GLAN, SARANGANI TRAVEL GUIDE 

Here’s your updated Glan, Sarangani Travel guide.

 A Place to Visit 

Looking for a place to visit for a vacation or just a mere quick getaway? Are you tired of the noisy environment and you simply like to get away for a while with people close to you? Or do you simply want to add more to your travel bucket list? Bring the entire family and barkada with you as we travel to the southern tip of the country, Glan Sarangani! It is just an hour and a half flight from Manila going to General Santos City followed by a land trip (through a private vehicle or a bus) taking you to Sarangani. Upon reaching the place, you can now enjoy all the fun and adventures that this place has to offer!

This place is a combination of Boracay and Vigan and all the other tourist destinations of the country. They have the scenic pristine shorelines and in a naturally white-sand shore! At the same time, other things that we can see at Glan Sarangani are the Colonial-era structures which make the place even more classic and elegant.

The place is simply serene and peaceful and it is the best place to visit especially if you are coming from city life Manila. Some of its tourist spots are the Gumasa Beach which is a stretch of powdery white sand beaches with alluring beauty of paradise, bountiful fresh coconut fruits and open grassland, Kapatan – Lago Dive Spots which is a dive site just near the shorelines and beside an aquaculture farm for Sergeant fish, and the Century-Old Houses, the several ancestral houses built mostly in the early part of 1900s.

Walking around the town for a tour as well as visiting the local market of the town is also a fun-filled activity to do in this place. But if you are looking for a special occasion to visit this place, I advise you to come here during the month of May for they host the Sarangani Bay Festival, which is considered as the largest and grandest beach festival in the country! In this festival, you can enjoy swimming in the calm water of the Sarangani Bay and also join the fun that the festival offers.

Another month to visit this place is the month of April for they have the Mahin Festival. This festival shows the rich culture and tradition of the town by setting up their indigenous games. And for the month of October, be amazed at their manifestation of the Glan’s industry and tradition through choreography, musicality, and costume called the Lubi-Lubi Festival. The performers are wearing costumes made up of coconut being the major product of the place.

There you have it, all the reasons to put this location on your travel bucket list. Are you ready to travel the beautiful place of Glan Sarangani? Book your ticket now and prepare for your one of a kind experience that you will surely treasure! Enjoy the place and have fun accomplishing your hashtag travel goals!

GLAN, SARANGANI TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

GUMASA BEACH
Gumasa Beach is a long stretch of talcum-like white sand beaches.

Read here for GUMASA TRAVEL GUIDE

CENTURY-OLD HOUSES

Glan, Sarangani takes pride in its ancestral houses built mostly in the early part of the 1900s, with high balconies and walls of ‘kalados’. Some of these old houses still preserve good collections of antique furniture.

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HOW TO GET TO GLAN, SARANGANI

From Manila, there are daily flights directly to Davao and General Santos City, which are entry points to Gumasa.

 From Davao Airport

Coming from the airport, ride a taxi and tell the driver that you’re going to Ecoland Bus Terminal.
From there, you can ride a bus bound directly to General Santos City. It takes you 3-4 hours of going there. Fare most likely around Php250. Just tell the conductor to drop you down at Gaisano Mall and from there you can walk to KCC Mall.

 From Gensan Airport

From the airport, just ride a tricycle or taxi where Gensan often has. Tell the driver that you’re going to KCC Mall.

The terminal going to Gumasa is right beside the mall. You can take a van bound to Glan for Php100 and it takes you for more than an hour. The dropdown station is Alegado Terminal at Glan.

From the terminal, tricycles are everywhere you can rent them for Php100 going to Gumasa. Takes you there for about 20 mins.

Note: Make sure to book the tricycle for your return trip soon to Glan. Transportation is a bit lacking in this part of Sarangani.

