Malagos Garden Resort

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Malagos Garden Resort
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Aviary
Malagos Garden Resort
Type Agri-ecotourism site
Location Davao City
Coordinates 7°11′28″N125°25′41″E / 7.19110°N 125.42805°E / 7.19110; 125.42805
Opened1994
DesignationFarm tourism site (Department of Tourism)
Website www.malagos.com

The Malagos Garden Resort is an agri-ecotourism site in Davao City, Philippines.

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History

The Malagos Garden Resort which opened in 1994 [1] , is owned by the Puentespina family which introduce chocolate making in Davao City in 2012 through Malagos Chocolate. [2]

The first chocolate museum in the Philippines was opened within the resort in November 2016. [3]

In June 2018, the Malagos Chocolate Spa opened within the resort, which uses cacao husks, a byproduct of chocolate making, produced by the garden resort. [4] [5]

The garden resort stopped admitting tourists in mid-March 2020 due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. [6] The facility's farming operations continued. [7]

Facilities and attractions

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Dr. Bo with a Philippine hawk-eagle.

The Malagos Garden Resort covers an area of 12 hectares (30 acres) for ecotourism activities. [8] It is accredited as a farm tourism site by the government's Department of Tourism. [9] It is known for its Chocolate Museum, orchid farm, and chocolate spa. It also hosts a bird feeding dome, butterfly sanctuary and museum, a playground, a skate park, and a moonlight theater. A long-time attraction is the Malagos Bird Show which was hosted by Bo Puentespina which was held on weekends from the early 2000s to 2019. [8] It operates a 70 hectares (170 acres) cacao farm. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Throwback Thursday: The Story of Rediscovering Malagos". Malagos Garden Resort. September 17, 2020. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
  2. ↑ de Veyra, Jeeves (April 16, 2018). "Meet Davao's Willy Wonka who put PH chocolate on the world map". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  3. ↑ "First Chocolate Museum opens in Malagos". Sunstar. November 15, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  4. ↑ Perez, Ace June Rell S. (June 17, 2019). "Perez: Chocolate on my skin". Sunstar. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Spa using cacao to open at Malagos Garden Resort". Sunstar. March 23, 2017. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Malagos diversifies, innovates in the time of coronavirus". BusinessWorld. June 24, 2020. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  7. ↑ Adel, Rosette (July 18, 2020). "Davao garden resort turns to farming amid COVID-19 economic blow". The Philippine Star. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  8. 1 2 "Malagos bird show advocates for environmental protection". Philippine News Agency. August 20, 2019. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  9. 1 2 Colina, Antonio IV (February 8, 2018). "DOT to strengthen farm tourism". MindaNews.
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