Makati City Transportation

Being a cosmopolitan city, traveling to, in, and around the city of Makati is easy. Convenient and exciting modes of Makati transportation abound to help tourists reach the city and enjoy its various localities.

From Cebu to Makati by Air

From the Cebu Airport, taking a plane to the Domestic Airport in Pasay City or the Terminal 2, if tourists take a Philippine Airline flight, is most convenient. It’s about a 30 to 40 minute trip. From the Domestic or Terminal 2 Airport cabs abound going to any part of Metro Manila, especially Makati, the nearest city to Pasay. Other tourists familiar with the airports and traveling very light simply walk to the nearest bus stop and take a bus to Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue or EDSA. From EDSA there are various Makati transportation options—like a bus to Ayala Avenue.

From Cebu to Makati by Sea

From the port of Cebu tourists should take a ship to South Harbor in Manila—about less than a day’s travel. The Manila docking terminal is right behind the famous Manila Hotel along Bonifacio Road. From this road there are plenty of public jeepneys bound for Lawton near the main Post Office of Manila, just outside Intramuros. Public buses (there’s an option for a fully air conditioned bus) or jeepneys from Lawton going straight to Taft Avenue are numerous. Then tourists are to simply get off at the intersection of Taft and Gil Puyat Avenues and they find themselves right in Makati. From this intersection they can take various Makati transportation alternatives like buses, jeepneys, or tricycles to different sections of the city. Of course, a simpler route is to just take a cab from the South Harbor to Makati.

From Angeles City to Makati

Reaching Makati from a point in northern Luzon, like Angeles City in Pampanga Province, is much easier. From Angeles tourists simply take a bus going to a provincial bus terminal in Pasay. Victory Liner has buses plying the route, which takes about 3 hours to travel. Before reaching Pasay the bus would pass by Ayala Avenue in Makati and tourists may ask the bus driver to stop and drop them off right there and then. From Ayala Avenue Makati transportation is easy. There are buses and jeepneys traveling different routes.

Inside Makati Transportation

Once in Makati, people often opt for cabs to different places in the city. Cabs are hardest to find available during peak hours, which is early in the morning, at noon time, and late in the afternoon. It is also convenient to take jeepneys from Ayala corner EDSA or Gil Puyat corner EDSA, but these routes often suffer traffic bottle necks. Jeepneys cannot take other routes except those they are licensed to take. With this in view, it is often more convenient to take a cab which can go any route less burdened with traffic.

Interior streets in Makati are also traveled by jeepneys, like Chino Roces Street and Amorsolo. But they can only cover limited distances. Daily commuters would go for them for their cheaper fares but tourists are advised to take cabs, whether traveling long or short distances in Makati, for a more convenient and relaxing Makati transportation. Tricycles are also available, but they are found mostly in subdivisions and villages near Delpan.

City light trains have the same peak hours as cabs. From the north and south of Metro Manila the favorite among local commuters going to Makati is the Light Rail Transit or LRT via Taft Avenue, or the Manila Railway Transit or MRT via EDSA. MRT has 3 Makati stations—Guadalupe, Gil Puyat, and Ayala stations, while LRT has one—Gil Puyat station.

Within Makati City, transportation is not a problem. Makati transportation is safe, easy, and abundant.