Habal-habal is the Visayan term for “Sex” because as a passenger you ride on a habal habal at the back of the driver, basically it’s like your on top of each other.

This is the best ride for rough roads and dirt roads that are usually shortcuts to some tourist spot in that province. It gets you there fast plus you get to enjoy the view and winds of the province. It is also the cheapest by far.

This ride does not have a specific route, it can take you anywhere you want to go within the vicinity. Downside to this ride is that you cant be with your companions while travelling, minimum passenger is 1, and maximum…well it depends on the driver. I’ve seen habal-habals take 8 pax at most.

tricycle/motorella

These rides are just your average motorcycle, attached with a vehicle body. It usually can take passengers between the maximum numbers of 5 to 10. They are much slower depending on the weight that the vehicle has to carry, and sometimes they can be costly as some provinces treat them as per route vehicles, meaning you have to meet the tricycles quota earnings per route.

jeepney
Good ol’ Philippine jeepney’s are fast, ‘airy’, and sometimes very much crowded. Jeepney’s travel by route, and in most provinces, they dont go off yet until the jeepney is jam-packed of passengers, some even occupies the roof tops of the jeep. They travel far more miles than the transpo’s mentioned above, and rates are fixed depending on the route.

Provincial Buses
Provincial buses comes in airconditioned and non-airconditioned type. Ofcourse the airconditioned type is more expensive than the average one. Buses also travels by route, and usually has to be full before it can take off. Rates are also fixed, depending on the mileage.
Roro
Roro’s are temporary transpo’s for islands where bridges aren’t available. They are basically just big ferry’s that can carry people, baggage, buses and trucks. This is a fun ride because you get to enjoy the sea while seating on your car or in the bus

These are the rides known to me so far. Come share yours

Zipline at Camp sabros

A zip-line (also known as a flying fox, zip wire, aerial runway, death slide or tyrolean crossing) consists of a pulley suspended on a cable mounted on an incline. They are designed to enable a user propelled by gravity to traverse from the top to the bottom of the inclined cable, usually made of stainless steel, by holding on or attaching to the freely moving pulley.
source: wikipedia

About

One of the main attractions of Davao, is the zipline ride located at Camp Sabros, Kapatagan, Digos City, Philippines. This is one of the many zipline locations located in the Philippines… there is one situated at Cagayan de Oro and Baguio, but so far Davao is one of the best I’ve seen and experienced.

3D1Q gang at Camp Sabros

Camp Sabros is the only zipline facility that has a 400 meter line ride. They also offer a 380 meter long ride and a cable ride going back and forth each mountain. The longest ride usually takes more than a minute to complete, while the cable ride takes longer as it’s purpose is to allow riders to see the scenic view of the Davao mountains, you can also request to stop at the middle of the cable if you want to.

You have to make a trek to Camp Sabros. 4X4s and motorcycle are the only vehicles that can make it there

Getting to Camp Sabros from Davao City

This post is part of our trip in Davao, Travel details and itinerary of our trip there can be found here : Davao itinerary

Camp Sabros, is 2 hours away from Davao City. Here is a breakdown of route to take when commuting there.

1. Ride a bus going to Digos City from the Davao Bus Terminal
2. From Digos Terminal, ride a tricycle (beside Digos Terminal) and tell the driver that you are going to Kapatagan. The driver will take you to the Kapatagan bus and jeepney terminal.
3. From the terminal, you may ride a van or a jeepney going to Camp Sabros. In our case, we took a van ride (this does not mean it’s airconditioned)
4. The van ride will take you up the mountain and into the base of the hill of Camp Sabros. There is a police station in the base, so you’d know you’re already there.
5. From the base, you have to walk up hill to Camp Sabros, the walk takes about 20 minutes(with occassional photo-op), and is not that tiring, plus the view is spectacular so you wont mind the muddy trek.

Catnap and L arriving from the 400m ride

The activity

Upon arriving, we bargained with the facilitators of the place for two 380 meter ride, one 400 meter ride, and one cable ride for the price of 350 pesos each. We didn’t make any reservation, and the people maintaining the place was about to go home for a day-off. It was Sunday then, and we were very fortunate to have reached there in time. There is no waiver required to sign before the activity. That’s how trusting they are of their equipment.

The activity starts when the crew straps you with a zipline dress and numerous cables to attach you to the zipline ride. Some crew were playing tricks on us and almost left one of our friends without getting ready. So word of caution, hold on tight on the handle bars if you don’t want to take off yet.

You can also have one of the crew take pictures of you while riding. I was the last one to ride the zip line on our group so I lend our camera to the crew to take my picture.

My first zipline ride. Thanks to the crew for taking my pics

Fees and Fares of this activity

Fee may change depending on your bargaining skills. As of June 2008, here are the fees of the ride

• One zip line ride and one cable car ride to bring you back:
  • 2 pax ride: Php 150.00/head
  • 1 pax ride: Php 200.00
  • back and forth zip line ride: Php 400.00
  • Entrance Fee: -none-

Other Notes

Last I heard is that there’s already a 720 meter long ride on Davao Zip Line ride in Camp Sabros. Must go back!

Other things you can do in Davao can be found here: in things to do in Davao post