Day 02 Villa Escudero                                                                           (B/L/D)

After breakfast at hotel, check out and proceed to spend a whole relaxing day 2 hours away from Manila.

Transfer to Villa Escudero Plantations, by our English speaking guide and driver to a plantation and estate that’s famous for providing a unique experience of Philippine culture and history in a beautiful rural setting with coconut plantation located in the Philippines’ beautiful countryside. 

Experience Filipino culture and history as you ride a water buffalo-drawn cart through the plantation on a cart drawn by a carabao, an indigenous water buffalo, while being serenaded by a live local native music band. Visit the plantation’s museum see the Escudero family’s vast collection of pre-Hispanic Era to World War I historical, religious and cultural artifacts. 

Enjoy a scenic Buffet Lunch served on a bamboo dining tables at the base of a calm spillway from Labasin Dam, the first working hydroelectric plant in the Philippines, through a few inches of cool, crystal-clear running water trickle over your feet as you dine a local dishes such as grilled tilapia, liempo and kaldereta (meat stew with tomato sauce and potatoes). 

• Optional Activity: Bamboo rafting on the river (If time favours at own costs).

Later, wipe-off all sweat and tire by a swim in the villa’s spring-fed pools. Free and easy at own leisure. Overnight in Villa Escudero.

Day 03 Tagaytay                                                                                     (B/L/-)

After breakfast at hotel, check out and proceed for a day tour, approximately 50km south of Manila to venture the Taal Volcano, the second most active volcano in the country. 

Taal Volcano is the smallest active volcano in the world. Its unexplained shape and location on an island within a lake within an island, makes it a unique geologic wonder, enthralling thousands of tourists and geologists yearly. This island covers an area of about 23 km², and consists of forty-seven different overlapping cones and craters. It is one of the active volcanoes in the Philippines and part of the “Pacific Ring of Fire”.

Taal Volcano is part of a chain of volcanoes along the island of Luzon, which were formed by two tectonic plates colliding over 500,000 years ago. Since the formation of this large caldera (Taal Lake), subsequent eruptions created another volcanic island, within Taal Lake, known as Volcano Island.

Permanent settlement in the island is prohibited by the government. Despite the warnings, poor families have settled on the island, risking their lives, earning a living through tourism, fishing and farming crops from the rich volcanic soil.

The Pansipit River is the sole drainage outlet of Taal Lake. The river has a very narrow entrance at Lake Taal and stretches nine kilometres before emptying into Balayan Bay. 

Have Lunch and proceed to Tagaytay, one of the country's most popular destinations for domestic tourism city because of its scenery and cooler climate provided by its altitude. 

Tagaytay overlooks Taal Lake in Batangas and provides views of Taal Volcano Island in the middle of the lake through various vantage points situated in the city. 

The name Tagaytay is derived from the Tagalog words which mean "mountain ridge" or "low mountain range", in reference to the Tagaytay Ridge on which the city sits. 

While it's true that Tagaytay has a relatively cooler temperature and lower humidity compared to Manila and other lowland areas, there are still times when the temperature gets hot, reaching around 30°C during the summer months of March, April, and May. 

If time permits, you can also visit the Museo Orlina dubbed as the center of arts and culture museum in Tagaytay. Visitors are given a chance to view an extensive collection of glass sculptures of renowned glass sculptor Ramon Orlina and other artists' works. 

Museo Orlina is located at Hollywood Subdivision of Brgy in the Tolentino East of Tagaytay City. Transfer to hotel, check in. Free and easy at own leisure. Have Dinner at your on cost. Overnight in Tagaytay.

Day 04 Talisay                                                                                (B/L/-)

After breakfast at hotel, proceed to Talisay to do the the Boat ride 45mins to 1 hour and tour the Talisay City which is located in between Bacolod City on the South and Silay City on the North. 

It is the Seedling Bowl of the Nation as it produces 80 to 85% of seedlings and saplings in the Philippines. The town is also home to numerous plant nurseries and gardens. 

The Philippines is amongst the largest producer of cane sugar in the world, this once sleepy Sitio Talisay was the first planting bed which gave rise to an industry for the whole province. Globally, it ranked as the ninth largest while it placed second largest in the ASEAN, next to Thailand, is also known for some tourist-worthy places that indeed attract some visitors from across the country. 

Besides that, there are also Ruins is a relic of a 1920’s mansion whose remains was as a result of the land’s harsh history involving the Second World War, has become its own landmark to where it had always erected.

Visit the Tana Dikang Lizares Ancestral House also known as Balay ni Tana Dicang, conveniently located within the city. The mansion which is now considered as one of the attractions of Talisay City is owned by the Lizares Family. The place is a showcase of the olden affluent lifestyle of the Hacienderos in Negros Island. 

Another man-made place to visit is the 5-hectare property Campuestohan Highland Resort which rests atop the high elevation with the verdant forests of Mt. Makawili as its background. The Resort’s vantage point provides a view of the surrounding areas, consisting of almost half the land area of Negros Occidental and a bit of the neighboring region of Panay.

Not forgetting to give tribute to Talisay and its Malay roots, the people of Talisay are devoted to the annual celebration of the Minulu-an Festival which showcases Talisaynon’s rich traditions and culture which lasts for 6 days in a row, the Minulu-an Festival is held every September 4 to September 10, yearly. 

Located within the 30-hectare farm of the Guerero Family, the place is a nice place to visit over the weekend. The farm resort has a pool, a beautiful garden and offers facilities for people who would want to stay overnight. Transfer to hotel, free and easy at own leisure. Have Dinner at your own cost at nearby vicinity. Overnight in Tagaytay.

Optional: Skyranch visit at the afternoon.

Day 05 Tagaytay City Sightseeing / Manila Airport                           (B/-/-)

After breakfast at the hotel, approximately 8AM, check out and proceed for Tagaytay sightseeing till airport drop off for your onward destination.