Mahaplag Inland Resort

Location: Malinao, Mahaplag, Leyte

The resort was ornamented with flowering plants and small trees and the cirque-shaped pool has a wide circumference, occupying the resort with wooden chalets around, a small slide, and a bridge at the center.

Note: The resort also offers overnight accommodations at their mini hotel located just right next to the pool area.

For queries, contact the resort or message them at their Mahaplag Inland Resort facebook page. 

TRAVEL GUIDE

IF YOU ARE FROM MANILA OR CEBU:

There are actually daily flights from Manila to Tacloban and Cebu to Tacloban. If you're from Manila, the flight takes at least an hour and twenty (20) minutes. If you're from Cebu, air travel takes about forty five (45) minutes or less. After you arrived at Tacloban Domestic Airport (San Jose, Tacloban City), go to Tacloban City Bus Terminal via taxicab or transfer service. 

Airlines that travel from Manila to Tacloban: (9+ flights per day)

• Cebu Pacific
• Air Asia
• Philippine Airlines

Airlines that travel from Cebu to Tacloban: (3+ flights per day)

• Cebu Pacific
• CebGo
• AirAsia Zest
• Philippine Airlines

Tacloban City

At Tacloban City Bus Terminal, look for vans or buses which transports to Mahaplag, Leyte. Travel takes two (2) hours from the city. You'll have to tell the driver to drop you off at the road to Mahaplag Inland Resort.

CEBU CITY VIA BAYBAY CITY

If you are from Cebu City and would like to get to Leyte via ferryboats, you can take the Cebu-Baybay route via large sea transports and purchase tickets from ferry outlets in Cebu City. Sea travel takes at least seven (7) hours for large passenger ships. The city’s bus terminal is just near the port area so you can directly ride vans or buses bound for Tacloban City so you'll be able to pass by Mahaplag, Leyte.

Notes: 

• There are two (2) shipping lines which operate from Cebu City to Baybay, Leyte: Cokaliong Shipping Lines, Inc. and Roble Shipping Lines, Inc. 
• There are also Cebu-Leyte routes via Maasin, Ormoc, and Hilongos, Leyte.

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Cold Spring Resorts in Burauen, Leyte

Burauen, Leyte became one of the popular destinations in the province because of the spring resorts located here. Well thanks to social media, every Facebook share and posts helped this unknown place become a famous destination now – people posted their photos of family outings and get-togethers, Cansiboy Burabod Mountain Resort or Pine’s Farm Resort as venues, located at Brgy. Cansiboy, and Brgy. Abuyugon, Burauen, Leyte, respectively. 

A. Cansiboy Burabod Mountain Resort

The resort has a man-made pool with spring waters coming exclusively from mountain peaks. The amount of spring water it pours down to the hillside probably depends on the water pressure in the aquifer or the amount of rainwater.

Note: There are actually two sets of pool. The other was at the lower part of the mountainside which is managed by the local government. Cansiboy Burabod Mountain Resort, on the other hand, is a privately-owned resort.

The water was very, very cold. I can’t even swim properly coz I was shivering badly. The water was icy, but definitely not in a sub-zero point. I think you need to splash yourself a bit first. This gives your body a chance to react more than if you jump straight into the pool or you can also do some research to get some tips on how you’ll improve your tolerance to cold water – for some who want cool swims.

Entrance Fee:

20.00 (Adult)

15.00 (Children)

Cottages:

Near the poolside: P300

B. Pine’s Farm Resort

The pool was designed with large rocks, coated with white, snowy shade to make it look like little icebergs. (Arctic feels!)

So many people visited the resort last Easter Sunday (2016), so we just went to the other side to get a quick dip of the water. It was so crowded and we got no place to stay.

Entrance Fee: P10

Cottages: P150 - P300

Notes:

• It is best to rent a vehicle (if you don't have one) going to these resorts. Only few passenger vehicles pass in this area.
• You can bring your own food and drinks. No corkage fee.

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TRAVEL GUIDE

IF YOU ARE FROM MANILA OR CEBU:

There are actually daily flights from Manila to Tacloban and Cebu to Tacloban. If you're from Manila, the flight takes at least an hour and twenty (20) minutes. If you're from Cebu, air travel takes about forty five (45) minutes or less. After you arrived at Tacloban Domestic Airport (San Jose, Tacloban City), go to Tacloban City Bus Terminal via taxicab or transfer service. 

Airlines that travel from Manila to Tacloban: (9+ flights per day)

• Cebu Pacific
• Air Asia
• Philippine Airlines

Airlines that travel from Cebu to Tacloban: (3+ flights per day)

• Cebu Pacific
• CebGo
• AirAsia Zest
• Philippine Airlines

Tacloban City

At Tacloban City Bus Terminal, look for vans or buses bound for Burauen, Leyte. Travel takes two-hour ride from the city. 

