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Subic, Zambales: Get Wet and Wild at Whiterock Beach Hotel & Water Park

Posted on February 26, 2015

Looking for a place to cool off after exploring Subic Bay, Zambales? Check out Whiterock Beach Hotel and Water Park, a seven-hectare resort with cream-colored beaches, sprawling lawns, leisure facilities and aqua-themed amenities. Only two hours drive by private vehicle from Metro Manila via the SCTEX highway, the resort is located in Subic, the town just north of Olongapo City (not to be confused with Subic Bay Freeport Zone).  The 221-room resort offers a range of accommodation. A new three-story wingRead More

Zoobic Safari (Subic, Zambales)

Posted on December 10, 2008

Want to have a roaring good time? Perhaps the closest you can get to a ferocious feline in the Philippines is at the Zoobic Safari—the one and only tiger safari in the country. It is located at Subic Bay Freeport Zone in Zambales province, a former US naval base. When the Americans left in 1993, the Philippine Government converted the area into a Freeport Zone that has now become an industrial estate with an international airport, shopping malls, hotels, techno parks,Read More

Tree Top Adventure (Subic, Zambales)

Posted on December 2, 2008

Here ye, all you tree-huggers! The most exciting way to explore a tropical rainforest in the Philippines is to zip line through one. Tree Top Adventure in Subic, Zambales offers the world’s first motorized canopy tour with jungle trails comprised of platforms attached high up on tree trunks using an environment-friendly tree clamping mechanism that doesn’t harm the trees. Traversing four suspension bridges and nine motorized cable rides, you will get lifted up to 100 feet above the forest floorRead More