Recommended Places to visit in Davao

Make your travel in Davao a memorable and fun experience. We are recommending the following places and tourist attractions to visit while you are in Davao City.

Pearl Farm Island Resort

Located in a secluded Samal Island off the coast of Davao City, The Pearl Farm Island Resort is the best place to relax and unwind. It is about 45 minutes by boat from Davao City.

Aptly called the Pearl Farm, this world-class private resort was once a place where white, pink and gold pearls are cultured from a special breed of oysters coming from the Sulu Island.

Philippine Eagle Foundation

Considered as an endangered species, the Philippine Eagle has found its home in Davao. The Philippine Eagle National Center is a santuary of the world's largest eagle. It nutures these birds and conducts continous research and advocacy programs to preserve this mighty king of the skies. As a matter of fact, it has already successfully bred eagles in captivity.

Located in Malagos, Calinan District, this little tropical paradise welcomes visitors to its place and witness its wondrous surroundings. Visit this place and feel what it's like to be close in Nature only here in Davao.

Eden Nature Park

Another place to visit for those who love to commune with nature to unwind from work and the busy city life. The Eden Nature Park is a perfect place if you want to engage in nature activities with your friends and family. It is also a producer of organically grown fruits and vegetables.

Davao Museum

One of the ways you can understand the soul of the people of Davao is by taking a short-trip back in time. The Davao Museum, located within the compound of the Insular Village, has captured Davao's rich and colorful heritage. The museum is a repository of Native crafts, tribal artworks, ancient musical intruments, and colorful customes of the different early tribes of Davao.

Crocodile Park

Giant crocodiles, big snakes, and colorful butteflies. These are among the many featured animals in this wonderful tourist destination in Davao City. The Davao Crocodile Park has world-class facilities and recreation areas that kids, as well as at kids at heart, will definitely enjoy.

Source: davaotraveler.com

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Top 10 Tourist Spots in Davao City

Nature, Wildlife and Culture Experience

1. The Philippine Eagle Nature Center

The Philippine Eagle Nature Center

If you want to take a glimpse of the coveted and nearly extinct Philippine Eagle, then the Philippine EagleNature Center is where you should go. It is the home of 36 Philippine Eagles, ten other bird species, 4 mammal species, and 2 reptile species. The place is also ideal for educational trips especially about learning the ecosystem where these eagles could thrive.

2. Crocodile Farm

Davao Crocodile Park

In the heart of the city lies a habitat filled with one of the wildest creatures known to men, the crocodiles. What started as mere fascination to crocodiles has blossomed and grew into a lucrative leather business and a wildlife preserve that is home to many species aside from saltwater and freshwater crocodiles. Take some time to visit this place and enjoy the wonders it offers.

3. Eden Mountain Resort

If you want to have a more relaxing mountain respite, conquering the Eden Mountain Resort is definitely a very good idea. Being in this glorious mountain haven is like experiencing nature, adventure, leisure, culture and eve romance at the same time. Visiting this place is a must if ever you decide to experience Davao.

4. People’s Park

One of Davao’s pride and a tourist magnet is the People’s Parklocated at the center of the city.The cultural-themed park is projected with life sized sculptures of the Lumads in Davao City, thePhilippine eagle and many more.This 4-hectare park also features the Durian Dome (a tropicalfruit Davao City is known for), the Promenade (a track favoured by many joggers and healthbuffs fore early morning exercise), the Dancing Fountain (the first in Mindanao), a 10-meter man-made waterfalls against a backdrop of a volcanic rock wall, benches and Kid’s playground.

Nearby Getaways

5. Island Garden City of Samal

Although, territory wise IGACOS or the Island Garden City of Samal belongs to Davao del Norte, the island could be easily accessed through Davao City. Take a break from busy Davao and go to Samal for a day or two vacation. There are a lot of resorts to choose from depending on the kind of retreat you want to have. Please visit Samalbeaches.com for more info. 

6. Mt. Apo

Mt. Apo is not exclusive to Davao City. It could be reached through other places in Mindanao such as Bukidnon and Kidapawan. However, most Mindanao outsiders would need to pass through Davao City in order to reach any of the trails leading to the famous mountain peak of Mt. Apo, the largest mountain in the Philippines.

Nightlife Experience

MTS(Matina Town Square) / Torres / Jack’s Ridge

If you are interested for some night life adventure, then the Matina Town Square (MTS), bars and restos lining the street of Torres, and Jack’s Ridge are some of the top choices you have. They offer live band entertainment, best tasting food with different cuisines, affordable beer and the best night-life experience.

Matina Town Square

Photo by :Keith Bacongco

Thrill and Adventure

DECA Wakeboard Park

You do not have to go far just so you get a taste of speed, wakeboard and thrill. Davao also offers this kind of adventure to offer. Although it is not yet complete, when done, the DECA Wakeboard Park will be the biggest wakeboarding park in the whole country. One advice, if you do go and experience wakeboarding, make sure to go when there are not so many people around so you could have the speed adjusted and you have more turns.