CEBU CITY VIA ORMOC CITY

If you are from Cebu City and would like to get to Leyte via ferryboats, you can take the Cebu-Ormoc route and purchase tickets from ferry outlets in Cebu City (via large transports or fast crafts). Sea travel takes at least seven (7) hours for large passenger ships and just three (3) hours for fast crafts. The city’s bus terminal is just beside the port area so you can directly go to the terminal and ride vans bound for Tacloban City Terminal. You can look for vans or buses bound for Burauen, Leyte once you arrive at Tacloban City.

Note: There are also Cebu-Leyte routes via Maasin, Baybay, and Hilongos, Leyte. 

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Albuera's Perfect Spot: Baybayon Ni Agalon Resort

Baybayon ni Agalon

Unlike with the white sand beaches we used to see on island resorts, Baybayon ni Agalon is actually a pebble beach offering a pool resort located just along the road in Malitbog, Albuera, Leyte.

Small huts, tree houses and 2-storey kiosks were constructed at the beach, overlooking a panoramic view of the oceanfront.

Photo grabbed from Baybayon Ni Agalon Facebook Account

Photo grabbed from Baybayon Ni Agalon Facebook Account

The pool’s structure was wide built with slides sloping down to the water where kids can climb up and slide down to the pool area.

Photo grabbed from Baybayon Ni Agalon Facebook Account

Photo grabbed from Baybayon Ni Agalon Facebook Account

Also, children will surely love to play at the resort’s mini playground equipped with facilities for recreation. My cousins actually loved jumping on the large trampoline set there.

Photo grabbed from Baybayon Ni Agalon Facebook Account

There is also a fresh spa pedicure tank at the resort providing treatment where tiny and toothless scavenger fish clean and exfoliates the skin, nibbling away your dry and dead skin. However, we haven't got the chance to try this spa treatment since the staffs were cleaning the fish tank that time. 

Photo grabbed from Baybayon Ni Agalon Facebook Account

The resort, too, has a small menagerie or zoo, lodging different animals like birds and reptiles. One of which are the ostriches seen near the resort’s entryway. We strolled around the resort and saw many kinds of birds housed on big enclosures and saw a large oviparous python resting in its cage wrapping itself on its food.

As you walk around the area, you’ll see these lizard-type creatures of which are suborder long-bodied reptiles dispersed everywhere on ornamental ponds and camouflaging on large brown trees at the resort. The pond, however, was filled with large carp bred fishes swimming at its mud-filled waters, with small pavilions or summerhouses set on ponds.

Additionally, the resort offers overnight accommodations and a snack bar or restaurant where you can buy food and drinks. 

Photo grabbed from Baybayon Ni Agalon Facebook Account

Photo grabbed from Baybayon Ni Agalon Facebook Account

Baybayon Ni Agalon is actually a great spot for family picnics, barkada outings, or venue for weddings. With its serene setting, beautiful landscapes and resort activities offered there, you’ll surely love to spend some of your vacation here.

Photo grabbed from Baybayon Ni Agalon Facebook Account

Accommodations and fees: Baybayon ni Agalon
P.S. Some pics were grabbed from Baybayon Ni Agalon Facebook Account to provide full picture of the resort. Credits to owner.

TRAVEL GUIDE

IF YOU ARE FROM MANILA OR CEBU:

There are actually daily flights from Manila to Tacloban and Cebu to Tacloban. If you're from Manila, the flight takes at least an hour and twenty (20) minutes. If you're from Cebu, air travel takes about forty five (45) minutes or less. After you arrived at Tacloban Domestic Airport (San Jose, Tacloban City), go to Tacloban City Bus Terminal via taxicab or transfer service. 

Airlines that travel from Manila to Tacloban: (9+ flights per day)

• Cebu Pacific
• Air Asia
• Philippine Airlines

Airlines that travel from Cebu to Tacloban: (3+ flights per day)

• Cebu Pacific
• CebGo
• AirAsia
• Philippine Airlines

Tacloban City

At Tacloban City Bus Terminal, look for vans or buses which transports to Ormoc City or Baybay City. 

Reaching there:

A.) Via Baybay City 

Ride a van bound for Baybay City. Upon reaching the terminal, ride a bus going to Ormoc City. Tell the driver to drop you off at Baybayon Ni Agalon. 

B.) Via Ormoc City

Ride a van bound for Ormoc City. Upon reaching the terminal, ride a bus going to Baybay City. Tell the driver to drop you off at Baybayon Ni Agalon.

CEBU CITY VIA ORMOC CITY

If you are from Cebu City and would like to get to Leyte via ferryboats, you can take the Cebu-Ormoc route and purchase tickets from ferry outlets in Cebu City (via large transports or fast crafts). Sea travel takes at least seven (7) hours for large passenger ships and just three (3) hours for fast crafts. The city’s bus terminal is just beside the port area so you can directly go to the terminal and ride a bus bound for Albuera, Leyte or Baybay, Leyte (you'll pass by Albuera before Baybay)

CEBU CITY VIA BAYBAY CITY

If you are from Cebu City and would like to get to Leyte via ferryboats, you can take the Cebu-Baybay route via large sea transports and purchase tickets from ferry outlets in Cebu City. Sea travel takes at least seven (7) hours for large passenger ships. The city’s bus terminal is just near the port area so you can directly ride vans or buses bound for Ormoc City so you'll be able to pass by Albuera, Leyte

Note: There are also Cebu-Leyte routes via Maasin and Hilongos, Leyte.

