Aquino said he would not take calls and visitors while on vacation, bringing only briefing papers, books, film and music DVDs and CDs under the close watch of personal bodyguards.
"This is in preparation for all the pressures I have to face and had gotten myself into," Aquino told reporters, asking to be left alone while resting "somewhere" in the country.
On his return, Aquino said he would start organizing his government, reviewing the country's fiscal position and planning his agenda for when he takes over on June 30.
Aquino has an insurmountable lead of more than 5 million votes over his nearest rival, former president Joseph Estrada, in an unofficial tally by the election commission.
Lawmakers have been totaling vote tallies from 278 provinces and cities, as well as embassies and consulates across the world, and have said they hope to complete the task by June 15.
On Tuesday afternoon, nearly 170 tallies had been canvassed. They showed Aquino ahead by a margin of more than 2 million votes.
Congress found 13 provinces and cities had failed to transit electronically results in the country's first automated poll, and senate majority leader Juan Miguel Zubiri, an ally of outgoing President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, said provincial and city election officials had been summoned to explain the failure.
Aquino said his spokesman, Edwin Lacierda, would brief reporters on a daily basis until he returned on Sunday, and said he would then hold a news conferences twice a week until his inauguration on June 30.
Aquino said he has not had a relaxing vacation since before the death last August of his mother, Cory Aquino, the country's revered democracy icon. It was the wave of public emotion after her death that sparked the push for Aquino to run for president.
He did not say whether his girlfriend, Shalani Soledad, an elected city councilor, would join him on his vacation.
