2015 Summer @ Green Nature Resort

I've been busy this past few weeks, sooo.. I was a bit late for making this post about our 2015 summer.

Anyways.. as we cannot just let summer pass by with out having any outing, I went for an online search for the nearest but good resort. I'm thinking of Antipolo and Rizal, since it's both near in Manila and we can travel using our motorcycles. There are many resorts in Antipolo and Rizal to choose from, so I started reading reviews, and you know what to look for right?? Hehe.. affordable yet enjoyable as usual.

I was looking at the website of Bosay resort as one of my friend told me that it's a beautiful resort, but then for me, it's a bit pricey.. and as per reading some reviews about it being always crowded, I decided to look for another resort. That's when I found the website of Green Nature resort, I read some reviews about it and I find it fit for what we want this summer, affordable rooms and good facilities.

So we booked an overnight room good for 4-6 persons (4 adults and 2 kids), and we are lucky to have the last room available for our desired date (May 17, 2015). The room is good for 4 persons and it only costs 1,800 per night (12nn to 10am the next day), you have to deposit 50% down payment for the room. You also have to pay the overnight entrance fee which is 250/adult and 220/kid. They have different rates for day tour or night tour only which you can check in their website
 >>  http://www.greennatureresort.ph/#!rooms__rates/c1jh6 

May 17, 2015 as early as 9am, we are ready to hit the road. (Plese note that you'll be getting through a muddy road before reaching the resort, I believe there are tricycles available, I just don't know the fare). As we are travelling through motorcycles, we arrived at the resort by 11am, we are 1 hour earlier than our check in time, so since our room is not yet ready, we decided to roam around the resort first, we went to their store to ask if they are selling drinking water, and as usual, all their goods are priceyyy.. we ask if they refill water as we brought water gallon, but then they're not.

We search for the nearest sari-sari store and luckily, there is and they even sell/refill mineral water for only 30php per gallon, they also sell ice in a reasonable price, just like an ordinary sari-sari store. So I suggest that you bring your own gallon and have it refill instead of buying inside the resort.

Below are the pictures of the resort we took while roaming around... they also have court, playground and fish spa you can use with out extra charges, there's also a train that's running around to show the guests the whole resort for I think 50php only.. soo perfect for kids and adults.

Around 11:30am when they hand us our room key, by the way.. you have to give a 300php deposit for the room key which you can refund once you surrender the room key after your visit. Not bad at all, just don't loose the key,. hehe.

We decided to eat our packed lunch first before we go swimming. Right after, we change to our swimming outfit and jump into the pool.. let the water fun beginnn..!! hahaha!!

Here are some pictures of our room..

This is what they called 'Molave room', it has a small aircon which is good enough to make the room as cold as you want, 2 double deck with 1 pillow and blanket each bed, with own CR which have a cold/hot shower, the room also have 2 chairs and a small table with a provided tissue roll at the top. For cleanliness, though I can see some dirt in the screen of the window, I'll say it's fine as long as the linens smells good and clean as well, I'm not that OC anyways. The only thing that I dislike about the room is the bathroom sink, both sink is taking too long to flushed the water, aside from that, everything is working fine. I just wished the room has atleast a small tv so we have something to watched while resting once you get tired in swimming, but for the priced of 1,800/room/night for 4 persons, I still think it's reasonable.

Anyways, let's move on to the pools, as this is the main attraction of the resort.. :) the resort actually have 5 pools, the first pool that you'll see when you enter the resort is a small pool (I think its just 3-4ft) with falls and a connected jacuzzi, just a few steps away is the pool with a playground on it (kids will really enjoy this), the 3rd pool is connected to it with a small slides for kids. Another pool which I think their biggest pool is just beside the 3rd pool, which has a long slides and more or less 4-5ft. The last pool was near the court which is a lap pool, this pool is best at night as it has fancy lights. We tried the fish spa, though there are only few fish and its hard to make them get close to your feet, its like you need to stay their for 1 hour with out moving. Hehe

Here are some of our pictures we managed to take before our cellphones gets wet (wuhahaha, silly me! warning, don't use the water proof bag that's trending in the market, it's not really water proof, trust me! hahaha)

...just to give you on what the pools of the resort look like..

They have cut off time for cleaning the pool, 5pm-7pm and 5am-7am.

For dinner, we managed to go to the nearest wet market to buy some fruits, hot dog and fish to grill (grills are free of use and can be found around the resort, you just have to buy your own charcoal). Motorcycles are really useful when it comes to this, we're able to search for places with out spending extra fare.

Also, since we only have 2 chairs and a small table, we just get some monoblock chair and round table in the court and place it in front of our room (good thing we are in the first floor so we have space for this) although, you have to clean it as it is quite dirty, I think this table and chairs are for rent as well, for those walk ins and for guess who are unable to get a cottage anymore. But since, no one is using it that time, we just borrowed it (No one is looking anyways) hehehehe

The next morning, since there is no ref provided so we can save food for breakfast, we just bought rice meal to their canteen (or shall I say kitchen? not really a canteen.. hehe), Food depends on what is their menu for the day, usually 2 to 3 choices, (Tocilog, longsilog, hotsilog) price range from 65php to 85php.. not bad at all.

After eating, we swim for about 2 hours before taking a bath and packing our things. Don't forget to surrender the key so you'll get your 300php back.. hehe

All in All, it was a great summer outing, I'll rate the resort as 8, 10 being the highest. I recommend this for people who wants to enjoy yet tight in budget. This is also good for reunions, get together, etc.

Lastly..I'll say, 'it's indeed a Green Nature!!'