Part 11 of a series.
DAY 2.
After buying some pasalubong items at the COWHED Center, Eric and I contacted a habal-habal driver (the habal-habal driver who brought us from the Lake Sebu Public Market to Punta Isla gave us his number in case we’d need a motorcycle to bring us around the sights in and around Lake Sebu) to bring us to Lake Sebu’s prized Seven Falls.
The Seven Falls is located just before the town proper of Lake Sebu, about 10-15 minutes away from the resort.
The Seven Falls is a series of stunning river drops along the lush mountain forests of Lake Sebu. The first waterfalls is the most accessible. From the drop-off area, you just have to pay an entrance fee of P5. While doing that, we already heard the loud sound of the cascading waters. That made me more excited! From there, the first waterfalls is not more than a hundred steps down.
As we got nearer and nearer, the sound became louder and louder, as if the waters were roaring!
And we finally reached the viewdeck of the First Waterfalls. We wasted no time and just clicked and clicked away and appreciated nature’s beauty…
The first falls is named Dongon Falls or Hikong Alu in the local language. It is a block type of waterfall, meaning, the water descends from a relatively wide stream or river. When the water spills over the edge, it looks like a big sheet or curtain. At 40 feet high, the rapid surge and fall of the water from above makes traversing the area around the plunge pool very dangerous.
The way to the second falls is also paved and can be reached by walking at least 700 steps from the first falls! We didn’t have time to do that anymore as the sun was about to set and it was about to rain too. There was another way though. We could have taken the Seven Falls Zipline as it would bring us directly to the second falls and back, and besides that, we’ll also be seeing the other five waterfalls, which are not yet accessible by foot as of the moment, from above. BUT THEN, when we saw the zipline, we WEASELED OUT… It was too, ummm, *finds excuse*, deep! LOL! Maybe next time, pffft!
The Seven Falls Zipline is 700 meters long and is arguably the most quaint, scenic and picturesque zipline in the country!
(…to be continued)
