Sheridan Beach Resort & Spa Media Tour
An invitation, from Mr. Pete Dacuycuy, to join a media team covering the 2-storey, 4-star and eco-friendly and nature-inspired Sheridan Beach Resort & Spa allowed me to reconnect with Palawan, my last visit there being in 1993 during a vacation to Club Paradise Resort in Coron. It would also be my first visit to Puerto Princesa City. Joining me and Pete were food blogger Ms. Joy Calipes-Felizardo (www.gastronomybyjoy.com), professional photographer P.J. Enriquez, free-lance travel writer Lester Gopela Hallig and Ms. Charmie Joy Pagulong of The Philippine Star. We all took the very early 5:20 AM Philippine Airlines flight from NAIA Terminal III.
Buenavista View Deck
We arrived at Puerto Princesa Airport by 6:40 AM and were whisked, via the resort’s Toyota Grandia van, on a 75-km./2-hour drive through a winding, concrete zigzag road. Just 45 mins. from the resort, we made one stopover at Buenavista View Deck, along a high section of the road to Sabang.
Eatery and souvenir shop
Spectacular view of Ulugan Bay
A popular stop over for tourists going to Puerto Princesa Underground River and Sabang Beach, it has an elevated concrete observation deck. Climbing the view deck, we had spectacular and relaxing views of Ulugan Bay, a deep channel on the northwestern coast of Puerto Princesa, Rita Island, the rocky outcrops of Tres Marias and Oyster Bay. Portions of the karst formations of St. Paul’s can be viewed over the intervening areas of dense forests in the north.
Bags
Hats and caps
Bracelets
There’s also a small eatery which sells meals and light snacks and a souvenir shop which displays and sells locally made wood carvings (masks, walking canes, chaku, police batons, etc.), baskets, necklaces, bracelets, earrings, rings, hats, T-shirts, ref magnets and key chains.
Chaku and walking canes
Police batons
Corn coffee and honey
They also sell local food products such as bottled honey, cashew nuts and corn coffee.
Wooden masks
Baskets
Rainmakers
Buenavista View Deck: Brgy. Buenavista, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan.