Swim with the Dolphins: MOAP, Ozamis City

My travel buddies wanted to give a last hurrah for summer 2012. Target destination will be at Misamis Occidental Aquamarine Park at Sinacaban, Ozamis City. This trip has long been overdue and was postponed several times. Told yah, our kind of work requires tremendous effort to arrange our schedule. Obviously, we were able to make it. So here are snippets of our trip.

This particular trip gave me positive and negative impressions. Let me  quote a friend's words regarding this trip  "It's worth the experience but it's an experience not worth repeating". That's exactly how I describe this trip. Wondering why not worth repeating? The answer is that the park's services are over priced.

Upon arriving at the park you'll pay an entrance fee of  P10. You'll have to walk a long passageway leading to the wharf  going to the Dolphin Island. From the wharf  a boat will bring you to the island and that's for  300 pesos each. When in the island, before you could swim with the dolphins (15-20 minutes only) you'll have to pay another P300. Since we are not expert swimmers we need life vest and snorkeling gears, for that alone you have to pay P100 for the rental. If you want to feed the dolphins that's gonna be another P150. And if you need a guide to assist you in swimming with the dolphins and for snorkeling, it will be another P50. Now that's a lot of money, right?!!!!

It cost a lot but  in all honesty I had fun swimming, feeding and touching the dolphins . It was an entirely different kind of experience that I rarely encounter. But then again I believe that every experience definitely has no price tag.