How to go to Puerto Galera?

As requested by jen:

If you are traveling on a budget like me you might wanna try this. Last year me and my friends went to puerto galera particularly in white beach for a 5 days and each of us shell out only 2500php for the whole trip including bus fares, boat transfers, food, recreation (banana boat ride and snorkeling), and room accommodation.

From Manila, take a Batangas City bus, it should cost around more or less 127.50 pesos (that is the current fare price in Quezon City). The best way to go there is to commute, bringing a car would just cost you the parking fee at Batangas Pier. Trips to Batangas City leave as early as 3AM for Tritran, ALPS in Cubao. At the pier, there are a lot of trips going to Puerto Galera, the best way to go to White Beach is of course to take a boat that will bring you directly to the White Beach. M/B Brian has one of the earliest trips at 6AM, costing 120 pesos. There are boats leaving every 30 minutes to 1 hour. If there are no more trips directly to White Beach, you may take a ferry ride to the port of Puerto Galera, a place called Muelle. Ferry ride costs around the same of the boat rides to White Beach. From Muelle, you may ride a jeep or tricycle to White Beach which will cost around 30 to 50 pesos.

Tips:

• People will approach you as soon as you get down the boat and offer you places to stay. They will be your friend if you do not have reservations. Try to haggle as low as you can. Houses with two airconditioned room can cost up to 4,000 pesos a day at peak season. Reasonable budget for peak season would be 500 pesos per person per night for airconditioned rooms, but you can actually get cheaper rates. Places near the beach may cost more because they are very accesible. Consider the distance of the place to stay to the beach and bars.
• Bring cold cash as there are no ATM facilities in White Beach at the moment.
• Haggle in everything that you will buy. Anklets can be obtained for as low as 10 pesos for 3 pieces. Souvenir shirts can be as low as a bit under 100 bucks. You can haggle on boat rides by asking them for free use of gears, if you will hire boats for to snorkle etc.
• Have reservations for the boat ride back to Batangas a day before your scheduled trip.
• White Beach is a place with very steep beaches, so beware, specially for people who do not know how to swim.

Note: There is also a place called Coco Beach but we opted to go to white beach. If you make a hotel reservation via a travel agency the bus and ferry transfers are included.