PINOY TRAVEL AND CAMEMORIES: Journey to Dakak

Dakak Park and Beach Resort

Experienced true paradise. It was Holiday and Christmas Day in 2009 when my family visited one of the popular beach resorts in the southern Philippines.The Dakak Park and Beach Resort is located at Dapitan City, Zamboanga Del Norte.

With a kilometer long stretch of fine white sand, the place is truly a jewel of the Mindanao.

This five start resort can be reached by land, sea and air travel from many major cities in the south.

From Cagayan de Oro which is he center of Northern Mindanao we travelled 6 hours going west passing cities and provinces in Northern side of Mindanao for the first time. It was a long drive for me but seeing the places along the way, the travel is worthy as winning a trip to Boracay. We stayed in a relative in Dipolog City to celebrate Christmas eve.

We departed CDO at 0630 in the morning and we arrive at Iligan City around 8:30 AM.

A roadside view of Panagatan, A floating park and restaurant at Opol, Misamis Oriental, in the outskirt of Cagayan de Oro City

Typical Passenger Car in Iligan City

The Macapagal Macaraeg Ancestral House in Iligan City. This is the ancestral house of the late first lady Evangeline Macaraeg-Macapagal, mother of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Fisherman's life in Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte, the jump-off point to Ozamiz city by RORO vessel.

This is the RORO route from Mukas, Kolambugan, Lanao Del Norte. Most of the Buses plying CDO/Iligan and Ozamis are also using this route instead of circling the longer land route westward which could take 2 to 3 hours the fastest. The trip is easy and quick, I just paid around 250 pesos for my car and 25 pesos each for my companions.

My Innova inside the RORO vessel from Kolambogan, Lanao del norte to Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental. The RORO trip will take approximately 15 minutes, but the waiting time sometimes will take more than an hour, depends on the day.