyster, its true value is hidden unless you know where to look. Subic Bay offers some of the world's best shipwrecks, all within recreational diving depths, as well as tranquil coral and artificial reefs that explode with marine life.

How locals move

## Getting around Olongapo the local way

- Get around Jeepneys are the primary mode of mass transportation in Olongapo.
- Get around Unlike in most cities in the Philippines, jeepneys in Olongapo are color-coded according to route and the government is very strict in implementing this routing scheme.
- Get around Jeepney operators must display the body number, the plate number and the decal number at the side panels to eliminate unregistered jeepneys.
- Get around Fares are conspicuously displayed inside the jeepney.
- Get around Similar to taxis, this is an option if you prefer private trips and for trips that is beyond the jeepney routes.

From [Wikivoyage: Olongapo](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Olongapo), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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