Winding up in Davao’s Newest Wonderland
Something up in the northern
hills of Davao City has been making a lot of buzz lately among weekend
wanderers and it’s named D’Leonor Inland Resort and Adventure Park. I got
curious about this highland resort that’s still largely a work-in-progress and
had made not a few attempts to check it out. But my best-laid plans were foiled
by this or that unfortunate circumstance. Geez,
I gotta be there before the year ends, I promised myself.
Fortunately, the chance to
see one of the newest family adventure resorts to rise in this part of the
country came my way. With barely a few days left to prepare for one of our
biggest corporate events, I suggested to my co-workers that we hold our final
rehearsal and critiquing outside the four walls of the office. And guess where
we wound up? Where else but D’Leonor Inland Resort and Adventure Park!
A fast-rising wonderland in
the highlands of the city, the resort offers visitors a breathtaking vista of a
sprawling 30-hectare property that has evolved from a wilderness of forest and
rivers and is now continuously being developed by its owners into a family
adventure and theme park. Located roughly 10 kilometers away from the downtown
area, it’s one of the numerous real estate developments that’s rapidly changing
the landscape of Mindanao’s premier metropolis.
Nothing prepared me for what
I saw at the d’Leonor wonderland—a cozy hotel, a function house with
restaurant, a wave pool and a raging river (man-made), a zoo and fishing
ground, a golf course, a mini all-terrain vehicle (ATV) track, a zipline and
hanging bridge, a cable car and many other amusement and recreational
facilities that are still half-finished. There are also chalets, picnic huts
and even dormitories for those who want stay there for a longer time.
It would seem that the
resort has everything tourists would usually hope to find in a getaway. Well,
almost. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to have any natural body of water, say,
a falls, a river, a hot spring, a lake or something, to boast of. I usually
look forward to these things in a hideaway before I’d give it my thumbs-up.
Correct me if I’m wrong but there’s hardly anything there that’s not man-made.
Nonetheless, I’d still give
the D’Leonor wonderland my seal of approval because we really enjoyed our brief
stay there. All told, the facilities were generally excellent and the staff
accommodating, For a few hours, the short but sweet spree at the resort enabled
us to hit three birds with one stone: rehearse our presentations, ride the ATV
and relax our tired minds—all in a day’s time. Now that’s one rare opportunity
to mix business with pleasure! :D
Something up in the northern
hills of Davao City has been making a lot of buzz lately among weekend
wanderers and it’s named D’Leonor Inland Resort and Adventure Park. I got
curious about this highland resort that’s still largely a work-in-progress and
had made not a few attempts to check it out. But my best-laid plans were foiled
by this or that unfortunate circumstance. Geez,
I gotta be there before the year ends, I promised myself.
Fortunately, the chance to
see one of the newest family adventure resorts to rise in this part of the
country came my way. With barely a few days left to prepare for one of our
biggest corporate events, I suggested to my co-workers that we hold our final
rehearsal and critiquing outside the four walls of the office. And guess where
we wound up? Where else but D’Leonor Inland Resort and Adventure Park!
A fast-rising wonderland in
the highlands of the city, the resort offers visitors a breathtaking vista of a
sprawling 30-hectare property that has evolved from a wilderness of forest and
rivers and is now continuously being developed by its owners into a family
adventure and theme park. Located roughly 10 kilometers away from the downtown
area, it’s one of the numerous real estate developments that’s rapidly changing
the landscape of Mindanao’s premier metropolis. 
Nothing prepared me for what
I saw at the d’Leonor wonderland—a cozy hotel, a function house with
restaurant, a wave pool and a raging river (man-made), a zoo and fishing
ground, a golf course, a mini all-terrain vehicle (ATV) track, a zipline and
hanging bridge, a cable car and many other amusement and recreational
facilities that are still half-finished. There are also chalets, picnic huts
and even dormitories for those who want stay there for a longer time.
It would seem that the
resort has everything tourists would usually hope to find in a getaway. Well,
almost. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to have any natural body of water, say,
a falls, a river, a hot spring, a lake or something, to boast of. I usually
look forward to these things in a hideaway before I’d give it my thumbs-up.
Correct me if I’m wrong but there’s hardly anything there that’s not man-made.
Nonetheless, I’d still give
the D’Leonor wonderland my seal of approval because we really enjoyed our brief
stay there. All told, the facilities were generally excellent and the staff
accommodating, For a few hours, the short but sweet spree at the resort enabled
us to hit three birds with one stone: rehearse our presentations, ride the ATV
and relax our tired minds—all in a day’s time. Now that’s one rare opportunity
to mix business with pleasure! :D
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