(It’s Monday, September 18, 2017. BTS comeback. So excited~! OK, back to business.) Gawd, I love waterfalls. They’re just so… majestic. Tall, short, plenty of water or not, I cannot help but be in awe of them. I can’t explain it. As much as I appreciate a calm pond or lake surface, or the emerald color of the sea, or the calming sound of rushing water in a stream, there is something about waterfalls that just captures me. Beside them and before them, I feel small and helpless, but blessed at the same time. Does that make sense?
The Katibawasan Falls is definitely the most famous waterfall in Camiguin. And you’d often see it on lists of “must-visit-waterfalls” in the Philippines.
So it was a no-brainer that we should check it out. After all, we loved what we saw and experienced of Tuasan Falls earlier that day (read my blog on that), so we were ready for more!
This waterfalls is also under the management of the local government unit. It was already around 3:45pm when we got there. So we paid the entrance fees and walked through the gates for the short walk to the falls.
It was definitely a short walk. You’d immediately spot the veil-like water flowing from a great height on the side of the mountain as you walk around the bend. There is a small building where toilets are located for visitors.
Clearly, this is a much-visited place both by locals and tourists. No wonder, since it takes no effort to get here. No hiking or trekking, which is why it’s a favorite weekend place for families, even with little kids.
Maybe because it was already quite late in the afternoon, or because it was a weekday and everyone was working, or because of the rain most of that day, there were no one else there, except a couple of fellow tourists that came in later (whom we also ran into at Tuasan Falls earlier).
There she is, Katibawasan Falls, tall and regal at 250 meters.
Just like I would at every other waterfall I approach, I felt a certain degree of giddiness as we slowly walked down to get closer to the falls.
The water fell into a basin that is as small as a regular pool, which definitely becomes a public one during the summer, methinks. There are grilling areas close by, where picnickers can do their thing and whip up their meals, to be served later on the concrete tables set up around the basin.
This was the closest we could get. The rain made the water a bit murky, so it did not really call on us to jump in and get wet. So this was the closest we could get to it.
If you look at the pic above, you’d spot the rope across the pool, clearly warning anyone to go close to the waterfall.
Even from this distance, the spray of the waterfall is no joke. After all, it falls from so high up. It’s 250 meters tall, y’all.
It’s so easy to go crazy taking photos when faced with beauty such as this. At some point, you even forget that your phone and camera are not waterproof. OOPS.
After leaving the Falls area, we had a taste of “kiping”, a local snack being sold at one of the stores outside the Falls. It’s basically sun-dried cassava, which you drizzle with some sweet syrup and then bite into. It’s crunchy and yummy, and definitely better than those salty and processed chips you see in stores.
I love waterfalls. If I get the chance to visit more of them, I’d definitely be grateful. Even if getting there requires some rigorous walking and demanding hikes… I wouldn’t mind. Seriously.
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