Mati City is known as one of the tourism capitals of the Davao Region, notorious for its sand resorts and paradise islets. Mati City has located 182 km or about a 3-hour Car ride from Davao megacity, where the nearest transnational field in Mindanao is located. Mati City is known for Dahican Beach, Davao Oriental Museum, and the Sleeping Dinosaur.
Puhada is an Island located in Mati City, Davao Oriental, a 30 minutes boat ride to the community of Dahican. The Island has 150 hectares wide most partly are forests with a small fresh lake at the center and the finest white sand around the shore. It is privately owned, underdeveloped but yet still one of a virgin Island I been visited this year.
