Busay: Mountain View Nature Park

Just less than an hour of drive from the busy street of the city, you can enjoy this chillin place and park with a great overlooking view of Cebu City. Very accesible that there are motorcycles that are available going to the park that you only have to pay 100 pesos per head/ 150 pesos for 2 person for the motorcyle one way. The entrance fee is 50pesos and 100pesos for the pool entrance. You can also ride a jeepney with the signboard 04H, since there are jeepneys that will park in Busay, 15 pesos is the fare. You can also take taxi, grab or uber from Ayala, JY or in IT park.

Located at Roosevelt Drive, Sitio Garahe, Busay, Cebu City a few meters away from the also known tourist spot the Temple of Leah and Tops.

You can bring foods and drinks with you, and can use tables that are available around the park. You will enjoy the cozy and peaceful place along the overlooking view of the city. You can stay overnight at the park, since there are available rooms for overnight, and even camping tent for rent. They also have canteen, and a restaurant in the vicinity. The canteen is open usually at 9 in the morning and close at around 12 midnight specially on a weekend or Friday night.

Many college students who will spend a night on a Friday at the park together with the barkada, chillin while enjoying the cozy and amzing overlooking citylights. Specially those who have their own wheels. The road going to the park is well maintained, and they have a big area for parking.

No corkage for the foods and drinks. You can bring any foods you like. You can also celebrate your birthdays or any special occasion at the park since they have amenities for parties. 

A new addition to the facilities is their lovelock and the improve swimming pool which is now a wonderful infinity pool.

Available Facilities of the resort:

• Restaurant
• Event Catering
• infinity Pool
• Videoke Rooms
• Camp Site
• View Deck
• love & lock garden
• Rope Course Challenge
• Conference Areas
• Open Areas for any function
• Room Accomodations
•  24/7 Security

Tabuelan: Hawaiian Beach resort

Tabuelan, the place is located at the northwestern part of Cebu and known of having white sand beaches. The town composed of 12 barangays and its part of the 4th district of Cebu. The town is used to be a part of Tuburan, which is the largest barangay of the town in 1950’s.

I used to travel in Tuburan, and since it’s a next town, I decided to visit one of its nearest resort, and it’s my first time to visit Tabuelan. Hawaiian Beach Resort, just about 2 kilometers away from the town proper. I just walked from the town proper to get to the resort. You can actually take tricycle to get there or motorcycle. The resort has several separate rooms available which are concrete made and air conditioned rooms. They also few open cottages, karaoke machine on the main beach house that will cost you 100 pesos per hour and if you can book earlier, you can ask the caretaker to cook food for you.

If you love to spend time away from crowded resorts with good view and relaxing place, I recommend you to come here. You can ask the guard to have you fresh buko juice, since there are many coconut trees in front of the resort, it will cost you 30 pesos. You can bring foods with you without corkage, and it is really recommended since they don’t have available foods for sale when I visit the place, though it’s just few meters away from the town’s market.

The resort has white sand beach and you can have cliff jump, though it’s not that high, but recommended to have it on a high tide. They have shower area for their guest. The guard and the caretaker are very kind. The resort was run by a couple and they lived in one of the main beach house. The best thing about the resort is that it is secluded place, you can’t find house on the sides of the resort, the neighboring houses are found outside the gate in front of the resort.

The resort is on development, and they have new rooms, pool and Jacuzzi that was for installation when I visit the placed with my friend Jesril Alon who happened to be my tour guide to the place since he was living on nearby barangay.

The rooms price range from 1400 - 2500 pesos, cottage rent range from 150 - 400 pesos. Entrance fee is already free if you rent cottage/room in the resort. They have karaoke which you can rent per hour for 100pesos. The guard and the attending resort caretaker is really kind and helpful, they really are very accommodating.

I am really looking forward to visit the resort again on a great weather since the last time I visit the resort, it happened that their is low pressure that's why we encountered big waves and only enjoy the beach for a while.