Getting to know Davao
One of those easy-going trips with all the family, this it was mix of forest mountains, bat caves, islands and beaches, with great food cooked right on the beach.
Of course visiting the Agdao Market is a must before you head from Sasa Wharf to Paradise Resort. Sticky Rice with sugar and hot chocolate is the way to start a busy day.
Probably the best part of the park is the forest track. It was quite an adventure then, as it was after a storm, which destroyed some part of it.
Dueing our last day, we arranged a private boat and the first stop was the Vanishing Island, which wasn't an island when we arrived, but a sand bar under water.
For a very short while we went to the WaterFront Hotel to do Davao photo shoot.
Of course visiting the Agdao Market is a must before you head from Sasa Wharf to Paradise Resort. Sticky Rice with sugar and hot chocolate is the way to start a busy day.
Our favorite spot with great snorkeling, great-tasting local food and possible overnight stay on the beach.
About 30 minutes driving from Bangkal in Davao is the Eden Nature Park. Cooler than in the city, with the grass green like in the edited pictures, good for playing around, walking, swimming... and with a buffet restaurant.
Probably the best part of the park is the forest track. It was quite an adventure then, as it was after a storm, which destroyed some part of it.
We have visited the Philippine Eagle Center and a party to try some Macapuno Coconut and Lechon Kawali on the way back down to Davao.
We waited for an hour, snorkeled around the mangrove trees and the boatmen set the fire to cook Matambakas- fish with huge eyes.
Just across the Vanishing Island, near a beach on Samal Island is the UNESCO protected area- Monfort Bat Sanctuary, which is a cave with 2.3 million Rousette fruit bats. The smell there is intense. It also serves as a grocery for a local dog who snaps 1 sleeping bat from the cave every day for the meal.
During the four days in Davao, you can barely get to see at least part of the interesting places. Definitely worth coming back again and again,