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NATURAL

BACAYAN BEACH
Location: Lupon, Davao Oriental
Attractions: Shells and corals abound, frequented by picknickers.

DAHICAN PUBLIC BEACH
Location: 25 minutes ride from Mati proper.
Attractions: White sand beach, blue green waters, corals and shells.

BITOON BEACH
Location: 30 minutes ride from Mati proper.
Attractions: Black sand beach, a beach whose cool water flow to the sea.

MANAY BEACH
Location: Manay, Davao Oriental
Attractions: Shell and corals abound in its white-sand beach.

TARAGONA BEACH
Location: Taragona, Davao Oriental
Attractions: White-sand beach with shells and corals. Coconut trees grow along the shoreline.

LAMBAJON BEACH
Location: Baganga, Davao Oriental
Attractions: Clubhouse for employees of logging company. Corals and shells are abundant.

HULID RIVER
Location: Boston, 14 kms from the town.
Attractions: Long and winding course of the river with cemented-like stones on both banks carefully arranged like hollow blocks. Logging nursery on the river banks.

SIGABOY FLOATING
Location: Governor Generoso, Davao Oriental
Attractions: It is the exact replica of a giant whale floating aimlessly over the calm sea. In the islet one finds a myriad of attractions such as caverhaus caves, a green canopy of palm trees, white sand beach and teeming rainbow colored fishes swimming in the deep blue and green waters.

RELIGIOUS

MUSLIM MOSQUE
Location: 5 kms from Banaybanay

CARAGA CATHOLIC CHURCH
Location: Caraga, Davao Oriental
Attractions: 17th Century church with its walls covered with moss, and old spanish bell in the bellfry, antique statues of saints, part of the convert was a prison cell during Spanish times, ancient files and archives.

MAN-MADE

MATI PROVINCIAL CAPITOL
Location: 5 minutes ride from Poblacion
Attractions: Capitol sites uphill overlooking the town and gulf.

PROVINCIAL CAPITOL PARK
Location: Provincial Capitol Grounds

SPECIAL INTERESTS

SCUBA DIVING at Pujada Island

TAGSAGAONG HEIGHTS in Taragona
A breathtaking heights which a bridge provides access for commuters to and from Mati (site of Civil Disturbance in 1973).

 


DAVAO ORIENTAL
Total Land Area : 516,466 Has.
A & D : 200,846
Timberland : 315,600 Has.
Existing Land Use (1995)
Built Up : 3,756 Has.
Protection Land : 3,189 Has.
Mining Area : 25,770 Has.
Non-Forest Agricultural : 138,433 Has.
Forest Plantation : 171,571 Has.
Production Forest : 16,380 Has.
Pasture : 11,935 Has.

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