We had a look yesterday at the grand opening of the Treetop adventure and some of the activities the adventure will offer. The Tree Top adventure is a ride among the trees often 100 feet above ground. Similar to a single passenger chair lift it rides you across 9 cable rides and 4 suspension bridges. It offers great views of the jungle and what is in it. The ride moves at a slow pace and is perfet for children.  If you want to get  drop on everyone then try the rappelling. The Tree drop adventure had some brave souls rappelling down a tree 60 feet to the ground. the staff there will give you the training you need to get down the way you want. i can not wait to see some of my staff try the Australian style, face down.   Seahorse is really looking forward to working with Tree Top Adventure and will be adding the Ultimate Adventure to our mini survival and gung ho programs replacing the slide for life. The Ultimate Adventure has 5 cable lines up to 450 feet long zipping you through the jungle upside down. 

if that is "too much" adventure for you then seahorse will have the tree top adventure as an alternative.

The trekking adventure is also great for those who want to keep the feet on the ground.. It is a scenic walk through  the jungle. 

We are finalizing some our new adventure programs which will be released in just a few weeks.

found an interesting article on the SCtex

We are on a roll !

Things are looking up at Subic Bay, we have recently seen some hotels remodeled such as Hotel Interpark.  We have seen the opening of a new Theme Park, Jungle Joe's World. and this week the opening of the Subic Clark Tarlac Expressway and the Oriental Paradise Casino.

Seahorse Tours and Souvenirs recently release its first rating for hotels and resorts based on  our customer surveys. We asked our guest to evaluate their stay in a number of different categories and to rate the hotels class or standard. Our highest customer satisfaction was with Arizona International Hotel and Resort located in Barrio Barretto Olongapo. While only a 3 seahorse rate resort, it received two thumbs up for value and the staff rating was extremely satisified. Like anything it is impossible to please everyone there were a few negative comments.  We have highlighted some of the local resorts on a new resort page

PGMA will host a ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday 18 march to launch a trial run of the Clark to Subic portions of the SCTex. After cutting the ribbon the president will lead a motorcade to Subic where she will meet with SBMA, Local government leaders and Tourism stakeholders. Exact details are expected to be announced tomorrow. The trial run will run through Holy Week. the road will be open 6 am to 6 pm. after the trail run the expressway will be closed to complete some additional work, it is hoped that it will reopen on a trail bases after a few days. Formal opening of the entire SCTex is expected around 21 April.
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When we take tours to Mount Pinatubo we pass though the town center of Capas, Tarlac. It normally takes us 2 hours and 45 minutes to get to that point from Subic Bay Freeport. Yesterday, we had the opportunity to try out the new expressway. While the road was wide open with little traffic there were construction workers along the roadway in places as well as some places where we had to change from the southbound lanes to north bound.  So we were below the posted speed limit most of the time. Still the trip from Capas to SBFZ dropped from 2 hours 45 minutes to 1 hour and 10 minutes. It was 45 minutes to the airport exit at Clark to SBF.

With the Clark to Subic segment opening in a few days, the two areas are merged into one. The Subic area adds some fine 5 star hotels and a range of great restaurants to its offerings as well as a unbeatable selection of golf courses and casinos. Clark gets access to the beaches and jungles of Subic and the best wreck diving in Asia.

Seahorse tours (www.seahorsetours.com ) will increase its offerings to include these added features