Kayaking is the first exercise you get to take pleasure in whenever you go to Tawsan in Danao Metropolis. | CDN Digital picture/Niña Mae Oliverio
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Need to reconnect with nature in a thrill and enjoyable journey within the north?
Danao Metropolis simply launched on August 28 their latest vacationer vacation spot, the Tawsan Mangrove Forest Ecopark situated in Brgy. Guinsay in northern Cebu.
Tawsan is house to a minimum of 21 Mangrove species together with the hybrid ones that have been man-made and naturally grown. It’s also a house to varied marine life together with shrimps and fishes.
Tawsan was derived from the phrase “Tawo sa Hunasan” that paid homage to the folks residing alongside town’s coastal areas for many years.
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Should you’re from Cebu Metropolis, chances are you’ll experience a bus from the North Bus Terminal and pay for kind of P60 or P80 fare.
What to anticipate right here?
In case you need to embody Tawsan in your subsequent journey, some actions that you may take pleasure in right here embody kayaking the place you’ll be able to discover the paths alone, or using a mini bangka with a vacationer information who will introduce you to the place.
Whether or not you kayak or experience a mini bangka, you’ll get to navigate the six totally different routes and trails throughout the 74-hectare mangrove forest.
Guests who need to experience a kayak should put on a life jacket and a helmet for security functions. CDN Digital picture | Niña Mae Oliverio
The longest of those trails stretches as much as two kilometers which might take about an hour and quarter-hour to finish. The full size of all of the routes mixed is roughly 8.9 kilometers.
In the meantime, the tour guides are all from the Tawsan neighborhood and are educated by town authorities via the Metropolis Tourism Workplace. They are going to make sure that guests obtain an genuine and informative expertise.
Along with the breathtaking views, guests may also savor the distinctive flavors of Tawsan. The specialties are ready by the Tawsan neighborhood, utilizing the components sustainably harvested from the mangrove ecosystem.
These dishes, which showcase the realm’s wealthy culinary heritage, are perfected via a current culinary workshop by town authorities and have now develop into a proud a part of the ecopark’s distinctive choices.
The event of the Tawsan Mangrove Forest Ecopark is backed by a P3.5 million finances, highlighting town’s important funding in sustainable tourism.
The ecopark solely encompassed the early part of this Tourism initiative as a result of Danao Metropolis can even be placing a stroll path (footbridge) for many who favor to not kayak, in addition to a floating restaurant that can provide one other distinctive solution to expertise the mangrove setting.
Danao Metropolis Councilor and the council’s chair on the Tourism Committee, Carmen Ivy Remedios Durano mentioned the foot bridge can be nearly three-kilometer lengthy.
For now, these enthusiastic about experiencing the Tawsan Mangrove Forest Ecopark are inspired to e-book on-line via the Danao Metropolis Tourism Fb Web page. The park isn’t but open for walk-ins, making certain a well-organized and customized expertise for each visitor.
