Cutud Lenten Rites Day Trip – March 2027

1 day / 2 days 26 Mar, 2027 – 20270327

Start Date

26 Mar, 2027

End Date

20270327

Duration

1 day / 2 days

Price

$195 / $255

The Passion of the Christ and its re-enactments are one of the most well-known phenomena of the Philippines, but the Cutud Lenten Rites Festival takes things to a whole new level. The penitents involved in the Rites not only flagellate themselves, but the Rites culminate with their being literally nailed to crosses. This is the most sought-after and popular Easter event in the Philippines!

Our day starts bright and early at 5:30am, where we meet in Ermita, Manila for the drive to San Pedro, Pampanga. On arrival we’ll arrange your VIP passes (or media passes for accredited press/bloggers). We then spend the day soaking up the atmosphere and taking photos of the flagellants before the main event: people being nailed to crosses.

Those of you on the day trip will then be transported back to Manila; for the overnight bunch, get ready for a wild night on the town in the party capital of Angeles City!

YPT will arrange your VIP pass, and or Media Pass as part of our travel package for the event. These must be done in advance and cannot be done on the day.

Tour Highlight

Get VIP passes for the best spots to spectate and photograph the self-flagellating local chosen ones before they get nailed to a cross
City tour of San Fernando
Night out in Angeles: the party and culinary capital of the Philippines

Included

Excluded

Group	Start date	End date	Duration	Price	Single Supplement
Group A – Day Trip	26 Mar, 2027	26 Mar, 2027	1 day	195
Group B – Overnight Trip	26 Mar, 2027	27 Mar, 2027	2 days	255

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Full Itinerary

Friday 26th March – Manila – Angeles: Good Friday!

Morning

Arrive at your convenience into Manila, the capital city and most populated city in the Philippines which is well connected from
many countries.
Pre-tour meeting will be held at the lobby of our hotel in Ermita, Manila, at 5:30am over breakfast and to discuss the tour itinerary and to meet your fellow travellers and YPT guides.
Board our private air-conditioned vehicle for a 2 hour drive north to the San Fernando Area of Pampanga
On arrival we head directly to the Cutud Lenten Rites Festival –one of the largest and most spectacular festivals in the Philippines.
The event starts with devoted Catholics self-flagellating themselves which slowly builds up. Here’s a good opportunity to explore the area and follow the journey of the penitents to the mounted crosses – where you can get right into the action.
The peak of the demonstration is when Jesus is captured by the Cohors I Sebastenorum (Roman Legion) and taken to the crucifixion site. This continues until around 3:00pm. We arrange your media press pass for the event so you’re able to get up close to the action.

Afternoon

Our vehicle will be well positioned for a cool place to grab water and a picnic lunch
Day trip group members: return back to Manila in private transportation and dropped off in Ermita
Overnight tour group members: continue onwards to Angeles
City to check into the Best Western Hotel, one of the most deluxe hotels in the city boasting a large swimming pool – amongst other luxuries.
Angeles City is a former US military base but is equally infamous as a city of sin and the culinary capital of the country; we head out for dinner, followed by the legendary Angeles Walking Street Bar Crawl
Overnight in Angeles

Saturday 27th March – Angeles

Breakfast in the hotel before traveling back to Manila at 10:00am in our private vehicle. Drop off point will be the Citystate Tower Hotel
Group members on our Extreme Philippines tour onwards to Baguio

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