You cross a cheerful countryside with many orchards and plantations, notably the immense Dole pineapple plantation. Etched from a distance is the imposing silhouette of the Matutum Volcano (2,293 meters). The last part of the route from Surullah onwards takes you up on the mountain trail. The atmosphere changes as soon as you leave the agricultural plain—the air gets cooler and the light becomes brighter. Finally, about two-and-a-half hours trip from General Santos, you arrive at Lake Sebu where you will notice the tilapia fish-breeding enclosures.
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A mountain resort located at 3,000 feet above sea level, Eden Nature Park is 95% human-made! It is a great model of how humans can re-create nature and rebuild a lost environment.

Discovered sometime in 1971, the resort used to be a logged-over area covered only by a blanket of wild grass. Its potential was, however, readily seen by the owners as the property provided an imposing view of Davao City and the Davao Gulf.
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The Marabut Beach Resort is a satellite resort of the Leyte Park Resort-Hotel. It has presently 5 duplex cottages made of indigenous materials that blend with the marine environment while retaining the comforts and amenities of a class A resort.

The Marabut Marine Park Beach Resort is a satellite resort of the Leyte Park Resort-Hotel. Marabut Marine Park Beach Resort is located in Marabut, Western Samar, a jewel in the sun and sand of picturesque San Pedro Bay. It boasts of towering rock islets with secluded beach coves.
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Leyte Park Resort Hotel is nestled on 6-hectares of parkland where the world’s narrowest strait, the San Juanico Strait, and San Pedro bay converge. Here guests can relax in comfort or conduct business affairs while enjoying typical Filipino hospitality.

Leyte Park offers the Discovery of various eco-tourism based tour activities anchored on its marine and terrestrial beauties, that covers a wide range of destinations from “islands to highland”.
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