MATI DAVAO ORIENTAL

Grab your backpack and explore the beauty of Mati, Davao Oriental with your best friend / travel buddy.

🌴 How to get there?

From Manila or Cebu: you can book flights from Cebu Pacific, AirAsia or Philippine Airlines going to Davao.

From Davao, ride a bus at Ecoland Bus Terminal going to Mati.
✨ Bachelor Express offers non-stop trips
✨Travel time: via Madaum is approximately 3 to 4 hours.
✨ Fare: 240 PHP

🌴 What to do in Mati?

🍃 Surfing 🏄♀️ and Dahican
🍃 Hiking at the Sleeping Dinosaur
🍃 Visit the Subangan Museum to see the large skeleton of the Sperm Whale
🍃 Enjoy the scenery at Mati's Baywalk

✨ If you are planning to hike first before heading to the beach, inform the conductor to drop you off at the view deck. You can then ride a 'habal-habal' (motorcycle) going to the Sleeping Dinosaur.
✨ You can book Kuya Tim (Habal-habal driver / tour guide) here's his contact number 09756581466. Of all the habal-habal drivers he was the only one who asked for 500 PHP for the entire tour (from Dahican to the Sleeping Dinosaur included back to the bus terminal), others would ask for 700 to 800 PHP.

🌴 Where to stay?

🍂 My best friend and I stayed at Dahican Surf Resort 🏄♀️
✨ Entrance fee: 100 PHP per person
✨ overnight: 400 PHP per person
✨ Very affordable food and drinks
✨ Free use of table and chairs

Other resorts:
🍂 Menzi
🍂 Breeze Dahican
🍂 Botona
🍂 Kanakbai
🍂 Kaba sa Dahican

🤗 If you are planning for an overnight stay, book ahead online at booking.com.

So what are you waiting for? Go grab that backpack and head to the beautiful white sand of Mati City ✨