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Sarangani Bay Festival is the biggest beach festival in the Mindanao and consider to be the NO. 1 beach festival in the Philippines.

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Affordable Vacation Trip For Holy Week and Holidays at Samal Island Davao

Canibad Beach

When we hear of long weekends, holidays, and days off, we are always looking forward to spend time to rest, have fun, or bond with our family and friends. Holy Week is one of the times when people either do their penance or take a vacation. For those who are spending this time for vacation, everything is stress-free as there’s no need to file for vacation leave or be absent from work.

If you are planning a reasonably priced vacation just within or near Davao City, there are affordable beach resorts that could accommodate you and your travel buddies. Samal Island and Talicud Island are the top destinations for local and foreign tourists especially now that the Summer heat has started.

Here are 5 Affordable Vacation Spots you could choose from:

Kaputian Beach Resort

1.       Kaputian Beach Resort is the most affordable beach resort in Samal Island, just one ride from Sta. Ana Wharf via Motorized Pump boat.  The fare is 60php to Kaputian Wharf and a walking distance of about 10 minutes will lead you to this white sand beach. If you are not that prepared, food is not a problem as there are canteens/eateries inside and outside the resort.

Canibad Beach Resort

2.       CanibadBeach Resort is once called the secret paradise of Samal due to its distance which makes it isolated from the popular beaches of Penaplata. The place is located at Barangay Andanao,  one hour ride from Babak. You will have a very bumpy ride going to Canibad. In Canibad, people usually bring their tents as the place is not yet that developed.

Maxima Beach Resort

3.       Maxima Aqua Adventure is the best resort for water adventure. If you love to jump in the deep blue sea, this is the place for you. They have a diving board for you to experience jumping from 15 feet above the water. They also have a giant slide which people of different ages enjoy.

hagimit falls samal 

4.       Hagimit Falls is a perfect place to refresh after having your great time from the beach. This place is also one of the cheapest destinations in Samal Island. Entrance fee is only 20Php for you to enjoy Samal’s famous water falls.

5.       IslaReta Beach Resort is located at Talicud Island. The resort has its own boat operating the Sta.Ana-Davao Wharf route. The one-way fare is just 80 pesos. There’s minimal entrance fee depending if you are taking a day tour or spend overnight.

These are just my personal picks for affordable vacation places in Samal Island/Davao.

Please use the comment box to share your personal choice of vacation spot or if you have queries.

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Maxima Aqua Adventure Beach

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The Affordable Pizza Delight: Alberto’s Pizza

Alberto's Pizza Davao

Craving for pizza while driving around downtown Davao, we know that we shouldn’t be dining at Picobello or La Toscana this time around for two reasons. One, we already had so much from these pizza restos. Two is that we have shopped for some clothes earlier so it’s time to cool down our pockets. But because we really want to have pizza and we recalled passing by a simple pizza parlor a week ago, we were able to eat what we wished for.

The first branch of Alberto’s Pizza in Davao is located in Gen. Malvar Street, along Davao Doctors College. Alberto’s which originated in Cebu serves very affordable yet high-quality pizza. In our first try, we had the 9” Beef & Mushroom Pizza in Mozzarella Cheese.

Depending on what your budget tells you or how many of your friends are with you, you can choose to have 9” or 11” pizza. You also have options on what cheese to put on it –either the more affordable Quickmelt Cheese or have that perfect blend of Mozzarella Cheese. Their pizzas range from P75 to P249 ONLY and they deliver! You may call (082) 3215065, 09228803955, 09478921132. They are open from 9:00 until 12:00 midnight.

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Pacific Little Secret Beach Resort

Pacific Little Secret Beach Resort

Looking for a private resort in much affordable way is very hard but worry no more because when I search over the resorts in Samal Island Davao, I found this very nice and stress reliever beach place in Talicud Island Samal. The resort is known as Pacific Little Secret Beach Resort.

Pacific Little Secret can be found in Talicud Island and can be reach by Big Motor Boat in Sta. Ana Warf. The boat owner of M/V Pacific is also the owner of that said resort. It is an hour ride from Sta. Ana warf.

You can rent the whole resort for a very affordable price with 20 person capacity. You can use their kitchen, stove, ref and other kitchen facilities. They also have nice rooms and havanas for your relaxing moment. They also have generators for back up supply of electricity. The electricity of talicud island is available at 6 PM to 5 AM.

