Villa Escudero tour package

Sightseeing Nature tour in Manila

Tour Price : $89 per pax for a group of 2 and up $136 if one person only Duration : whole day Languages: English, Tagalog, Cebuano, Waray

Experience the allure of Philippine country life at Villa Escudero Plantations and Resort. A self-contained working coconut plantation, It was founded in the 1880s by Don Placido Escudero and his wife Dona Claudia Marasigan. Originally planted to sugarcane, the crop was converted to coconut by their son Don Arsenio Escudero in the early 1900s.

A pioneering agro-industrialist, he built the country's first working hydroelectric plant to supply his dessicated coconut factory and Villa Escudero, where he and his wife Dona Rosario Adap built in 1929. Their children opened the estate to the public in 1981. From its humble beginnings, the resort has become a prime tourist destination for locals, overseas Filipinos and a wide array of foreign visitors to the country. It has a worldwide reputation as a showcase for the Philippines' rich cultural heritage, offering a beguiling glimpse of its history, cuisine, dress, customs and natural beauty a mere two hours away from Manila.

VILLA ESCUDERO (show only Fri-Sun) 2 people or more Php 3600 each.. If one Php 5500 Discounts available for groups of 5 or more. INCLUSIONS: FREE hotel pick-up/drop off at any hotel in Makati or Manila Deluxe air-conditioned roundtrip transportation Driver, Tour Guide, Toll & Parking Fee Welcome Drinks Carabao Cart Ride Lunch at the waterfall Cultural Show (Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Holidays only) Museum entrance (Closed Monday) Highlights of the tour are the visit to the museum of historic, religious, pre-Hispanic and World War II artifacts. Carabao-drawn cart transport picnickers to man-made waterfalls where lunch is served on tables set over a flowing stream.

Then it’s off to the pools for a refreshing cool swim. On weekends a cultural show incomparable to any in the Philippines is presented.

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