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True to its name, Mergrande (mer French, n. ocean; grande Spanish, adj. great) boasts of the grandeur of the ocean enhancing nature’s beauty with uncomplicated landscaping and architecture. One doesn’t have to look too far outside Davao City to find the perfect family and business weekend getaway.

Just in the southern tip of the city, nestled in a 8.8 hectares beachfront property in Bago Aplaya, Talomo District is the picturesque Mergrande Ocean Resort. Only a twenty-five minute drive from downtown Davao, it is so near to the center of business and commerce that one doesn’t have to miss a step in one’s business and daily errands while enjoying the luxury of resort living.

Come visit Mergrande Ocean Resort and enjoy the pleasures of quality family time and impressive business functions.

Within the resort, complete facilities are readily available to suit the demands of every individual. For a perfect family beach day-out, Mergrande offers facilities to occupy the time of guests. Let children enjoy in the big and fantastic playground, or build sandcastles along the beach. For the youth and adults, enjoy a game of golf in the 18-hole mini-golf course or place bets in a few rounds of billiards or darts.

For more interactive family activities, there are the basketball and tennis courts for sports or splash around the grand pool or laze out with a little fishing at the Fishing Village . To extend for the weekend, the resort has family cottages and dormitory accommodations for overnight stay. There are also the conference hall, restaurant and pool garden for group functions and catered party celebrations.

Contact Information:

Bago Aplaya,
Talomo District
Davao City
Tel No.: (082) 2984100
Fax No.: (082) 2984101

Jony’s Beach Resort is not only a family-run, easygoing hotel ideal for families, but offers ‘Al Fresco’ dining under palm trees - choose between Filipino, Mexican or international menus - and its famous fruit-shakes, which are blended to perfection since more than 20 years.

Staying at Jony’s Beach Resort is an unforgettable experience of beach holidays at a perfect tropical beach with true Filipino hospitality and accommodations, which ensures privacy.

Jony’s Bar and Restaurant – Perched right in front of the beach, offers a casual and relaxed atmosphere where one can enjoy the sumptuous delights to please even the most discriminate palate.

Jony’s Restaurant offers Al Fresco dining under tropical palm trees. Choose between native and international cuisine including the Especialidades de la Casa, known to be the ultimate Mexican food of its natives. One may also indulge in the panoramic view of the seaside while savoring the aroma and taste of their delectable seafood specialty, “The Fisherman’s Basket.”

Chill-out with friends at our beach luau set-up where one can watch the sunset while having a sip of frozen margarita while listening to the relaxing music that CHILLOUT@JONY’S is best for. One can get a thrill of 2 drinks for the price of one or get spoiled in the PhP 250 worth Drink Beer As Much As You Can promo for 2 hours within the bar’s happy hour from 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM.

- Flight Booking and reconfirmation - Baby sitting
- Airport pick-up and transfers - Baby cribs
- Safety deposit box at the front desk - All major cards accepted
- Island Activities information - Laundry and pressing service
- 24 Hour standby generator - Internet access
- Massage and beauty services arrangement - Room Service

Contact Information:

Telephone: +63-32-254-9665
+63-32-412-7321
Fax: +63-32-412-7321

A freshwater stream winds its way from behind the open-air restaurant, where one can savor an abundant variety of local and foreign cuisine. Using hook and line, visitors can experience the excitement of getting fish right from the stream. And for sports buffs, there are kayaks, bancas, water bikes, and gears for scuba diving.

Only a few meters from the shore is possibly the liveliest teeming coral community in Mindanao. Populated by colorful, tropical fish, and punctuated occasionally by a streak of turtles, the reef can be observed from Duka’s glass bottom boats, which have become popular vehicles of marine education and entertainment. An underwater spring (alibuag) and caves provide excitement to divers.

Along the western side of the bay, partially submerged, is a gathering of large rocks. Ejected years ago from the fiery crater of Mt. Hibok Hibok in Camiguin Island, the boulders now sit in quiet meditation with the waves, so much like visitors of Duka Bay Resort, who have found in the place a wellspring that refreshes the body and the spirit.

Offers:

* Villas
* Scuba Courses
* Scuba Tours
* Stream Fishing

Contact Information:

Phone: (63) (088) 331-2288 to 91
Fax: (63) (088) 331-2290
Cellphone: (63) 9176483268
Email: dukabayresort@yahoo.com
YM: rhea_pel@yahoo.com

Phone (Booking Office, Cagayan de Oro)

- (63) (088) 858-4402 or
- (63) 9177067060
Photo Credit: Pearl's Photos

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A mountain resort located at 3,000 feet above sea level, Eden Nature Park is 95% human-made! It is a great model of how humans can re-create nature and rebuild a lost environment.

Discovered sometime in 1971, the resort used to be a logged-over area covered only by a blanket of wild grass. Its potential was, however, readily seen by the owners as the property provided an imposing view of Davao City and the Davao Gulf.

Not long after, terraces were carved out of the mountain slope, and thousands of pine tree seedlings were planted. As the pine trees grew it created canopies, allowing other trees and plants to grow and creating a secondary forest. Today, there are over 100,000 pine trees spread in about 80 hectares, providing a refreshing backdrop to the various attractions in Eden Nature Park.

Getting There:

* From Manila to Davao by plane either Cebu Pacific, Air Philippines, Philippines Airline(PAL) it only takes 1 and half hour.

* Eden Nature Park is located in Davao City, a one-and-a-half-hour ride by plane down south from Manila. Travel time from the Davao airport to Eden Nature Park is approximately one hour. If taking off from Davao City proper, travel southwards to Toril District.

Contact Informations:

Eden Nature Park & Resort, Inc.
Sales and Reservations Office
Matina Town Square
McArthur Highway, Matina
Davao City, Philippines

Website: http://www.edennaturepark.com.ph
Tel. Nos: +63 82 299-1020, +63 82 296-0791
Fax: +63 82 299-0313
Mobile No.: +639189307590
Email: info@edennaturepark.com.ph
Photo Credit: ixusv3

Wordless Wednesday

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