One of the rope courses
Are you bored and tired of the usual team building activities you do and places you go when its time to wire that corporate or group's teamwork? Are you guys up for something new and want to challenge the group's capability to become better at things you never did before? Well, we got something good for you.A few years back, we needed a fresh place to jump start our church group's spirit and roll it over the year. A number of venues were suggested by friends and families but one stood out, and as we checked their facilities over the internet and did an ocular visit, it was definitely what we needed. We booked and scheduled our team building for the year here as excitement builds up inside the group. From time to time, I post intriguing pictures of the venue in our group chat like the one above to thrill them on the upcoming game day. But seriously, who wouldn't be challenged if you see this photo and you know you have to go through this soon.. Man, I suddenly remembered the chilling excitement and nervousness at the same time again.
So the team building place is Phillip's Sanctuary at Antipolo, yes, Phillip with the double "L". They are actually a multi-events place that caters almost every event you might think of.
Green relaxing views
They are open for retreats, seminars, workshops, parties, on-location shoots, field trips and more. The great thing here is that you have a lot of options to do like fishing, camping, swimming, kayaking, rafting, and more. But what they are more popularly known for is their wicked facilities for team buildings that includes various obstacles and rope courses with a zip line.Actually it does not stop there, they still have spaces for bike trails and tree planting activities perfect for that eco-friendly tours which companies, schools, and other private sectors can look into. Did I still miss anything? Haha! So for this blog post, we will tackle the 7 challenging things you and your group can do here that will rock your lazy butts up and get that body movin'.
First are the rope challenges in land. In here you have to traverse a lot of rope obstacle courses with different guidelines per area. There are ropes that you have to step on, climb on, and hang on to finish. Best time wins. You can also accumulate the time per activity in the end before announcing the overall champs.
Rope challenges in land
Second are the rope courses above water. This was something new for the group as everyone was doing their best not to fall off the obstacle. Various challenges are present such as log to rope and rope to rope ways of passing thru. Some takes their time going thru with the challenges doing the slowly but surely way of coping in the situation but there are a few that crossed it with impressive times.
Rope courses above water
After that rope course above water, waiting at the end of it is the zip line ride. Nothing much really (lol!), you are just going to zip your way through the obstacle course by sliding on a piece of rope, and yes, still above the water. Well, this picture below can say it all really.
Zip line ride
The next you have to cross is the rope to rope obstacle in water. The group really had a lot of fun here as per our experience, the competition was neck to neck here. As group A was leading ahead of the other, Group B leveled up their game and manages to finish it with a close time VS Group A. Now we have fight! Haha!.
Rope to rope obstacle in water
Well, this one challenges me the most. The cross that log hustle. You have to cross the log from one side to another just by freely balancing your way through. Now its getting serious. The catch here is that one of the logs in here is not stable so its important that you choose the correct log. I still remember that when I crossed this log, there was a moment that I already said to myself that "this is it!, I will fall!" But thank God I managed to regain balance in time and crossed it without getting wet. Yes! We can already call it a day guys. Haha!
Cross that log hustle
If you are not yet tired, you can also do the water raft relay/racing activity. Well for us, we let the girls of the team compete on this while the boys do the next and the last part of the obstacle.
Water raft relay / racing
The last obstacle we had is the mud obstacle relay. So after carefully traversing all of those hurdles without getting dirty, no you cannot finish without getting it. Man, I felt betrayed for this like a coup haha! My personal mission was to get home with the same clean clothes I was wearing but because of this.. I got so dirty enough to make others more dirty. Can you just imagine all that dirt!? (lol!) Fun and great times though.
Mud obstacle relay
I cannot stop going back to this photo as the mud in there was like 2 to 3-feet deep. Some of us did not believe that and they went there unexpectedly swimming - head below it! Oohhh lala! It was soo funny but at the same time made all of think it over if we would really do it. Haha!
By the way, we also did the super loooong slide. We had so much fun doing it that no one took a single photo/video of us doing it. Haha! It was that good!
Wet but had fun
Over-all, it was a great day for us to enjoy the place and appreciate the view there. The sanctuary is heavily surrounded with trees and the area is quite spacious so you'll feel relaxed. They even had a wonderful pool there which was very tempting to dip into. The place is just easy to love as it embraces nature with plans to sustain everything with it until it can. And to prove that, they even have actual farms behind the sanctuary that produces crops. So grateful to know.We ended the activity with a group discussion and a prayer for safety on going back to the city. It was so nice seeing all of us enjoy the company of each other and laugh with all the things we did there. It was quite a memorable trip for the group. We hope to come back again and experience the other facilities they have. But I am quite sure that when that time comes, there will be more new things to enjoy there. We are all looking forward to that time.
Want to see how happy/crazy the group was? Watch here.
Address: Sitio Panlilingan, Pestano Farm Road, AntipoloOperating hours: Monday to Sunday, 8:00AM to 6:00PMContact nos.: 738-13-75 or 09177060916Web page: https://www.phillips-sanctuary.comFacebook fan page: https://www.facebook.com/phillips.sanctuary/Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/phillips.sanctuary/