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From the shores of the resort, you can view the large cargo boats that delver Davao del Norte and Compostella Valley bananas to ports all over the world. (davaotoday.com photo by Jonald Mahinay)
The plantation tour and forest adventure, which costs 200 pesos per head, offers a trip to the Hijo banana plantation processing plant and the Hijo port, owned by Hijo Resources Corporation, the owner of Lanikai resort.
Hijo plantation is selling 1000 boxes of bananas a week to Lapanday Corporation, which is exclusively renting the 120-hectare Hijo port for its use until 2010. At a drop of 13 meters, Hijo is the deepest port in Davao Gulf.
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Just across the shore is a small island lush with green. Guests can also expect fishermen and other boatmen traversing the rich waters on their way from work. (davaotoday.com photo by Jonald Mahinay)
The forest adventure includes a tour around the 74-hectare forest adjacent to Lanikai, the home to heron, egrets and other birds. This preserve also has 17 hectares planted with bamboos, home to some 200 heads of wild boar. Sison also proudly narrates that tarsiers can sometimes be seen in the few remaining coconut trees.
For 250 pesos, guests can also avail of the river cruise down the 3.5- kilometer mangrove reserve from Lanikai resort to barangay San Isidro, the second longest in the country. According to the Tagum City information office, the area is home to 13 species of mangroves, with many more species still unidentified.
