Misamis Occidental Aquamarine Park in Cotabato

I loved it there! Get on a motorboat to get to their Marine Sanctuary Center. We petted a pawikan, saw some dolphins, fed schools of fish, walked through the mangroves and saw some animals. It was fun!

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Aquamarine is close for tourist or leisure visit they màke the place as quarantine façility, but tilapia hatchery is still active

Ok kaayo

The scenery is quite beautiful 😍

The animals are kept in very poor hostile enviroment they are stessed out the crocodile, is in a very small tank with stagnent filthy water, this is very cruel the must be released

It was nice seeing different animals gathered in one place. However, during that time, theyre undergoing construction renovations which is why the experience was a little incomplete.

Nice place

I am here last December 25, 2019 it seems that the place was very quiet and lonely. Few tourist came in including us but as I observed was different from before because you cannot saw people caring the animals and plants but in fairness, the place overwhelm by its nature from plants and fishes. The restaurant was closed but the bridge going to the restaurant was always amazing that stunned us.

Its not like before. Wala na masyadong magandang tanawin.

Fantastic food and views

Love this. I am a happy American with their service.

Nice place to visit

A Unforgetable experience

The resto is located far out to the sea. Views are really beautiful but food can be improved

Good for family bonding.

This Place is Awesone! Need to Improve on food availability, keep the white island alive without the Dolphins...

Wonderful place..

Its cool here I loved the animals

Nice place despite of its unfinished infrastructure

Kim atienza has visited this place also covering his show matang lawin...and we are luckily selected to escourt him in the whole activity with my team in the Tudela Search and Rescue Team

Nice place to eat, sleep or hang-out w/ friends

i love this place for it is very relaxing and it possess wonderful ambiance and also have a restaurant in the middle of the ocean...

It was really a nice experience sine the place is also very nice. Looking forward that i could go back in that place together with my family. Daghang salamat sa nindot nga kasinatian.

love the sea ambiance

Awesome

Good place for reunion. And meetings

Its okay... I gues because of cleanliness but the water is so dark after rainy days and I still see garbage in the side ways

very serene.

Nice place to get a view of the sea. And food they offer are the best seafood in misamis occidental.

Not to much happening here. Maybe off season?

Good food esp the crabs....😃

Niet zo geweldig. Erg eenvoudig

Last December 29, 2006, we went to MOAP in Sinacaban, Misamis Occidental. MOAP stands for Misamis Occidental Aquamarine Park and is a provincial government project constructed in 2003 under the administration of Governor Loreto Ocampos.After an hour drive from Iligan, we reached Mukas port.There was a long line of vehicles waiting in line to board a ferry boat. It took us an hour to queue for a ride in one.The 20-minute ferry boat ride transported us and our vehicles across Iligan Bay - Lanao del Norte was behind us as we head towards Ozamis City which is already part of Misamis Occidental. The ferry boat was carrying 10 vehicles (big and smallin its lower deck and passengers on two upper deck levels.From Ozamis City Port where our ferry boat docked, its another 25-minute drive to Misamis Occidental Aquamarine Park. MOAP offers guests a mini zoo, a hatchery, a hotel and a restaurant in an excellent location - above water. The park cultures lobsters, groupers, fresh prawns, bangus and shrimps.Mangroves grow in the shoreline along MOAP.Their restaurant serves delicious food at reasonable prices but to get there you need to walk around half a kilometer on wooden planks supported by bamboo poles with water directly below you.We wanted to go to MOAP Dolphin Island so we walked further from the restaurant to ride a boat.From here, you can already see Dolphin Island. See the box on the left side of the photo below. This distance is a good 12 minutes of boat ride in deep blue water.Dolphin Island is where MOAP takes care of rescued dolphins. This is the only island that Ive seen that has no vegetation growing on it. This is because the whole island is actually submerged under water and to say it plainly, all structures there are on stilts to keep them above water.The water level in Dolphin Island is shallow and in some parts you can stand in the water as what these guys in the photo inset below were doing. The surrounding water is very deep - observe the sudden change in the color of the water from light blue to dark blue. If my memory serves me right, this land formation is called an atoll.There is a restaurant located at the center of Dolphin IslandYou can go diving and snorkeling in one side and kayaking on the other sideBefore sunset, we headed back to the main island to head to our next destination.Misamis Occidental Aquamarine Park (MOAP)Sinacaban, Misamis Occidental, PhilippinesPark general entrance = PhP 10 / personDolphin Island entrance = PhP 130 / personSCUBA diving = PhP 1,000 / diveSnorkeling = PhP 50 / hourKayaking = PhP 100 / hourFish for Fish Feeding = PhP 100 / kiloRoom ratesSuite: PhP 2,000 / night (2 persons w/ breakfast & free entrance to Dolphin Island; extra bed at PhP 300)Family Room: PhP 2,000 / night (6 persons; extra bed at PhP 200)Dormitory: PhP 250 / person / night (one dorm cottage can house 14 persons)

Facilities ruined. Animals are in their bad conditions.

Great food and amazing view.

The place is very good but, i think it still need to improve, and some animal habitats are not there any more

It was nice not spectacular, but ok

You might not find the drive worth it without the dolphins (diedand turtles (released as per ordered by DENR). But the restaurant makes up for it.

The food is nice

Ok

Ecopark...resto serves good food. Access footpath should have roofs.

Nice place

a very relaxing place.

A mediocre aquamarine parkIf youre a tourist, you should visit it nonetheless

nice place

Nice