Dakak Beach Resort

On our MNL-DPL leg, our flight was delayed. Instead of leaving at 1045am, we managed to flew at around 1pm. Our original plan of eating at Dakak was spoiled. Instead, we eat at one of the food bars at NAIA terminal 3. There’s not much to do here so we just window-shop and fool around to kill those down time. It’s good that we planned touring Dakak on or first day, so we have plenty of spare time for mishaps like this. There were a lot of people complaining at the Cebpac crews… but hey, what can they do? Poor crews! Instead of complaining we joked around and asked if there were any free lunch.hehe.., too bad, there wasn’t.

Tip: Check in your tripods since Cebpac personnel will force you to check that in anyway.

When we arrived at the Dipolog airport, we were greeted by crews of the Dakak beach resort. They even hung orchid-necklaces to each of us. Other crews asked us for our bag tags and get our checked-in bags for us. We weren’t used to being welcomed like this…hehe During our last trip, I even carry a huge box while trying to run away from some haggling CDO taxi drivers. Hehehe

Using their van, we headed to Dakak. We ended up in the back row since we took some pictures of the airport and we wanted to make sure that none of our bags were missed out. When we arrived at the resort, we were given welcome drinks. The drinks were simply Tang multi-flavored juice, but it’s a great thirst-quencher anyways.

Our room was situated away from the pool and the beach. I think all rooms were designed like this. The room looked like a modern “bahay-kubo”. It was made of nipa and cement, and was spacious enough for 4 people. There was also a mini-living room inside, and veranda overlooking Dakak fields. We fought the urge to sleep and tour Dakak.

There weren’t much to do here. I think this resort is created for family and couple vacations. The ambiance is soooooo relaxing that we were on the verge of boredom. There are many water sports activities; however, they’re expensive, so we didn’t try them out.

View of Dakak from the Globe tower

Anyway, the sights were great so we ended up picture-taking before taking a dip at the beach. Even the beach was sooooo calm, there wasn’t a wave at all. At night, we tried the bowling and billiards for P30 each. Fun, at last! Hehehe. We were unable to use the free videoke machine since it closes at 11pm.

Things to do in Dakak:
-    banana boat ride
-    kayak, jet skis and such stuff
-    swim (pool and beach)
-    use the spinning Jacuzzi (upto 6pm only ? )
-    play bowling
-    play billiards
-    sing your hearts out using the videoke machine
-    relax/sleep
-    enjoy the sights
-    dine
-    annoy the doves and frogs abundant in the area. hehehe

Here is our expense breakdown for day 1:

Fast facts we learned while in Dakak:
-    Pres. GMA were supposed to visit DAKAK day after we checked-in
-    Dakak is owned by Romeo Jalosjos
-    Dakak is short for “the cock”. Dipolog and Dapitan are well-known for cockfighting

Other articles about Dakak:

Dakak Park Beach Resort, as seen from the commercial

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