Zip City and Outland Adventure Xcelerator 

If it is the thrill of heights you are looking for, then going for a zip line ride is definitely what you are looking for. Using the standard equipment advised by the International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation, you are assured that you are safe even if you travel midair, 320 meters long and 120 feet above the ground.

D’leonor Inland Resort and Wavepool

If you have had enough of swimming pools and you think you are quite bored with them, surely you will love to try the new wavepool in Mindanao. It is something that not a lot of people in this part of the Philippines have already tried. Imagine a pool with simulated beach waves. Surely, it is worthy enough to be included in your must-try list.

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Experiencing the Best of Davao City (Part II)

DAVAO City is an attractive place for eco-tourism. There is always an attraction for tourist adventurers like river rafting to most exhilarating zip-line experience.

However, the laid-back tourist would still be able to have fun with the least adrenaline pumping attractions like visiting some of the museums and sites that this largest city (outside Metro Manila) could offer.

Shoestring travelers would surely find Davao City as the best place to visit in Mindanao on a tight budget. In fact, a group visit here would only cost you a few hundred bucks if you stay away from those expensive travel tours.

A good place to visit is the Davao Museum in Lanang were you can feast your eyes on cultural artifacts of Minadanao's various tribes like the Mandaya, B'laan, T'boli, Manobo, Mansaka and Baghobo. The museum features tribal indigenous instruments for music, war and burial rituals. Entrance to the museum is set at P100 per person.

In my last visit, I took time to savor the local color of Davao City with a stroll along the downtown district and paid a short stop at the San Pedro Cathedral Church and Davao City Hall.

The San Pedro Cathedral is the oldest church in Davao built in 1847. The downtown area is the beating center of the city dotted by hundreds of merchant stalls and food outlets.

And if you are a fan of GMA7's "Amaya", you can visit the T'boli and Weaving Center for some bead ornaments and traditional tribal clothes. Here, there is a tribal weaving factory where you can buy traditional T'boli woven products like bags and other accessories.

The Lon Wa Buddhist Temple is also a popular attraction among tourists who would like to see the other spiritual side of Davao City. The entrance to the temple features a smiling Buddha that is perfect for souvenir photos.

At night, Davao City is a perfect place for bar-hopping. We visited Matina Town Square or more affectionately called by the locals as MTS for some night fun. Davao City has an emerging entertainment industry (the wholesome kind of course) with dance groups, comedians, and bands holding regular stint among bars here. Some bars do not have "cover charges" and one would only need to order a bottle of beer to enjoy music or any of the bars' night entertainment.

A word of caution though, the city implements a curfew at 2:00 am and bars here are very diligent about the city ordinance that even the entertainers would remind customers to be mindful of the city curfew.

On your way home, drop by the Magsaysay Park Fruit Stands and Davao China Town for some pasalubong for family and friends back home. I would recommend that you end your visit in Davao City with an exhilarating zip-line ride. Davao City boasts of having some of the best zip-line rides in the country. And for the experience, Zip City provided me with a wonderful experience that I would surely try again in my next visit to the Durian Capital of the Philippines.

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It’s going to be my first time to join a Food/Culinary Tour. Being a Kapampangan (from the province of Pampanga, the Culinary center of the Philippines), I love food! I love sauce and delicacies which I think where Kapampangan stands outs. I don’t know what to expect but I am hoping to experience Davao with the food lined up for this tour. 

 

I’m going in the Kadayawan Festival this 2012 and will be joining Grace Plata and her friends in a food tour around Davao. If you want to join us, below is the full itinerary.

 

PACKAGE RATE:  Php 1,999.00 per person

 

August 16 Dinner at Swiss Deli

 

• Proudly Davao-made deli products (cold cuts and sausages)
•  Malagos Farmhouse Cheese & Bignay Wine
• Full Meal (Appetizer to Dessert + Wine)

 

August 17

 

• 5am-10am - Breakfast at Paradise Island Resort 
• (Meet at the Paradise Dock, Sasa Davao City)
• Samal Island
• ***Participants can enjoy a quick dip before and after breakfast
• Lachi's Sans Rival Atbp.
• Edcil's Sutokil
• Sugba, Tola, Kinilaw
• Buffet
• Tiny Kitchen
• Tricycle Ride to Claudio, short walk to Davao Pasalubong Center
• Jeepney ride to Aldevinco Shopping Center (Pasalubong)
• Short walk to Chippens Cafe
• Old-time favorite snacks made the Davao way

 

Notes:

• Mode of Transportation on August 17 is mixed (Cab, Tricycle and Jeepney)
• Transportation Cost included in Tour Rate

 

Here is a word from the tour coordinator:

 

I can assure all those going for the full trip will not regret it. Davao can indeed be a gourmand's paradise not just because of the abundant raw materials but because a lot of really great chef's have chosen to settle here and most of them have opened restaurants. Swiss Deli is a prime example of that.

 

You can reach Grace Plata at these numbers: 0908.947.1124 or 0932.367.7524.

 

Are you going? Do let me know if you are joining. I would be interested to hang out withTripsiders friends.

 

See yah!

 

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