Kawayan Cove one of my favorite beach resorts in Batangas

BEACH properties are always wise and stable investments. More often than not, the property value appraises faster than keeping money in the bank. With more accessible routes via Cavitex Road and Tagaytay-Nasugbu Highway, the beach coves of the western Batangas coastline are excellent options to consider for a quick getaway for city folk.

Among all the beaches in the coast, Kawayan Cove is one of my favorites. The crown jewel of the property is Bamboo beach, acknowledged to be the best swimming beach in the coast. The 650-meter stretch of white sand tucked inside the embrace of two promontories provides a safe playground for beach enthusiasts.

Right behind the beach, the tiered 60-hectare landscape sloping upward has been subdivided into only 300 residential lots. With these numbers, it is the least dense of all the coast developments. Property lots here range from 500 square meters to 2000 sqm. Open spaces are generous, and the whole development is wide and spacious.

Kawayan Cove amenities include the Mango Grove with a children’s playground and kiddie lagoon pool. Here, stone-clad grills are positioned next to picnic tables that surround imposing mango trees. Also in the Mango Grove are two tennis courts and a full-regulation basketball court. An amphitheater on the far end of the Mango Grove is available for summer concerts and music festivals.

Then there is the beautiful and serene Meditation Point, a vast park on one of the headlands that juts out toward the sea. Meditation Point has become one of the most-coveted venues for couples wanting to exchange vows.

Premium lots

“This area could’ve easily been subdivided into the most premium lots of the whole subdivision but it was decided early on that the most desirable areas of the property would be left open for all the homeowners to enjoy equally,” says Joey Puyat, president of Edge Properties Development Corp., developers of Kawayan Cove. That’s the reason also why there are no homes on the beach. “Our house used to be exactly where the Club’s Beach Pavilion stands now. At least now it can be enjoyed by all too.”

Curiously, to the right of open-air, slate-columned, structurally sound Beach Pavilion stands a native nipa hut structure, right on the sand. “Would you believe that is the original beach house of Don Eduardo Roxas?” Joey says. “We decided to keep it because it is nostalgic for our family. Imagine, at one time the Roxases owned most of Nasugbu, but yet Don Eduardo chose Bamboo beach as the place to have his beach house.” The structure had to be reinforced, but I’m told that it’s exactly the way it looked back in the ’60s.

The Bamboo Beach club includes an imposing community clubhouse perched on a cliff, its edge pool blending seamlessly into the horizon. There are function rooms and locker rooms up there. The beach pavilion down at the beach is most accessible to those that come, serves the most delicious Filipino food that one craves while at the beach. To the left and to the right of the Beach Pavilion are open-plan bathhouses patterned after those seen in Honolulu public beaches.

Membership club

Although the Bamboo Beach Club is a membership club, one cannot simply buy a club share. Only Kawayan Cove property owners become members of the club. “The club is only for the exclusive use of the property owners and their guests,” says Joey, explaining that privacy and exclusivity are key concepts of the development. “That exclusivity and privacy is exactly what people are buying into when they decide to own property in Kawayan Cove.”

“It’s interesting to see how things develop along the coast” observes Marivic Limcaoco, marketing director of Kawayan Cove. “There seems to be something for everyone. Other communities have lots of activities going on, lots of people, lots of socializing—and while I think that’s nice, I still prefer the stillness and quiet of Kawayan. This place is truly a retreat, a place to recharge without too much distraction,” she says. Kawayan Cove does seem to attract those types of individuals and charms them all.

For inquiries, call Sarah at 845-1246 or 66 and 0918-265-9112.You may e-mail [email protected] and log on to www.kawayancove.com.