Making Splash at Island Cove's Oceania Swim and Splash Park for only PHP130

Update: Island Cove has officially closed after 20 years on July 28, 2018

Summer is just around the corner. Definitely the first thing that comes to mind to battle the scorching Philippine sun is to get wet. But if you're based in Manila, the nearest beaches would be at least two to three hours away. 

The best alternative to have fun under the sun is to just drop down a nice slide and splash into a cool swimming pool. One of the nearest and easily accessible water parks from the metro is Oceania Swim and Splash Park in Cavite. 

Oceania Swim and Splash Park

The Park and its Features
Oceania Swim and Splash Park is one of the star attractions of Island Cove Hotel and Leisure Park. It is dubbed as the most exhilarating family water attraction this side of Mega Manila. 

The Island Cove hanging bridge

Map of the leisure resort

It has a 3,000-square-meter two-layered lagoon shaped swimming pool with depths ranging from 3 to 6 feet. It has four giant fiberglass slides of varying colors, heights, and lengths. The park has also set up inflatable slides in the pools. This area is designed for adults, teenagers, and older kids. 

Two-layered pool

Four giant fiber glass water slides

Exciting slides in varying heights and lengths

Lagoon-shaped pools

Lap pool for adults

Oceania also features a 350-square-meter splash park with rubber matted flooring and splash and spray equipment. It has different levels of water height and pressure for kids of varying ages. It has small, gentle water fountains and padding pools for small children. It also has colorful, fish-shaped buckets that are slowly filled with water and simultaneously tip over to dump water to bigger children. The splash park is a playground children will surely love. 

Kid-friendly Splash Park

Gentle fountains and sprays

Colorful water playground

Fish-shaped buckets tipping over liters of fun

Play equipment

Shallow padding pool for small children

Note: The green slide was closed during our visit. Make sure to check first prior to your visit.

The park has Philippine National Red Cross-licensed lifeguards and it uses MSDS materials to provide the cleanest and safest swimming facilities for guests.

Park Admission
Back in October, we visited the 2017 Travel Sale Fair at the World Trade Center. As the culminating travel fair in the metro, it offered the cheapest travel deals for juanderers like us. 

One of the deals we snagged were tickets to Oceania Swim and Splash Park plus admission to another Island Cove attraction, the Island Aviary.

Oceania admission tickets

Regular rates to the park with Aviary access per person (in PHP) are as follows: 

Age Range	Weekdays	Weekends
Adult	370	390
Children	300	320

But the deal that we bought during the fair was only for PHP130 per person (all days). We only paid a third of the regular price which gave us total savings of PHP1,560 for 6 persons. 

Oceania ticket booth and entrance

Facilities and Activities
The park offers various types of cottages for rent. The cottages are positioned around the swimming pools. They are well shaded with canopies and trees protecting pool goers from extreme sun heat during the afternoon. The rates are as follows:

Type	Rates in PHP
Tables and Chairs	100
Picnic Huts	500
Cabana	800
Sun Decks	900
Gazebo	1,500

Picnic Hut

Sun Decks

Gazebo

Guests to Oceania, who prefer other activities aside from swimming, would find plenty of facilities both within and outside Oceania that are more than suitable. The other available sports and recreation facilities with the rates are as follows:

Type	Rates in PHP
Basketball Court	400 per hour
Tennis Court (with Ballboy)	150 per hour
Table Tennis	100 per hour
Volleyball	100 per hour
Billiards	120 per hour
Interactive Game Room	200 per hour
Target Shooting	150 per gun
Bike Rental	100 per hour
Go Kart	100 per hour

King Crawler playground for free

Slides for children

Giant chessboard

The tennis court and basketball court

The Interactive Game Room

Go Karting inside the park

Kalesa tour is also available

Restaurants
Island Cove imposes a "No Outside Food" policy. We initially planned on going out for lunch since there are numerous restaurant options in Kawit. However, we were having such a really good time swimming that we did not want to interrupt the fun and just decided to eat inside the park. 

Sangley Point Restaurant

Restaurants in Island Cove include the Fishing Village, Sangley Point, iCafe, and Bayside KTV. We chose Sangley Point as it is the closest to the park. We even requested that the food be served in our cottage. We ordered the following:

• Sangley Burger: Grilled Wagyu beef patty with mild cheddar cheese in home made bun and served with Caesar salad
• Fish and Chips: Beer battered fish fillet served with onion rings, homemade potato chips, tartar sauce, shallot vinegar, and lemon wedge
• Three Cheese Flat Bread Pizza: Oval-shaped pizza with tomato, Mozarella, Parmesan and Cheddar cheese

Delicious food from Sangley Point

The Sangley Burger did not disappoint as the patty was thick, juicy, and offered delightful meatiness. The Three Cheese Pizza was surprisingly good with excellent cheese quality and nice crust. The Fish and Chips was the only let down as it was too oily and salty.

The price ranged from average to pricey. For the items we ordered, we spent a total of PHP1,192.77 for 6 persons or roughly PHP199 per head. 

Sangley Point Menu

Experience
For the inexpensive deal, we really had an enjoyable day at Oceania Swim and Splash Park. We knew it would be fun for the two juanderers but thought it can really be a good option to spend the weekend or special occasions with the entire family (that's why we bought 6 tickets at the travel fair). The park is well-designed that we saw guests of all ages enjoying it and families getting to spend a lot of quality time together.

It is open on Mondays to Thursdays from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM and on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM. For more information about the park and Island Cove, visit their website here.

Have you visited Oceania Swim and Splash Park? Please share your experience in the comment box below!