No words can probably describe the beauty and silent charm of Day-asan Floating Village in Surigao City. Hailed as the “Little Venice of Surigao City”, the village is a fishing village consisting of houses on wooden stilts above the water. It is a barangay in Surigao City, the capital of the province of Surigao del Norte in the Caraga Region of Mindanao.

Home to about 1,800 people, the small wooden houses of the Day-asan Village stand on wooden stilts or piles of rock in shallow water among mangroves. Instead of roads, there are narrow bridges for pedestrians and waterways between the houses which are plied by small bancas or river boats. At certain points along the waterways are found village meeting houses known as purok centers, where public gatherings take place. These are large round huts with roofs that resemble a salakot. The residents not only go out to sea to fish for their livelihood but raise fish and lobsters in enclosures in the village. The main resort in the area is the Daydream Laguna Resort and Teppinyaki Restaurant.

Getting there

The village is about two miles away from the city proper. It may be reached by land and sea transportation within 30 minutes or so. Also accesible from the transport terminals at Pier 2 of Surigao.