To my amazement, Samal Island is not only made up of one island but of an island in an island in an island. Hence, shortly after I have found out through rigorous (or googling all night) research that Samal, derived from Isamals, the first inhabitants of the island, is a cluster of islands known as the Island Garden City of Samal or IGaCoS after its declaration in January 30, 1998.
It is one of the best places in Mindanao that showcases world class choices of unspoiled beaches and niches which are ideal refuge to escape the taxing and fast paced urban life.
From Davao City, we visited the island at around 09:00am assuming the place is an hour ride away. The best surprise was that the island is only around 15 minutes away by way of a pump boat which costs Php 30.00 a ride (US $0.60).
During our visit, we stayed for a day tour at the Blue Jazz Resort for only Php 200.00 (US $4.00)
Here's a rundown of our Samal activities:
Kayaking: Php 150.00/hour (US $3.00)
Body Boarding/Wakeboarding: Php 150.00/hour (US $3.00)
We no longer visited the famous bat cave and Hagimit waterfalls
Here's a peek of Samal. :)
To the port.
The island of Samal, Blue Jazz side.
A ride in a small pump boat to and from Davao to Samal costs around PHP 30.00
Mom and Dad, the lovely couple. I'm so inggit. HAHA
The Wake boarding person who gave us a huge discount just because we were attentive enough to let him talk... and talk.. and...zzz was well very accommodating and talkative. But if I were him, I'd probably do the same. For crying out loud, I'd be so effin' proud if I were in his shoes. Wakeboarder kunnam man.
Kidding aside Manong taught us the best places to wake board and beach bum. So daghang salamat, selamat gatang, maraming salamat at Thank you!
All we honestly did was bodyboard
Though it seemed we did a lot more
Though it seemed we did a lot more
Then I found out kayaking ain't that great as I thought it would be. It was nothing but boat rowing. -_-!
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