Taklobo Tours: Giant Clam Conservation in Samal Island

22/11/2024

18/11/2024

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We would like to inform that the Taklobo Tours will be Temporarily Closed in the afternoon on November 21, 2024, to conduct a Refresher Training on Underwater Photography and Underwater Videography Workshop and Seminar.

We appreciate your understanding and apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

TAKLOBO TOURS MANAGEMENT

04/09/2024

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15/04/2024

To our valued clients,

Pease be informed that Taklobo Tours Operation will temporarily be suspended for 7 days on April 16- 22, 2024 due to the scheduled capability building prograt for the Tour Guides. This is conducted to comply with the standards required by the Department of Tourism and LGU-IGACOS Tourism office.

We would like to provide our clients with utmost tourism services at the Taklobo Tours so we provide continuous training to our local tour Guides.

DAGHANG SALAMAT
Taklobo Tours TWG

23/05/2023

23/05/2023

The TAKLOBO TOURS Operation will be suspended today, May 23, 2023 as we pay our last tribute to our ADUFOR President, Ruben R. Martin and we join his bereaved family during the interment.

[IN MEMORIAM] Davao del Norte State College mourns the passing of Mr. Ruben R. Martin, giant clam conservation advocate and president of Adecor United Fisherfolk Organization (community counterpart of DNSC in managing the Taklobo Tours in the Island Garden City of Samal).

Sir Ruben was one of the signatories of the Memorandum of Agreement that sealed the partnership of the community and DNSC in advancing giant clam conservation in the Marine Reserve Park (MRP) in Barangay Adecor and in sustaining it to become an ecotourism and livelihood initiative that benefits both people and the planet. He was also part of the pioneering local tour guides for Taklobo Tours and had served the organization for ten years.

We remember him by celebrating his leadership and commitment to leaving a better world for his community and for generations to come.

Fair weather to your sail out to the Heavenly Seas, Sir Ruben!



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info and photo source: VPAA Girley Santiago Gumanao

06/03/2023

PANABO CITY— The local government unit of the Island Garden City of Samal prepared month-long activities for its 25th Founding Anniversary this March with the theme; Isla nga Bulahan sa Kaanyag, Padayon sa Pag-uswag. One of the activities was the Pasidungog Pasalamat 2023 which was held at Bridgep...

15/11/2022

[What's New] In the Island Garden City of Samal, there are 6 different species. Tridacna gigas (biggest giant clam), Tridacna derasa, Tridacna squamosa, Tridacna maxima, Tridacna crocea and Tridacna noae. T. noae (newly resurrected species and new record in Samal Island). This is 80% of the total species found in the Philippines. With the 6 species of Giant clams present in IGACOS, the species T. squamosa and T. maxima are the most abundant species. They are widely distributed around the Island while the 4 species and the recruits of T. gigas and T. derasa were only confined in the western side, close to the Giant Clams Restocking Site.

Source: DOST-PCAARRD funded Project: Evaluating the Status of Giant Clams in Mindanao implemented by Davao del Norte State College of Panabo City

28/09/2022

[APPRECIATION POST] Princess of Bahrain - Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher Bint Khalifa Al Khalifa visited the Taklobo Tours.

The Princess was in Davao for Global Women Empowerment Summit (GWES) at the Waterfront Insular Hotel Davao last September 24-25, 2022 (Sun Star Davao). Welcome to Samal Island and Thank you for spending time with us Your Highness.

28/09/2022

The Tourism Pearl Awards program, spearheaded by the Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines (ATOP), is a prestigious annual competition open to all local government units to present their exceptional tourism practices, projects and innovations.

Now, we are delighted to announce that "Taklobo Tours: Giant Clam Conservation in Samal Island" is among the national finalists for ATOP-DOT Pearl Awards 2022. Thanks to the Project implementers LGU Samal, BLGU Adecor, Adufor United Fisherfolk Organization and Davao del Norte State College that had been part on this huge success!

Let's !

Here in Taklobo Tours, together we Tour to conserve, Tour to change lives, Tour for a better world.

Taklobo Tours a tourism destination with a mission.

01/09/2022

Taklobo Tours contributes to the
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)!

19/08/2022