Archive for the 'About Davao' Category

It’s the Kadayawan Season once again in Davao. And that means a lot of visitors will be coming over to Davao City to see the best of what the city can offer. Frequent visitors are expecting some of the usual things they always see during the Kadayawan Festival: Good Fruits (Durian, Lansones, etc) and Orchids [...]

It is about time that a 74-year old city that is also one of the country’s premier cities has its own honest-to-goodness museum. The Davao Museum, or officially Museo Dabawenyo, is just three years old (since 2008) and has yet to truly make its presence felt in the public’s consciousness. Located along the Pinchon Street [...]

Hi Davao Traveler, The month of March has always been super busy in Davao. A lot of people are coming in from all over the place: from the nearby towns and cities from the different parts of the Philippines and of course, there are the tourists and foreigners They all want to have fun here [...]

When you suddenly find yourself aching to stretch some muscles and have some serious water-fun under the sun, the city of Davao will never disappoint. From long pristine shores to varied water sports to epic water slides, the city also boasts of indoor facilities that exhibit pools of Olympic proportions. And when you thought that [...]

For tourists all over the world, there are a lot of typical activities that one can participate in, whenever wherever. Let’s say, going to beaches in the area, or visiting landmarks and museums. And then there are kinds of activities that only a certain place can offer in their fullness. This time around, we’re going [...]

Year in year out, Davao City (or DC, as I fondly call it) proves worthy of being considered as a strong contender in the tourism arena. Why so? Apart from the urban destinations found in the city, you also get the wonders that only a tropical paradise can offer in ample proportions – the best [...]

Yes, it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Together with the tinsel and holly beginning to line the shop entrance at malls, plus the Christmas carol crooning on the radio, you know very well that Christmas is finally here. We Filipinos don’t celebrate “Thanksgiving” but all the same, we have the Christmas to counter [...]

“Is it Dabaw or Davao?” I was asked that question by a site visitor a couple of months ago. He said he was born in the Philippines, but is now based in the US of A for about 20 years already. Wheeewh! Funny how easily a native Filipino can forget that there are two ways [...]

When people talk about Davao, they usually mean the Davao City. But did you know that there are three more Davao provinces? Yes, they are the Davao del Sur, Davao del Norte and Davao Oriental. Add the province of the Compostela Valley and you get a larger land mass known as the Davao Region. Just [...]

Are you a true-blooded Dabawenyo? How familiar are you with the places around Davao? Can you guide a total tourist when he asks you for a direction of a specific street? Well, test yourself by answering some of the questions below. 1. The following are District names in Davao, except ______. a) Buhangin b) Matina [...]