Philippines: Philippine Eagle Center, Davao

Date: May 5, 2014

After an eventful day at Eden Nature Park yesterday, I realized I had to make yet another long journey today to get to the Philippine Eagle Center. Using public transportation, you first need to get to Calinan and then to Malagos.

After breakfast, I walked from Green Windows Dormitel to Calinan Transit Terminal near Bankerohan Public Market.

Durian jeepney Davao Philippines — They had to offload quite a few durians at the market before the jeepney could set off for Calinan 🙂

Davao highway Philippines — The jeepney ride to Calinan costs ₱45 and it took an hour or so

Once I reached Calinan, bike taxis approached me asking if I wanted to go to the Philippine Eagle Center. It cost ₱20, so I hopped on one and I was on my way.

Davao town Philippines — It wasn’t a short ride to Malagos but it only costs ₱20

I was dropped at the entrance to a park, for which the entry fee was ₱5. The Philippine Eagle Center is housed inside this park.

Water reservoir Davao Philippines — Some water reservoir

Philippine Eagle Center Malagos — This was the entrance to the Philippine Eagle Center

The entry ticket for the Philippine Eagle Center costs ₱50 (₹69/$1/€0.8).

Philippines Eagle Center walk — The park didn’t seem very big

Visitor steps Philippines Eagle Center — As a fund-rasing scheme, visitors can pay to have their names on concrete slabs and leave a memorabilia behind. As long as you don’t mind being stepped on.

Barn owl Davao Philippines — Although the place is called Philippine Eagle Center, they have other birds and a few animals too. These are grass owls.

Philippine eagle Davao — The Philippine eagle, one of many on display here

Philippine eagle facts Davao — Some facts about the national bird of Philippines

Brahmin kites Philippine Eagle Center — Brahminy kites

White bellied sea eagle Davao — White bellied sea eagle

Hawk eagle Philippines Eagle Center — Hawk eagle

Animals endemic to Philippines — Some species endemic (indigenous) to Philippines

Philippines brown deer Davao — Philippine brown deer

Philippine eagle tree Davao — This Philippine eagle got a rather big cage all to himself

Philippine eagle closeup Davao — I tried hard to capture its massive wingspan, but this Philippine eagle wasn’t flying around much

Philippine eagle center cages — It wasn’t very long before I found myself turning around and heading back the other way

Eagle Philippine center Davao — More Philippine Eagles

Caged Philippines eagle Davao park — Come on, spread your wings

Eagle cages Davao Philippines — More eagles

Bamboo trees garden Philippine eagle center — The Philippine Eagle Center feels more like a lush garden with a few bird cages

Monkey section Philippine eagle center — This was a small Philippine monkey section

Baby monkey Davao Philippines — Spotting them proved to be a bit of a challenge as they were quite small

Monkeys Philippine eagle center — But there are a few here

Garden plants Philippine eagle center — I moved on

Philippine eagle center pond Davao — And that was it really

Crocodile cage little Filipino girl — On my way out, I stopped by the crocodile cage. (Psst, cute girl, look at the big croc… I’m not scary)

Big croc Davao Philippines — The crocodile was freaking huge… and stayed completely still

Crocodile Philippine eagle center Davao — One last pic

Malagos road Davao Philippines — It took me a while to get a bike taxi going back, but I managed to get one

AC van taxi Davao Philippines — I was dropped at a taxi station from where I boarded an air-conditioned van taxi going to Davao City

Although it was already past 1pm, and I hadn’t had lunch yet, I just wanted to get back to Davao City as I didn’t want to risk coming back late like I did yesterday. I slept through much of the journey anyway.

Kebab roll Davao Philippines — I got down and found myself walking down J. Rizal Street. That’s where I spotted Majid’s Persian Kabab. Needless to say, I sat down and had some kebabs and rice for my late lunch.

Honestly, today was a bore. I spent more time just getting to Philippine Eagle Center than I did once inside! Complete waste of time if you ask me. But alas, not much else to see or do in Davao. At least tomorrow — my last full day in Davao — I would be trying something I have never tried before: scuba diving!

Next post in this series:

Philippines 2014: Scuba diving for the first time, at Samal Island (Davao)

Philippines 2014: Japanese tunnel; leaving Davao for Manila

Philippines 2014: Bargain shopping in Manila; Paseo de Santa Rosa & Solenad

Philippines 2014: Corregidor Island tour

Philippines 2014: Manila Chinese Cemetery

Philippines 2014: Pahiyas Festival in Lucban; Kamay Ni Hesus

Previous post(s) in this series:

Philippines 2014: Attractions at Eden Nature Park… and getting lost

Philippines 2014: Sky Cycle at Eden Nature Park, Davao

Philippines 2014: Leaving Cebu for Davao; Davao City sights

Philippines 2014: Tumalog Falls; Oslob church, Cuartel

Philippines 2014: Oslob – Swimming with whale sharks

Philippines 2014: Trek to Mount Pinatubo crater lake

Philippines 2014: The itinerary this time around; UP Diliman and Maginhawa

My Philippines journeys: 2011 series | 2013 series

One Comments

James
30/08/2014

Nice pics you got there. Maybe the reason why you got bored is because you expected too much. Maybe you’ve thought of getting more of an entertainment/leisure than get educated about the predicament of our Philippine Eagles. the Park (Phil. Eagle Foundation) doesn’t work like how other parks do– it is a foundation after all. It is in place to merely conserve the birds and not to provide entertainment to its visitors.

One bit of advice, I think you’ll enjoy more the places that you visit if you do an in depth research about the place first. What I mean by that, is do understand the nature of the place first, understand in its deepest existence, and after you gain a deep understanding of it, only then draw conclusions about it.

The same principle applies when comparing cities & places you’ve been to. Forget about your standards and try to understand the culture and set your self as if you’re one of the locals, and only then draw your conclusions.

Good luck to you future endeavors! 🙂

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