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San Jose Skimboarding Camp Resort and Restaurant

Dulag, Leyte is now home for popular tourist destinations (picnic grounds) in the province such as the Sabang Daguitan Surf Camp, Da-o Balayan Kawilan which is famous for their fishing and kayaking activities, and the San Jose Skimboarding Camp Resort and Restaurant. The latter, however, is located just along the road; and took its name from its location - Brgy. San Jose, Dulag, Leyte.

San Jose Skimboarding Camp Resort and Restaurant is a diner resort located near the beach designed structurally with wooden huts and shacks. The beanery is situated actually on a rock hill then fundamentally restructured as a resort camp. The cottages were placed at different levels; most are situated near the beach.

Entrance Fee: P20

Decorative plants and a garden modified with several-stemmed flowering shrubs will welcome you warmly at the resort’s entryway.

You can order meals and refreshments at the counter and the staffs will serve your orders at your dining table. We actually love their Pancit Canton packed with herbaceous veggies and pork at P150 platter meal and their fruit shakes made purely of real fruits for only at P80.

Cottage Fee: P500

Guests who visit prominently at the resort were skimboard riders. Skimboarding is very popular in Leyte and the resort’s location is actually perfect for boardsports. These riders love to slide transversely on the water’s surface to meet an incoming wave (in wave breaking) then ride it back to shore performing ‘big spins’ and ‘wraps’ on their ride.

(Photo grabbed from San Jose Skimboarding Camp's page)

PBB 737's 2nd Big Placer Tommy Esguerra goes skimboarding at San Jose Skimboarding Camp

(Photo grabbed from Lingkod Kapamilya Page)

The camp resort actually offers a great vista of the beach and the river in between. It’s just an hour drive from the city where you can surely relax for the meantime. This is actually our best ‘winding down’ spot since the camp is located just fifteen (15) minutes away from home.

When you visit the camp during evening, you’ll surely love the lights and lanterns lighting up the resort with its different colors in low light, surely a romantic setting for lovers dating at sundown.

Notes:

• If you have to bring your own food, the resort offers no corkage.
• The resort can also be a venue for birthday parties and other activities. Venue Fee: P3,000 
• You need to cross a river through a bamboo banca of which has strings attached to it for easy access to the beachside. 

• The camp resort operates until 9:00 PM only.

Just like the San Juan Boardwalk and Restaurant at Sta. Rita, Samar, this camp resort is a Bantay Kalikasan ecotourism site from the Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation of ABS-CBN, given intended to furnish livelihood to women, according to one of the staffs that we’ve asked.

TRAVEL GUIDE

IF YOU ARE FROM MANILA OR CEBU:

There are actually daily flights from Manila to Tacloban and Cebu to Tacloban. If you're from Manila, the flight takes at least an hour and twenty (20) minutes. If you're from Cebu, air travel takes about forty five (45) minutes or less. After you arrived at Tacloban Domestic Airport (San Jose, Tacloban City), go to Tacloban City Bus Terminal via taxicab or transfer service. 

Airlines that travel from Manila to Tacloban: (9+ flights per day)

• Cebu Pacific
• Air Asia
• Philippine Airlines

Airlines that travel from Cebu to Tacloban: (3+ flights per day)

• Cebu Pacific
• CebGo
• AirAsia Zest
• Philippine Airlines

Tacloban City

From the city’s terminal, you can ride a jeepney bound for Dulag, Leyte and tell the driver to drop you off at the resort. San Jose Skimboarding Camp Resort and Restaurant is located just along the highway before reaching the proper town of Dulag. 

CEBU CITY VIA BAYBAY CITY

If you are from Cebu City and would like to get to Leyte via ferryboats, you can take the Cebu-Baybay route via large sea transports and purchase tickets from ferry outlets in Cebu City. Sea travel takes at least seven (7) hours for large passenger ships. The city’s bus terminal is just near the port area so you can directly ride vans or buses bound for Tacloban City so you'll be able to pass by Dulag, Leyte.

Notes: 

• There are two (2) companies which operates from Cebu City to Baybay, Leyte: Cokaliong Shipping Lines, Inc. and Roble Shipping Lines, Inc. 
• There are also Cebu-Leyte routes via Maasin, Ormoc, and Hilongos, Leyte.

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Unauthorized use or duplication of this material without permission, authorization, or written consent from the author or proprietor is strictly forbidden and firmly prohibited. Always provide full and clear credit to DyaryoDeByahe with the appropriate direction to the original content.