Camsur Watersports Complex, Naga (Day 1)

This is somehow late and I still want to share our trip to Naga in Camarines Sur. Last year I got an online promo ticket to Naga for only Php88 (one way) and planned a trip there with lablab. We talked to several people for our itinerary and they gave us some tips for our trip. First off, to visit Camsur Watersports Complex (CWC) in Naga and then for our next day to visit the Islands in Caramoan. January came and we need to decide fast for our journey, so we decided to make a reservation on CWC for our 3 days 2 nights stay. 

We want to test our luck so we decided to the airport early to catch the earliest flight because our flight was moved into an afternoon schedule, WHALAH! Our luck paid off, 4 passengers did not take the flight so we replaced them on their schedule making ourselves successful chance passengers. We left Manila sunny but arrived at Naga airport cloudy and a little windy, about 40mins travel time. 

 

Naga airport is just a small airport with a small runway that maybe the reason why only small planes are flying on that destination. We got our bags and got out of the airport, outside a shuttle was waiting for us to be transferred to CWC, this is a free service offered by CWC’s administration. After 10mins drive from the airport we arrived at the place. 

Their front desk in located in a huge hall with a big swimming pool at the back. The hall is kubo-inspired architecture and most of the materials used are wood. The staffs are very polite and accommodating. We paid for our balances and they handed the key to our room that is called a trailer. 

The trailer is the metal container used in transferring big cargos and usually seen carried by 10-wheeler trucks. Our trailer was a green one that is good for 2-4 persons. The trailer is divided into half, making two rooms in one trailer.

Inside the trailer

Inside the room is one queen size bed in from of the TV and bathroom and also air-conditioned. One of the free services of the complex is they have free wifi all over the place! It is a good thing we brought lablab’s laptop with us. After unpacking our things we got out of our rooms and started to take pictures and proceeded to the location where the man-made lake is. There are two big lakes found in the place one called Lagro del Rey and the other is where the wakeboarding activities are.

Lago del Rey

In Lagro del Rey you will find some other water activities like boating, kayak, boat wakeboarding, jetski, and an obstacle course made of inflatables (if you are watching wipeout it is almost like that). On the far end of the place is the training lakes where newbies normally start. It is just one stretch of water with the cable pulling you is on top but sadly it is closed for renovation when we went there. 

Kare-Kare

We took our lunch at their clubhouse just at the side of the big lake. We were surprised by the prices, we thought that since there was a lot of foreigners in the place it will be pricey but is not. We ordered inihaw na liempo and kare-kare. Man! You should try their kare kare, it may not be saucy but it does taste really good! Also they are using bagoong bicol, different from the ones in Manila, their bagoong is dry and colored yellow. After eating we went back to our room to rest. In the afternoon, we went back to Lagro del Rey to do some workout, we rented a kayak for an hour and paddle our way around the lake. 

Motorized Cable

Then we went to the wakeboarding lake. In wakeboarding you are usually being pulled by a high speed boat but in CWC they are using motor and cables on top of the lake to pull you. I think on the lake it can have 10 wakeboarders in the same time. The track is an oval lake with obstacles. Most of the boarders are foreigners maybe preparing for the tournament on the week after our trip. After a few push by my lablab I was convinced to try the kneeboard. 

Starting Post

One of the Pros

Kneeboarding is almost like wakeboaring but this is more stable since you are just on your knees the whole time and uses a different board. 

When doing the kneeboard you should avoid the obstacles since it is just for the wakeboarders and if ever you will crash into one of them you must let go of the rope pulling you to stop, then on the side of the lake there will be a motorcycle waiting for you to drive you again to the starting post. After 4 times of trying I did not finish the whole track because I always end up in front of the obstacles and just letting go of my rope, hehehe. Tried and exhausted we went to the swimming pool near the clubhouse to take a swim then got back to the clubhouse to eat dinner and have a nice sleep back on our room. The whole was very fun no dull or boring moments since there are a lot of riders that sometimes show off for the audience.