Stairway Garden from La Mesa Eco Park
How to go to La Mesa Eco Park
From EDSA, ride a Bus going to Fairview, tell the driver to get you off at Eastwood Fairview Village. In our case our driver didn’t know where that is, so here are the sequence of landmarks you should watch out for:
a. Ever commonwealth
b. Sandiganbayan
c. Mercury Drug
d. Fairview Market
Once you pass Fairview market, just a few more meters away, on the right is Eastwood Fairview Village. The gate of the Village is in this mini street, it’s not really seen well from the main road, so watch out. In there are green tricycles that could take you in to La Mesa Eco park.
What to See – Sights in Fairview, Quezon City
La Mesa is a park that surrounds the La Mesa Dam where Metro Manila gets their water from. Coming from the entrance, the first thing visitors would lay their eyes on are lush green trees and plants decorating the path way to the main park.
At the entrance of La Mesa Eco park
Inside are picnic areas for families that visit the place. You’ll also pass by a swimming pool which kids would definitely enjoy. There is an entrance fee to the swimming pool though.
In the heart of the nature park, is a lagoon, where visitors are allowed to go fishing. People can rent for fishing rods in the area.
Lagoon at La mesa Eco Park
Walking further from the lagoon is a stairway garden, where different plants decorate each steps of the stairway, and at the top is the La Mesa dam itself. Only authorized personnel are allowed to enter the Dam’s premises.
The stairway garden from La Mesa eco Park
Just a few walks from the stairway garden is an amphitheater used for events in the park.
Amphitheater at the park
There’s also a butterfly sanctuary where there is the biggest moth I have ever seen in my life.
Giant moth at the butterfly sanctuary in La Mesa Eco park
Bikes, mini boats, and obstacle courses are also available in the park.
Fees and Fares in La Mesa Eco park
- Entrance fee to La Mesa – 50.00 for Adult Non-QC residents
- Fees to tricycle going to the park – Around 20 pesos , one way(2007 fee)
Tips and Traps
The park closes at around 6 pm. Best to come there at morning. Tricycles also wait outside the park for people going out.
More pictures of La Mesa Eco Park here:
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