The surrounds are very peaceful as your boatmen gently paddle upstream. There is a place to stop about halfway along the way for a toilet break. Here you can also grab some light snacks like some chicken barbeque sticks, chips, soft drinks, or even beer. I know what I like!
Whilst taking a rest here, you can enjoy the expressions on other visitors faces as they come back down through the rapids. Eventually, you arrive at the main fall, which spews into a natural pool below.
There, you have an option to take a ride on a bamboo raft. This is an adrenaline-inducing ride through fourteen rapids as your boatmen manoeuvre your canoe through the narrow rocks. Make sure you keep your fingers inside the canoe or you could lose a finger! Pagsanjan Falls is just over a two-hour drive from Manila so can easily be done in a day.
The hire of the canoe and two boatmen costs about P per person. This also includes entry fee, life jackets etc. When you see how hard they work, you can understand why. Magdapio fell on his knees and thanked the gods for the great blessing. Check out this Pagsanjan Falls map to be guided. There are two options to get there: Through the Pagsanjan Route where you can experience shooting the rapids in Pagsanjan Falls, and the Cavinti route which is a challenging way that involves hiking and rappelling.
Pagsanjan route From Cubao or Buendia, ride a bus bound for Sta. Cruz, Laguna. Upon arrival in Sta. Cruz, you can either take a jeepney to Pagsanjan or a tricycle to take you directly to the Tourism Office.
Cavinti route From Cubao or Buendia, ride a bus bound for Sta. If you want a more relaxed journey, there are also Pagsanjan Falls tour packages available at several travel agencies in Manila, both serving either of the two different routes. Pagsanjan Falls image credits to Joshua Bousel via Flickr.
For those planning their Pagsanjan Falls activities already, make sure to check with the Laguna tourism office first to confirm if you can enter the province. Only al fresco dining in these areas is allowed. For Laguna tourism updates and information, check out their Fa c ebook page. Q: What is the Pagsanjan Falls tagalog description? Q: How to get to Pagsanjan Falls from Manila?
Access to the falls The most popular way of reaching the falls is through the Shooting the rapids boat ride, which originates from any of the resorts along Bumbungan and Balanac Rivers. Two skilled and licensed boatmen takes one to three passengers on a wooden or fiberglass, long, narrow canoes to the falls, which could take more than an hour of paddling upstream depending on traffic and water level.
The journey takes passengers through the narrow and verdant Pagsanjan gorge lined with huge boulders, rocks and small waterfalls. The ride upstream ends in a natural pool below the falls where an optional raft ride takes visitors through a curtain of cascading water to the Devil's cave behind the falls. The return trip called Shooting the rapids is a thrill ride through fourteen rapids as the skilled boatmen maneuvers the boat through the narrow rocks as it head downstream.
It is also possible to hike the falls from the town of Cavinti. To reach the main falls, one has to go down a steep steel ladder, which in one section, goes vertically straight down. A few small falls are also located upriver.
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