Travel Options from Southern Leyte to Surigao

What does it take to travel from Bato, Southern Leyte to Surigao City by plane?

1. 5 hours by land from Bato to Tacloban City
2. 1 hour flight from Tacloban City to Cebu City
3. Transfer to another plane (No direct flights as of this writing)
4. 45 minute flight from Cebu City to Surigao City

Here are alternatives if travel by ferry is not an issue

Option 1: via Liloan 

1. Travel by land from Bato to Liloan Port.  Googlemap says 67 km, and would take only an hour. But to translate that into the kind of roads we have in the Philippines, that would really take some 2 to 3 hours.
2. Take 3 hour ferry from Liloan Port to Lipata, Surigao City

Ferry Schedule here:

http://schedule.ph/boat/from/Leyte/to/Surigao

Option 2: via Maasin City

1. Travel by land from Bato to Maasin City for an hour.
2. Take 5 hour ferry from Maasin City to Port of Surigao, Surigao City

Ferry Schedule here:

http://schedule.ph/boat/from/Leyte/to/Surigao