See some pictures and found out yourself how this place will be a perfect getaway for your holy week, weekend, Birthday Celebration or even companies can held there team building in Pacific Little Secret.

pacific Little Secret beach Resort Rate

For day tour, the rates are:

- A flat rate of Php 3,000 starting from 7 AM to 4 PM of the same day for the first 20 guests.

- Additional Php 100 per head in excess of 20 guests.

- Php 150 per hour usage fee if electricity is requested before 3 PM.

- No corkage fees on food, soft drinks and alcohol.

For the overnight:

- A flat fee of Php 6,000 per overnight stay starting from 7 AM to 3 PM the next day, limited to 15 guests only.

A Php 250 surcharge will be assessed each head in excess of 15.

- Php 150 per hour usage fee for electricity if requested between 06:00 AM to 03:00 PM.

Pacific Little Secret Beach resort Contact Information:

Roy or Dina Drilon

244-1724

0920 909 3181

0922 860 9459

Pacific Little Secret Beach Resort

Pacific Little Secret Beach Resort

Pacific Little Secret Beach Resort

Pacific Little Secret Beach Resort

Pacific Little Secret Beach Resort

Pacific Little Secret Beach Resort

Pacific Little Secret Beach Resort

Pacific Little Secret Beach Resort

Pacific Little Secret Beach Resort

Pacific Little Secret Beach Resort

Pacific Little Secret Beach Resort

Pacific Little Secret Beach Resort

Pacific Little Secret Beach Resort

Pacific Little Secret Beach Resort

Pacific Little Secret Beach Resort

Pacific Little Secret Beach Resort

Pacific Little Secret Beach Resort

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Adventure at Kisulad Beach Resort

Front view of Kisulad Beach Resort

Survivor Tv series is totally in trending right now. If you are dreaming for that kind of secret beach place then we have Mindanao has to many to offer. Samal Island has a secret hidden beach like Canibad beach. If you want to look for another undeveloped place but have the beach quality of Boracay then I will suggest you can go to Davao del Sur. Davao del Sur is known for their agriculture productivity they are not into tourism for now but in the future they will discover they have beautiful beaches. If you are familiar with Municipality of Sta. Maria then you are one step closer to what I called Isla Puting Balas.

Isla Puting Balas is known to be the KISULAD Beach Resort. A one hour ride of habal-habal( single motor cycle that is use to transport in a mountainous terrain) from Sta. Maria Davao del Sur. After passing the beautiful mountains of Sta. Maria you will reach the Kisulad Beach Resort. The beach has One to Two kilometer white sand shore.

You need to prepare yourself that there is no restaurant or any store near the beach line. You need to bring everything you want to, don’t worry because the place has electricity.

Kisulad Beach Resort simply offer there wonderful beach and nature. To all who like adventure this place will be the answer.

Kisulad Beach Resort

Kisulad Beach Resort Davao del Sur

Kisulad Beach

Isla Puting Bato Shore

Kisulad Beach Resort Cottage
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If you want to be a contributor please contact me and we are very much happy to publish your vacation experience.

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Best Venue for Beach Wedding in Davao

wedding beach venue

Wedding is one of the important days of your life. The preparation of wedding celebration takes 1 year to make your important day extravagant and remember for the rest of your life and to other person that is close to both partners.

I just want to share my experience preparing for my wedding.  Our first choose is a beach wedding but after we assess everything from the guess to our savings we decided to go with much more comfortable and affordable wedding celebration but an outstanding one.

Our best beach wedding choice:

Bali-Bali Beach Resort – they have good wedding packages and the place is semi private resort with a cool infinity pool.

bali-bali beach wedding

Pearl Farm Resort- every person who wants beach wedding will really include pearl farm to be there top beach wedding venue in Davao. But there packages is much higher than other beach wedding package. We all know that pearl farm is a 5 star beach resort in the Philippines. So expect with their high price.

pearl farm wedding

Pacific Little Secret Beach Resort- the result is located at Talicud Island and it is a private beach resort.  A true perfect beach wedding venue because you are facing the beautiful samal island with white powder beach sand. The resort is very much affordable and good for wedding and any celebration.

pacific little secret beach resort

And the last will be at Canibad Beach Resort but we thing our friends and families will not like the long travel and the spelunking moves before reaching the beach shore of canibad.

pacific little secret beach resort

There are a lot of beach resort in Samal that offer beach wedding but you need to survey first and try to balance everything before deciding what is the perfect venue of your big day!

If you have some suggestion and addition please comment below. I comment are very welcome.

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A List of Wedding Venues in Davao City

The View

Every girl wants a memorable wedding. Something that is worth remembering even if it is already fifty years ago. This is the reason why engaged couples come up with really cool ideas for their wedding. Today, aside from the traditional church weddings, there are also the infamous beach and garden weddings.

