Malagos Garden Park and Watershed

The Malagos Garden Park and Watershed is the place you have to go through to get to the Philippine Eagle Center. It's maintained by the Davao City Water District in the Philippines.

An array of souvenir stores lines the entrance of the Malagos Garden Park, but these stores are relatively few. Many of the items they sell I think are made in Thailand and just slapped on with "Davao City" leather stamps.

But the local fruit produce are really cheap and tasty and I would recommend to any tourist to buy these. There are mangosteen, suha, durian, and coconuts. A couple of tribal natives go around selling some of their handmade bracelets made of natural materials.

The main attraction at the stores is this huge python that’s been domesticated and you can take pictures with it over your shoulders.

The Malagos Garden Park has a small area where they keep some animals like crocodiles and a few birds. There's a small playground for kids. It's cool and quiet and for five pesos you could have a nice picnic before going to the Philippine Eagle Center.

One thing I noticed is that although it's a sort of picnic area, there are no trash bins and yet the place is quite clean. I suppose this is because many of the tourists prefer to linger at the PEC.

Enjoying the cool, crisp forest for only five pesos is an excellent deal, but it’s really a very long drive from the city just to visit the Malagos Garden Park by itself. Prepare an extra 50 pesos and head on straight to the Philippine Eagle Center.