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Bird Watching at Malagos Garden Resort
August 31, 2008Just less than a month after our Samal Island trip, we were back again at Davao City. This time, due to an invitation from Wendy’s ninang to visit Malagos Garden Resort to celebrate her birthday.
Since August 10 was a Sunday, we went to church first at Elenita Heights, Mintal where Ninang Yvette lives. Then off we go to Malagos Garden Resort where we arrived at around 10:00 AM. Since we already are starving as we have not taken any breakfast, we ate first at the parking area where there are picnic tables. Food is not allowed by the way inside the resort.
Ito’ng mga sugpo ang binanatan ko!
Resort admission is P100 for adults and P80 for children. Unluckily for us, when we entered the resort at 11:00 AM, the bird show has just been finished. Oh well, sucks big time! Fortunately, we were still able to catch this friendly parrot.
A guide introduced himself to us and led us to a tour of the whole place. The place is a haven for many varieties of birds. Some of them are exotic and already rare. These are some of the birds (I forgot to take note of their names).
When I blurted out “matang lawin” when I saw this bird, the tour guide immediately told us that Kuya Kim Atienza will go to the place the week after that day to shoot an episode of his show “Matang Lawin”.
The place has also I think around 100 ostriches. I’ve never seen this many ostriches in my entire life!
Look how big the ostrich’s egg is! This was taken at their Koi Café, so called because of the hundreds of koi fish in the man-made pools surrounding the restaurant. They serve ostrich meat but we did not try it.
They also have a spot called Noah’s Arc Topiary, a collection of animal sculptures made from shrubs. Very cool eh? Wrong spelling nga lang ung arc, hehe..
At our background is Noah’s Ark.
At the playground.
Gorilla on the loose!
At the gazebo where garden weddings are held.
The resort also offers horseback riding for P250/hour and calesa ride for P50/trip.
There also sculptures created by National Artist Napoleon Abueva.
These are bignay berries that the owners make into bignay fruit wine.
If you want to stay for the night, there are cottages that range for P2,400 to P4,200 per night and a dormitory for P350/person per night.
One of their greenhouse domes.
Overall, we have a very enjoyable and educational experience at the place. We were so tired exploring the place but that’s nothing compared to the wonderful sights the place had offered us.
For sure, we will come back again one of these days.
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Yes! Pwede mu-comment… Inglisero na diay ka karon khe.. 
heheheh
Bago lng kmi nagkita-kita ng dati barkada… sa wakas, friends na daw kami ulit.. tpos kaka-bday din ni Miriam Serrano, ibang grupo na naman nakasama ko after 5 years ata.. heheheh… gratz sa baby…
grabeh nato ginutom ako ng post mo at wow ganda ng place..wala talagang tatalo sa Pinas.
Posted by Joy at September 1, 2008, 7:27 pmWow, ganda. At nakakagutom na travel to, hehehe. Ganda talaga sa pinas no =)
Posted by msrheico at September 1, 2008, 8:17 pm@montee - ok din mga adventures mo ah
@Poyje - di naman masyado, medyo lan, hehe.. nasa cotabato city lang naman ako lagi, sama ako jan!
@Joy @msrheico - kambal ba kau? Hehe.. Sympre, ganda talaga dito sa atin.
Posted by ark at September 1, 2008, 9:45 pmigsu! kakainggit..igala mo rin ako jan sa place na yan pag uwi ko ..sana available kau that time..heheheh
Posted by queen at September 2, 2008, 2:21 amganda pala jan sa malagos kuya arkhe…tagal ko na dito sa davao pero hindi pa rin ako nakakapunta jan…your experience made me realize me na dapat na akong pumunta jan…nalalayuan kasi ako jan sa malagos…hehehehe : ) ironic isn’t it?
ganda rin ng kuha ninyo ni ate wendz… tumaba ka talaga kuya arkhe! nyahahahaha! : )
Posted by mie at September 2, 2008, 8:21 amkhe,
musta …maganda talaga dyan….yung bird show maraming sets yun sayang kung naabutan nyo sana…anyway…pang international ang blog mo ah hahaha….try to visit more tourist destination d2 sa mindanao….cool dude..
