Golden Gate Adventure Resorts

Golden Gate Adventure Resort formerly Yellow Gate Adventure Resort is a perfect getaway for summer. Located at Davao-Bukidnon (Buda) National Highway (Langub, Katipunan), which is just a 1.5-2 hour ride from the City. You can have that feeling of summer up the hill.

My friends' officemates opted to spend a mini vacation for this summer. I, despite of the super busy schedule, still hopped-in and join the ride. Well, the ride getting there was quite draining but the ride we had back to Davao was super exciting and my first time ever!!

How to get there:
We ride the L300 PUV via Calinan at the Bangkerohan terminal that cost us Php40 each. The ride took us about 50 mins. Upon arriving at Calinan, we looked for a jeepney to get us to Golden Gate. After haggling the price fro Php60 each, we finally had a ride that took us about 2 hours to our destination. Making us the last passenger of the jeep though. The place was far distant from the boundary of the jeep route, gladly the driver agreed to take us at the main gate of the resort. 

We arrived around 6.30 pm, and its quite dark already. The caretaker of the place received us a warm welcome. After talking to them, we proceed to assembling our tents and prepared for dinner. They have a kitchen where you can cook with a complete kitchen utensils ready to use. Really perfect for a get-away since the necessities you need are all in there. You don't need to carry heavy stuffs to enjoy the vacation.

Here are the photos of our crazy exciting vacay.

Since there's not much to do for the night, we decided to have an early sleep to prepare for tomorrow's activities.

We didn't get much sleep since it was really very freaking cold!!! The wind is so strong and our tents were full of mist. Well, a price to endure for choosing to camp outside though-lol. We just woke up at dawn and have some coffee since we just find it hard to get some sleep. So if you have plans to go here, pls bring thick clothes and socks. Or you can just avail their villas for a much comfortable sleep. Nevertheless, camping was still a great experience, it's part of the adventure anyway.

The signs welcoming you as you enter the place. Very perfect for group pictorials. And whats more amazing is that the entrance is FREE!! You can enter the place anytime and just have sightseeing, chilling or picture taking.

The welcoming dwarfs

The Main house

The Sto. Nino of the Woods.

Our tents

The playground.

The mini pool around 5ft. deep. The water from the pool came from the spring.

My crazy travel buddies.

The back portrait are collage of pictures taken for guests availing activities provided by the resort.

They have these fire place to keep the place warm. It's just very foreign since we can't usually have this on our regular homes.

On our way to caving!

This bamboo bridge almost cracked coz we all stepped into it "sabay-sabay". It should be one person at a time though.

Gearing up before entering "Okloy Cave". The entrance of the cave is very narrow. You have squeezed yourself to get in.

The beautiful nature carved inside the cave. The cave is quite muddy so make sure you have slippers or shoes that can hold your feet on the surface. Professional cavers will guide you all the way.

The cave is just small that you can finish the tour for 30 minutes. But its magnificent stalactite and stalagmite can really catch your attention.

Pictorials inside the cave.

Photo with our guides.

On our way to trekking.

At the top of the hill where there's a statue of Mama Mary.

They also have a canopy walk. The distance is too short thus we didn't tried. But its perfect for kids. They also have a two-way zipline which we haven't tried thus no photo from it.

Crazy pictorials around the area.

On our way back. Jump shot it is!!

Our ride back!! Hitched Ride!! Since we commute to get there, we find it hard to commute back to the City. So while waiting for a jeep or bus to arrive, we tried our best to hitched a ride to save transportation - lol. After so many attempts on so many vehicles, luckily there was a truck on its way to Davao and let us hitched. Thankfully!!! 

Overall, this adventure was super duper crazy one! Such an unforgettable moment. Now looking forward for more adventure ahead of us.

For inquiries and reservation you can call the following numbers:
+63920-304-1722 (Smart)
+63917-627-4008 (Globe)
+63922-876-5798 (Sun)

Hotel Rooms
Suite - Php 1,500
Annex Suites - Php 1,500
Regular Room - Php 750
Attic - Php 300/head
Pavilion - Php 1,000

Outdoor Activities
Ziplines - Php 300
Cathedral Cave - Php 150
Pool - Php 30
Rain Forest - Php 50
Mountain Trekking - Php 100 w/guide
Tent - Php 150/head