Subic Bay on Luzon Island in Zambales

Subic Bay is a bay on the west coast of the island of Luzon in the Philippines, about 100km northwest of Manila Bay. Formerly the site of a major United States Navy base, it is now the location of an industrial and commercial area known as the Subic Bay Freeport Zone under the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority. The Subic Bay magic- its untouched and unadulterated beauty around the thriving industry and technology, its wonderful people who are now scattered around the world, its remarkable culture, its significant history, and its rich, colorful and sometimes seemingly laughable legends and anecdotes, as told by the many.

Subic bay view
Subic naval base, formerly known as one of the largest American naval bases outside the US, was strategically located near international shipping lanes in the South China Sea and 120 kilometers north of Manila. Subic Bay comprises a large protected natural harbor surrounded by hills, forest and white sandy beaches. Since 1990, NGOs from the Philippines and the U.S. have claimed that the past and on-going military activities around Subic Bay produced toxic waste that was seldom appropriately treated. Their activities to urge cleanup widespread in the U.S., the Philippines and other areas through a toxic waste coalition.

At the same time, the former naval base has undergone an extensive redevelopment since the Seventh Fleet moved out in 1992, and now provides a mix of high grade industrial, commercial and tourist facilities and housing. As such, Subic Bay is a centerpiece of the Philippines' drive towards newly industrialized economy status by the year 2000. It is now the location of an industrial and commercial area known as the Subic Bay Freeport Zone under the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA). SMBA stimulate the development of overall tourism products in Subic Bay Freeport by professionalizing tourism services and implementing tourism plans.

Getting To And Around Subic Bay:

Getting To Subic Bay By Road:

By Own Car
Very accessible with only 30-min away from the DMIA-Clark Airport via Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway, 2 ½-hr from Manila via North Luzon Expressway.

By Public Transport

  • Victory Liner, with several stations around Metro Manila, has regular trips in Olongapo City through the NLEX-SCTEX-SFEX vis-à-vis with an average of 3 hours travel time;
  • Saulog Transit has a regular trips in Olongapo City to Cavite vis-à-vis via NLEX and Olongapo-Gapan National Highway;
  • Red, Orange and yellow-colored Public Utility Jeeps plying the main thoroughfares of Olongapo City going to and from near the major entry points of Subic Bay Freeport;
  • Winstar Transport Service is the only public utility vehicle plying the thoroughfares of Subic Bay Freeport Zone
  • Subic Bay on Luzon island

Getting Around Subic Bay

By Own Car
Tourist Guides are available to assist and make your stay more exciting that will leave you a worth returning experiences Subic Bay. Please contact the Tourism Office-Tour Operations.

By Taxi Service

Winstar Transport Service
Tel.: ++63 047 252 7409

Mega Taxi Transport Service
Tel.: ++63 047 252 8102

Tour Packages

Seahorse Tours and Souvenirs
Tel.: ++63 047 252 5617
www.seahorsetours.com

HOP ON-HOP OFF TOURS
First Double-Decker Bus Tour in the Philippines by Wowcard, Inc.
Tel.: ++63 047 252 9032
www.wowcard.biz

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