Road Trip to Seagull Mountain Resort - 03/2012

Seagull Mountain Resort is located along Bukidnon-Davao Road (popularly known as Buda road). It is 4,200 feet above sea level and is part of the Davao Seagull Resorts group. The place, with its elevation, has a natural cold weather which can be compared to that of Baguio City in Luzon. It also has a small waterfalls which water goes to the man-made pools. And yes, it's also very cold - freezing cold.

The waterfalls

As we celebrated our first wedding anniversary, we embarked on a road trip to Seagull Mountain Resort. From Toril, we got off the public transport at Ulas Crossing and waited for almost 2 hours for a bus bound to Cagayan de Oro City. With no luck, we decided to get on a passenger jeep going to Calinan, had our lunch and waited for a bus. Finally, a full non-air conditioned bus came after an hour. 

Seagull Mountain Resort

After an almost 2-hour bus ride, we got off the bus at the gates of the resort. We immediately went to their office and got a room for 2 for Php 1,700.00 with hot and cold shower, but no television set. Since it was a Wednesday, we were the lone visitors of the resort. After checking in, we were on our way to the waterfalls.

Peace and quiet

After some walking, we finally found the waterfalls which was almost dried up for the summer. But this did not hinder us to experience the very cold water of the falls and to dip in the swimming pool. Brrr.... It was almost 4pm when we decided to explore the other areas of the resort.

The way to the cross

We enjoyed the pine trees planted all over the place. We ran and jumped at the middle of the quiet place as if we were little children. It was still past 5pm although it was already a little dark when we headed to the steak house just outside the gates for dinner. It was when we realized that we haven't changed our wet clothes yet, which was not really a good thing given the cold air. We went back to our room after dinner and put into use their hot shower. 

Suman and hot tsokolate

The following morning, we had suman and hot tsokolate for breakfast. After some photo ops, we checked out and started the 4-hour wait for the bus going back to Davao City. We will surely visit this place again, and hopefully we already have our own transportation when that time comes. :)