If you watch the cable channel of the province of Cebu, you must have seen the feature on the Bojo River EcoTour. They have been showing the feature on Bojo repeatedly. So, this morning, we decided to check it out. Our trip started from the city and we went on the longer route. We took the Busay to Balamban transcentral highway.
We went up via Nivel Hills. We have not been to Busay in a long time, so we were pleasantly surprised by the number of zip line adventure parks. The first one that came up was right after the entrance to Tops, the Doce Pares Eskrima Zip line.
We went pass the flower farms in Busay. Since it is only a few days before the All Souls and Saints Day, the flower farmers were so busy packing their flowers in boxes. The streets were lined with men, women and children all moving at a hectic pace, with buses ready to bring their flowers to the city and some to the airport.
We went pass the Kan-Irag Park- a nice place for camping and family hiking.
Just by the Balamban boundary, we were excited to see a high wall and we guessed it was a climbing wall. And we were right. The newly opened Adventure Cafe, also has a zipline, a climbing wall (that will be opened soon), and an upcoming ropes course. One of the owners, Mr. Wenceslao, proudly toured us in their facility. The cafe is situated on a cliff with a magnificent view of the mountains. They offer guided tours to the nearby waterfalls and caves. Will definitely go back for caving and hiking.
A few meters from the cafe there are two more zipline parks- a short one in a family park and k33 green adventures zipline. Will have to go back on another trip for the zipline.
Then we drove further to do our traditional purchase of sweet corn by the foot of the Doktora Macarina Park. We got sweet corn for P40/kilo. We went to this park years ago and we were able to ride horses. They have a nice horse trail. Am not sure, if they still keep their horses.
We drove further and we saw the latest development in the area- the KOOL ADVENTURE CAMP of the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. We heard that they will make a comprehensive adventure park complete with ropes course, camp grounds and team building facilities.
And then we were heading closer to Balamban as we could see the Tsuneishi Ship Building Facility from the mountain. A grim reminder of the recent Iranian tourist accident is a sign that says-- "PAGHINAY KAY DAGHAN NA UG NANGAMATAY DIRI DAPITA" (translation: SLOW DOWN COZ A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE DIED HERE). We guessed the exact spot were the bus fell- because the government road builders were busy erecting a cement wall as road guard along a steep cliff. Philippine time- better late than never. So, we obediently put our car to lower gear as there was a sudden deep incline in the road.
In a few more minutes, we were in the busy town of Balamban. They are building a very huge Gaisano Complex in the area. Then we saw the Tsuneishi ship building complex and further down is the Metaphil factory of the Aboitiz company.
We were driving futher to go to Aloguinsan for the Bojo River Tour. . .
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