Who says beach is only for summer? Well, not for us. My travel mates and I were greatly attracted by the water inflatables of Talima Adventure and Water Park located in Barangay Talima, Olango Island, Cebu. A separate island located on the northern part of Cebu province. Despite the scourging heat of the sun and sleepless night from our Crown Regency adventure the prior day , we never doubted to push through our plans. Since Olango is a separate island from Cebu, you just have to get yourself to Hilton (previously Hilton hotel) Wharf in Liloan. If you’re in Cebu City, the easiest way to get there without having to spend much is to take a ferry boat from Pier 1 to Mactan and then ride a jeepney to Hilton’s wharf. But if you don’t mind the expense that much, you can just take a cab from the city to Hilton wharf which would likely cost more or less Php300.00.
From Hilton wharf, you have to take a “lantsa” which will take you to Olango island or you can rent a pump boat owned by Talima Adventure and Water Park itself which will take you directly to the water park site. The travel time from Hilton wharf to Olango island is roughly around 30-45minutes. You would actually have to ride a motor cab going to Barangay Talima if you take a “lantsa” which may take around 20minutes from Olango wharf. If you’re not used to traveling on rocky and dusty road, might as well take the pump boat straight to Talima Adventure and Water Park. Mind you, the motor cab ride is indeed tough and it gets tougher as you enter Barangay Talima. Imagine riding on a motor cab traveling through dead corals.
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| you would have to use up your upper body strength to get to the top |
Once in Talima Adventure and Water Park, you just have to pay P100.00 per person for the entrance and an additional Php200.00 for unlimited inflatable fun. Only thing though that time when we went there was that not all of their inflatables were available. Some were under maintenance like the zorb ball and water zip line. Anyway, I am not a swimmer and the area where the inflatables are located is more or less 20 meters away from the floating bridge of the Adventure Park. Yes, you would have to swim though you don’t have to worry because they do provide life vest. They have the slide, which you would have to use up most of your upper body strength to get yourself on top of the slide. The slide is more or less 12feet high so you would have to really pull yourself up. The challenging part for me though was when I reached on top of the slide. I am not scared of heights though but I’m a total loser when it comes to deep water. I know I acted like a paranoid as if I’ll drown myself with my life vest on but I kind of freak out when I reached the top. I was scared because I can’t go back where I came from 12feet below as it was too dangerous and my only option was to slide down to the other side plunging into deep water not to mention how scared I was that my life vest might not be able to save me…hahaha! That heart dropping feeling you feel from sliding long way down was awesome! That was the first time I have done it. Actually, I did slide before in one of the resorts back in my hometown but it wasn’t that high and I was not even wearing any life vest on because the pool wasn’t that deep. I still consider my Talima slide adventure my first time. |
| you can jump all you want and all you can all day long... |
Another inflatable that is so fun to play is the trampoline. The place has two big trampolines where you could jump high up all you want till you get tired. You can also jump into the water from the trampoline as long as you like it. We were like happy kids not caring about the hunger we feel so long as we can jump, jump, jump on the trampoline. Again, that was another thing we’ve never done before. We were definitely shouting our hearts out despite the growing heat of the sun. Then there’s the spinning orbit. Another inflatable that’s worth an experience. It’s round in shape with an outer ring where four people have balance on each side of the outer ring while the orbit spins around the sea. Everyone must cooperate though to get the orbit spinning. The spinning orbit is also the most challenging inflatable for me. Aside from the balancing that you would have to do, it was quite difficult to get yourself seated on each side of the outer ring.
Good thing about Talima Adventure and Water Park is they don’t have corkage. You can bring all the food you want though they have available menus and snack items. Since we’re not from Cebu, it would be much of a hassle to prepare and bring food so we decided to just get our meals from them. They offer a variety of meal as well. The price is not that high so there’s nothing to worry about. The food usually range from Php150.00-Php300.00. They sell drinks (bottled juices and soft drinks) too .
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