 

Century-old Acacia Trees lining inside the public elementary school in Glan

LIST OF RESORTS AND HOTELS IN GLAN, SARANGANI

Location: Barangay Poblacion

VMB’s Bed & Breakfast
Telephone Nos: (0922) 821 5753 | (0995) 214 0440
FB Page: VMB Bed & Breakfast Internet Café/Bar

Juanita’s Inn
Telephone No: (0947) 379 8602
FB Page: Juanita’s Inn

Lucy Pension House
Telephone No: (0906) 486 2676 (0949) 3921387

King James Hotel (Glan, Sarangani)
Telephone Nos: (0927) 325 9447 | (0936) 925 8705
FB Page: King James Hotel

Consolar Business Inn
Telephone Nos: (0928) 268 2748 | (0917) 546 3751)
FB Page: Consolar Business Inn

Glan Training Center (Glan, Sarangani)
(0906) 738 9933
*LGU-run facility

The author at Gumasa Beach

BEACH RESORTS IN GLAN, SARANGANI

Location: Barangay Gumasa

Coco Beach Resort
Telephone Nos: (083) 893 0324 | (0919) 533 0408 | (0921) 770 8474 | (0927) 823 7780
FB Page: Coco Beach

Isla Jardin del Mar Beach Resort (Glan, Sarangani)
Telephone Nos: 09172536105 | (083) 8930032 | 0917 677 8177
FB Page: Isla Jardin Del Mar
Website: http://www.islajardindelmar.net

Rosal Beach Resort
Telephone Nos: (083) 552 2888 | (083) 826 9247 | (0920) 204 9038 | (0928) 937 3488

White Haven Beach Resort
Telephone Nos: (083) 895 0305 | (0920) 947 9148
FB Page: White Haven Beach Resort

Morales Siete Estrella Beach Resort
Telephone No: (0910) 158 5579

Crystal Island Family Resort
Telephone No: (0995) 376 1349

Davak Ridge Beach Resort
Telephone No: (0909) 810 8435

Barangay Taluya

Brod Louie Whitesands Beach Resort (Glan, Sarangani)
(0921) 988 0846 0942 393 3516
FB Account: Brod Louie Beach Resort

Marian Beach Resort
(0943) 607 0277 (0947) 460 3611
FB Page: Marian Beach Resort

Belimac Sumbang Point Beach Resort
(0922) 817 4391
FB Page: Belimac Sumbang Point Beach

Crystal Island Family Resort
(0995) 376 1349 (0906) 528 3123

Barangay Cablalan

Hidden Paradise Beach Resort (Glan, Sarangani)
(0906) 963 3860

Location: Barangay Kapatan

Belmar Eco Park
(0929) 243 4448
FB Page: Belmar Eco Park & Beach Resort

Lanai1687
(0917) 635 5447 (0935) 208 7681 (0917) 309 9336
FB Page: Lanai1687 | Lanai1687Resto

Isla Mellousa Beach Resort (Glan, Sarangani)
(0925) 712 0067

Location: Barangay Lago

Hacienda Don Juan
(0936) 933 9831 (0917) 711 4944
FB Page: Hacienda Don Juan

Bong Feo Beach Resort
(0997) 577 6553
FB Account: Bong Feo BeachResort (Marina Restauro)

Kikay’s Beach Resort (Glan, Sarangani)
(0946) 678 9049
FB Page: Kikay’s Beach Resort

Butal Beach Resort
(0915) 638 2297

Location: Barangay Tango

Seikou No Yume Beach Resort
(0915) 514 0314

Sunset View Beach Resort
(0912) 025 2186
FB Page: Sunset View Resort, Brgy. Tango, Glan

ND Beach Resort
(0975) 902 6112

Seafront Beach Resort (Glan, Sarangani)
(0949) 477 1893

Beach View Beach Resort
(0905) 873 2755

Campugan Beach Resort
(0929) 973 4450

 

 

The Colono Marker in Glan, Sarangani was erected as a remembrance of the first meeting of the natives and the Christians at the place…

LIST OF RESTAURANTS | CAFÉ | BAR IN GLAN, SARANGANI

Location: Barangay Glan-Padidu

Alexa Louise Kitchen
(0921) 969 0565
FB Account: Alexa Louise Kitchen

Chopping Board Recreation & Dine (Glan, Sarangani)
(0907) 158 6800
FB Page: Chopping BOARD – Recreation&dine

Location: Barangay Ilaya

Cafe Zac
(0919) 877 9143
FB Page: Café Zac

Stop ‘n Eat
(0905) 110 6677

Location: Barangay Poblacion

Baywalk Diner (Glan, Sarangani)
(0916) 386 0687

Babes Chow Resto Bar
(0919) 414 6934

Tia Nina Pizza & Pasta
(0932) 986 6866

Location: Barangay Gumasa

Dandi’s Tiki Bar (Glan, Sarangani)
(0919) 877 9143

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