Sinagtala, a resort and theme park, sits in more than 60 hectares of land near Mount Natib in Tala, moun-tain village in Orani, Bataan that has a climate similar to Tagaytay in Cavite.
Felicito “Tong” Payumo, one of the owners, said the newest addition to the resort is the Sinagtala Adventure Park which has a zipline, sky bike and sky bridge.
The zipline of twin lines is 503 meters long where travel passing through a ravine of verdant forest takes from 38 to 40 seconds at a fee of P350 per person.
The sky bike is 450 meters above sea level and has a length of more than 129 meters while the sky bridge is also 450 meters above sea level and 122 meters long. Payment is P100 per head each for the bike and the bridge.
“Ang zipline dito hindi gaya ng ibang zipline na ang height ay ang taas lamang ng pole. Dito may ravine na dinadaanan kaya more exciting,” the former BCDA chair said.
He said that they see to it that no one destroys the forest. “We were able to make use of God’s creation for free so we have to keep and preserve the trees and the forest,” Payumo said.
Sinagtala has two swimming pools, rooms and cottages for rent. It has some clay tents that Payumo described as glamo (short for glamorous) camping. Each tent that faces the mountain can accommodate four to six persons. The roof is detachable so occupants can do star gazing.
Payumo, also three-term congressman of Bataan’s first district, revealed plans to put up a restaurant as stop-over of visitors and commuters where they can sip kapeng barako, and opening of a trail to reach a waterfall down a ravine.