@queen - sige igso, pero sana kami muna ipasyal mo jan sa europe, hehe..
@mie - di daw oi! chubby lang! 
@tommy - ok tom, thanks!
Posted by ark at September 2, 2008, 2:05 pmang sarap ng buhay nyo! invite us next time ha…………..
Posted by delma at September 2, 2008, 5:59 pm@delma - hehe, sige te..
Posted by ark at September 2, 2008, 6:59 pmits nice to visit blogs like this…i am not a well travelled person and your post is my window to Malagos…para na rin akong nakapunta …at nakikain pa heheh
Posted by cielo at September 5, 2008, 12:00 amHi.
Wow nice photos! nakaka gutom naman..
huhuhu..i miss malagos..last kung punta dun nung 4th yr college ako..ng party kami dun..
Have a nice weekend :]
Posted by twinks at September 5, 2008, 7:42 pm@cielo - you’re welcome anytime here
@twinks - halos lahat ng bisita ko dito ay ginugutom ah? hehe..
Posted by ark at September 5, 2008, 8:56 pmnice blog! i like it when blogs have pictures in it. my eyes wandered all ove the page. 
kudos to the travellers!
hi arkee,
ur now in my list. thanks sa message. honestly i dont like malagos and all these theme parks, including davao’s peoples park. theyre sooo made up, thanks for the aesthetics; sorry for these caged animals.
chill.
hehehe…
kadugay na nako wa ko kasuroy diri bah. it’s good to see them again from your pics. Pero, mas type nako tong mga hipon na pagkaon ninyo hehehehe!
Posted by marites1034 at September 9, 2008, 10:33 pmwow sarap naman ng food trip nyo sugpo! nakakagutom tuloy ng makita ko. anyway…alalay lang at nakaka-high blood yan hehe.
Posted by geri at September 10, 2008, 8:25 am@duberkat - glad you enjoyed the pix
@bananachoked - haha, at last someone gave me a unique comment
@marites1034 - suroy balik oi! lingaw baya.. lakaw ug cotabato, daghan sugpo didto, hehe..
@geri - andami nio nang ginutom dito ah..
Posted by ark at September 11, 2008, 7:36 pmnakakainggit ang sugpo.. mukhang hindi lang matataba, mura pa ang price. di tulad dito sa Japan, isang sugpo nasa 70 yen (~30php).
Posted by dimaks at September 13, 2008, 8:39 amAy inggit ako!
Posted by Cathy at September 13, 2008, 10:24 pmVery enjoyable coverage of the Malagos Garden Resort! I like your photos, especially of the sugpo! yum! 
@dimaks - hmmm, actually halos magkapareho lang price eh. Mahal na din ang sugpo dito eh.
@Cathy - marami na kayo, hehe..
@Blogie - yes, thanks for dropping by here sir..
Posted by ark at November 3, 2008, 3:42 pmhello,
just wanna ask lng po, when u were in malagos, do you had a advance booking on the place so you could visit all the resort attractions?
Is there any entarnce fee on every attractions or how much do u guys spent for the trip? how about the food, is there any restaurant insiide or can we bring our own food - any corkage fee? please please
Just wanna know badly coz i have some friends coming here in davao next week and i dunno where im going to take them. Good thing that i saw your site and iT gave me idea where to take them. So please help me…
Posted by kinabuch_girl at November 28, 2008, 8:18 pm@kinabuch_girl - I sent you an email. I hope that helps.
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tol ganda ng travel nyo…
nice place to go too
watch also our adventure… see my profile sa fs…
or sa youtube
watch montee wall climbing and you will see the rest
ok?
Posted by montee at August 31, 2008, 11:54 pmmuchisimas gracias