By land from Manila, exit or take the North Luzon Expressway (NLE), and exit at San Fernando. Go all the way to the Dinalupihan junction, and turn right at the Crossroads where Soldiers pose the “Bataan Death March”. Go straight and stay on the left side when you see the Shell Station splitting the road to two. Turn left into the SBMA Bataan gate. Taking this route will save you 30 minutes of travel time to the north of Zambales, and gives you a view of SBMA. Exit through the Subic gate, and turn left. Getting lost should never be a concern because Zambales has only one highway all the way up to the North, crossing all towns. If the feeling of being lost does indeed creep up, you may ask any town municipal usually found in the center plaza of all towns.There are about a handful of new GOVIC Highways newly built almost all towns of Zambales. You may take them if you are trying to cut across town proper as shortcuts.The Subic GOVIC is not yet fully complete. The castillejos GOVIC Highway is great. You turn right into this Highway at the side before the Jesus Magsaysay Highschool and exit past the town center. The San Antonio GOVIC Highway is complete already but still too dark at night. The GOVIC Highway in Iba helps you get faster into the beach area of Iba without having to chase Tricycles off the roads.
By bus, take the Victory Liner (http://www.victoryliner.com) to Iba. Air conditioned and non-air conditioned buses are available. These buses will pass all the towns leading to Iba, take the Iba bus, and change buses in the Olongapo Victory Liner Terminal, and take the bus that leads to Alominos, Pangasinan. This will stop in Sta. Cruz, and other Zambales destinations farther north than Iba. From a town to another, you may take jeepney rides. Fare rates are low.
By air, you may rent private planes, jets, and choppers at the Domestic Airport in Paranaque at Subic Air to land in three places in Zambales. There is an International Subis Airport, A Castillejos Airstrip, and the Iba Local Airport. Best to fly daytime 6:00 a.m., or 6:00 p.m.
By ferry, take the ferry ride to Subic near Manila Hotel, situated along Manila’s Roxas Boulevard. Upon arrival, take the SBMA shuttle to any gate, and take the jeepney ride to the Victory Liner Terminal in Olongapo. From here, the Victory Liner may be taken to Iba or Alaminos
HOW TO GO TO SUBIC/ZAMBALES VIA SUBIC-CLARK-TARLAC EXPRESSWAY (SCTex)
Motorists coming from NLEX bound for Subic are advised to take the Spur/NLE interchange located between the Dau and Sta. Ines Exits of the NLEX and proceed to the SCTEx Clark Logistics Toll Plaza. After crossing the bridge, follow the loop of the ramp towards Subic. Likewise, motorists at SCTEx bound for Bataan may exit at the Dinalupihan Interchange via the Roman Highway. When in Subic Freeport, take the Kalaklan Gate to proceed to Zambales. There are two interchanges in Mabiga and Dolores, Mabalacat, Pampanga via MacArthur Hwy. on your way to Subic or Tarlac.
On the other hand, motorists from Subic and Bataan bound for Manila are advised to enter the SCTEx through the Tipo Toll Plaza or the Dinalupihan Toll Plaza respectively, and follow the road signage towards the Clark Logistics Toll Plaza. Upon reaching the Clark Logistics interchange, take the first ramp to the right that will lead to the toll plaza, then the Spur/NLE interchange connecting to the NLEX. Travel time from Clark to Subic is only 40 minutes. From NLEX in Balintawak to Subic, travel time is only 1 ˝ hours.
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