Imagine yourself having traditional delicious food sitting at the foot of waterfall with tiny water droplets sprinkling over your cheeks and your feet submerged in cold refreshing water.
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| Buffet Lunch by waterfall |
Most of our trips were a last minute plan and this was no exception.
It was just 2.5 hours drive from Manila and no prior booking was required, we planned to go there on 27th-Nov-2016 Sunday. We left around 7AM and reached around 9:30AM including a short break for breakfast. We were it seems first to reach there. Reception area was nicely decorated.
How to go:
Villa Escudero is just 90KM from Manila which will take around 2 hours since it is connected through expressway.
Public transport:
You can take bus from Buendia LRT terminal heading to Lucena and get down San Pablo City. You can see Villa Escudero board on the way and the arc.Once you get down there, It is almost 2km walk to Villa or using trike. Trikes are not so easily available. If you are in a group of 6 or more, you can always book a car or van which will be more convenient.
No prior booking required for a trip to this place. Try to start early to make sure that you have enough time to do all activities and less friction with the crowd. You can also book over phone first before going there. Rare chance of fully booked which happens only in case of private big event.
Accommodation:
It's one day trip and no accommodation required as such. They have nice rooms, you can book in advance, if you want to stay overnight have good time with nature.
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| Villa Escudero rooms |
What to Carry:
- Swimming Costumes.
- Snacks and drinks.
- your own toiletries. (No grocery shop around)
Open from 8AM to 5PM.
One day ticket pass is 1400P which includes
- Museum Visit.
- Carabao Cart ride.(Carabao: Buffalo in Tagalog )
- Scrumptious lunch by the waterfall. (Vegetarian and varieties of food available)
- Bamboo Rafting.
- Cultural program( starts at 2PM for 1 hour)
- Swimming Pool and Jacuzzi.
They have appreciable enrich museum with nice collection of artifacts. We were in mood of fun and thought museum would be boring but we enjoyed our time there.
After grabbing ticket and enjoying welcome drink at reception, we decided to start our fun with Museum as it was the nearest. Walkway toward museum was also interesting. It is maintained by villa privately and all items are a personal collection.They had unexpectedly enriching collection in terms of Philippines history and also few artefacts from different countries. This museum was I felt much better than few museums I visited in Manila.
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| On way to museum |
Bags are not allowed inside museum as well. They have bag counter at entrance. You should carry bag with proper zip and lock if possible as you have to leave bag at many places.
Our next fun was to take Carabao ride to Waterfall lunch area.
Waterfall lunch starts from 11;30AM but people start coming early to grab the table closest to waterfall. This restaurant also listed in top 10 nicest restaurant.
We reached around 11:30AM but decided to take some drink and relax before we go for lunch. Luckily we got one empty table close to waterfall.
Food was simply amazing. You can choose for pure vegetarian food as well which was even better than non veg with full of delicious fruits,veggies and corns.
Post lunch and bath in waterfall, we went for bamboo rafting. Better to go for rafting in pair. You can carry your camera as it is quite stable boat or can ask someone to take photos. Rafting is done on Labasin lake and waterfall is formed on dam of same river.
Cultural program was next attraction here. Hall was beside lake and food is also served here which is not covered in ticket. You can get varieties of drinks including hard drinks and also varieties of food.
Watching cultural program in this hall a moment to relax and turn lazy.
We got refreshed in hot water jacuzzi and swimming pool before heading back to Manila with lot of memories and snaps.
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