In Davao, modern weddings are slowly becoming famous. This is why new business that caters to weddings are coming out here and there. Not only that, other established businesses have added wedding options in their line of services.

This blog is a list of wedding venues in Davao City. These are famous and really cool places to hold your weddings. They assure you that you get your money’s worth with the experience you get from these venues.

The View Davao

The View. It’s very nice to imagine that you get to be married in an elevated place overlooking a large part of Davao City. It is found in Barangay Magtuod in Ma-a, Davao City. To get there, take the road that goes up to Monteritz Subdivision. It is close to the Manila Memorial Park and the Magtuod Elementary School.

Eden Nature Park. For nature lovers, Eden Nature Park is the best choice. Also, if you have an enormous guest list, Eden is the place that can accommodate all of them. Eden holds a large land area of the mountain. Isn’t it just nice to be married around the green trees and pastures? The park is also already complete with a lot of amenities that you might need from the ceremony to the reception and even to the honeymoon. Eden Nature Park is located at Toril, Davao City. It’s really far away from the noise of the city but that is what you want, right?

Isla Reta. Now, here’s a place for the beach bums! Usually, beach weddings are popular choices of younger couples who love to soak in the water under the sun. Experience romance in the cool seawater breeze with your other half at Isla Reta. Contradictory to Eden, Isla Reta is rather small and is best for those who only have a few guests and would like to hold the ceremony privately. Isla Reta is a part of Talicud Island in Samal. This means that you have to get on a ferry boat to go to this very beautiful resort.

Davao Beach Wedding Venue

Clearly, there are still a lot of additions to the list of wedding venues in Davao City. These are just personal opinions and the choice is still yours to make. Just a piece of advice: Whatever you decide, be sure that it is really what you want. Weddings are all about happiness after all.

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El Nido – My Own Idea of A Paradise

El Nido

When we were discussing about our trip in Palawan, we just couldn’t miss the idea of going to El Nido. No one from our group has already been there so we were kind of confident. Little did we know that the road to El Nido wasn’t easy and it cost a little more than we expected.

It took us a long time to decide if we want to push through including El Nido in our itinerary as we got a lot of diverse reviews. Some said it was tiring to travel to El Nido and the transportation is very expensive while others say that everything is worth it once you get there. We decided to go with our gut and pushed through with it.

Well, what can I say? Everything they said was true. There were only two options of transportation to El Nido. One is in a public bus while the other is by a private van. The bus was really cheap but you should also expect discomfort and uneasiness with it. The van is comfortable but yes, it costs really high. We opted for the van anyway as we want to sleep comfortably through the long hours of travel.

El Nido

You see, it takes 7-8 hours before you can get to the little town of El Nido from Puerto Princesa. We left Puerto at around 2AM with a short stop for breakfast along the way and arrived at El Nido at around 10AM. We were able to negotiate with an affordable (a night only costs 500 pesos) inn to stay for the night. The good thing about this inn is that it can also offer you tour packages of the islands of El Nido. We took advantage of it and it was really surprising that it just costs 700 pesos up.

El Nido

We heard from a lot of people that Tour A was a good one. It is also the cheapest so we tried it. We first went to the Big Lagoon. I swear it was so awesome! The lime stones were so high and it was so eerie quiet. We then proceeded to Entalula to have lunch. Apparently, the tour came with a lunch feast that included grilled seafood and some fruits and drinks. After the delicious lunch, we proceeded to the Small Lagoon. I personally fell in love with the Small Lagoon. It was even quieter here than in the Big Lagoon. The ambience was so much calmer to the extent that you could feel the supernatural elements that dwell in the place. I just didn’t want to get away from it.

But sadly, we had to go to another place which is the Shimizu Island where we got the chance to go fish feeding. It was a fun experience because you will see schools of fish swarm you when you put food in the water.

Lastly, we spent the rest of the afternoon in the Seven Commandos Island where we soaked in the remaining rays of the sun that is about to set.

Some were true in saying that it was indeed tiring and expensive to go to El Nido. But, it was overpowered with the experience we got from there. It was like I get to experience a little bit of my favourite reality show Survivor, interacting with Mother Nature and indulging in a whole new culture that is far away from the city.

There is no doubt that I’d recommend this place to everyone. I would even do anything to get the chance to go back to this place over and over again!

El Nido

El Nido

El Nido

El Nido

El Nido

El Nido

El Nido

El Nido

El Nido

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