Destination: DAVAO CITY
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| Mountainous Terrain of Mindanao Welcoming Me :) |
My very first trip to Mindanao. Thanks to Charm for booking this vacation as our, with Aina, birthday treat to ourselves, we celebrated our birth month in this adventurous city of Davao.
Day 1.
We arrived at Davao International Airport around 8AM and headed to our temporary home for 2 days - Casa Leticia.
After having our breakfast, we started with our itinerary.
First stop: Philippine Eagle Center
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| At Davao International Airport |
Philippine Eagle Center breeds and protects our nearly extinct Philippine Eagle a.k.a. Monkey-Eating Eagle. This happens to be the biggest bird I ever saw. They look so grand and majestic most especially when it spread its gigantic wings.
After meeting the Philippine's National Eagle, we decided to have our lunch in Penong's which is half-an-hour ride from the center, It was already past 2pm then. Unfortunately, Penong's is open from lunch time and dinner time only. The store is close at 2-5PM. We just had our lunch at Chowking.
Right after having lunch, we headed to EDEN's Garden Resort which is actually in the mountains. We went there via habal-habal or the single motorcycle. It was my first time to ride a motorcycle but I enjoyed it. With the cool mountain breeze and spectacular view. The ride was long though, but yeah, i had fun with the whole ride.
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| Habal Habal Ride |
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| At the Bird Walk |
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| Eden's Garden Resort Playground |
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| Pathway |
For some reason, or some lack of luck, the resort doesn't have a scheduled tour that day. So I would advise for those who planned to visit the resort, check first the available tour. The resort is so huge you cannot go around it by foot. So without the car they use for their tour, we strolled around a portion of the resort. We saw different species of birds and butterflies. They do have the 'indiana jones' activity area where one can enjoy the 'rope ride' and of course there is a playground that bring us back to our childhood.
After the Eden Garden Resort Tour we went back to our hotel which is like another hour ride.
Day 2:
Water Rafting Day.
We spent almost the whole day water rafting.
IT WAS FUN.
I admit, I am afraid of the waters but the staffs made an assurance that all there is, is FUN!.
And yeah I loved it.
The Davao Wildwater Adventure's office is in the Crocodile Park, so we had the chance to see the crocodile breeding center. Near the center, there were other activity areas like zip-line and Zorv. :)
We had our dinner in Jack's Ridge and bought pasalubong's at Aldevinco.
Day 3:
Chilling at Pearl Farm Beach Resort.
Boy, the pineapple juice is a knock-out! The best pineapple juice I ever tasted.
We had day tour in this resort just chilling and relaxing.
Then we had our dinner in Toryano's which is known for their native chicken meal.
Day 4:
Chema's by the sea.
I can't say much of this resort but I commend it's beautiful casitas.
We checked out at lunch time and we then had our lunch and sumptuous desserts at Lachi's restaurant.
The last stop for the trip is the Bankerohan Market where we bought Pomelos and Mangosteens.
Well. This is a tiring trip actually but all-in-all it has been awesome!
