The mysterious blue water of Kawasan

CEBU| Kawasan Falls is one of the many popular travel destinations when visiting the Queen City of the South. This destination is not only popular among tourist but also among locales if  relaxation and enjoyment is what they are up for. Kawasan is located in the Municipality of Badian, 3 hours away from Metro Cebu.

 

 

From Cebu City, take a bus bound to Badian or a "v-hire" which you can get in at Cebu South terminal or at Citi link. At the jump off, from the highway, some locales will offer as a tourist guide, since the no form of vehicle are allowed in the trail. 

There are three levels of water falls in Kawasan. It features a beauty that will put you in awe with its cascade of crystal clear springs. The water emits a color as that of the blue sky during noon time. One can enjoy nature through picnic and dinning in the tropical forest with the flushing Kawasan falls as the natural background. Most beautiful than any wonderful painting one could have!

The popular bamboo rafts which can be rented out from one of the nearby stands, allows one to have a unique experience as it brings you closer to the falls itself thereby offering a free “waterfall massage”. It is a great massage one can ever experience. Soft?or hard massage? You better prefer the latter since the falls offers nothing else but a hard massage. What a relief from the long trek you just had.

One can discover the source of the Kawasan Falls. This is also where the water comes fresh from the mountain. There is also a hydro power plant in Kawasan which is the basic source of electricity in the area.

Souvenir shops along the trail

One can trek going to the waterfalls by passing by the village, and a few souvenir shops. While trekking, the tourist guide will keep on giving facts about the so-called "hidden place" ,the fun way.  Any questions you desire to ask may also be asked. 

It takes 30 minutes of a relaxing hike going to the first of the 3 levels of the famous falls of kawasan as you are merely enjoying the fauna, the pleasant environment and even get to meet and greet the locales with a smile. 

The blue clear water of Kawasan

Picnic area

 

                 Truly Kawasan WaterFalls adventure is unique and worth it. 

TRIVIA

According to locales, it is not every year that a guest dies at the falls but every two years.
The deaths were a warning, according to a quack doctor or locally known as “mananambal,” whose services was sought on the death of a tourist several years ago. It takes some time for the body of a person who drowns at the falls to surface, which thus fuels the stories. A worker, who works for the Kawasan Multi-Purpose Cooperative, said there is a story that the spirits of the forest locally known as “Engkanto” , asks for 60 human souls in exchange for disturbing their once peaceful place which is now congested with cottages put up by several resorts in the three-tier falls. Those are just tales but some say that black figures appear in the pictures of tourists. Some even claim that white ladies appear in photographs. Mystical stories are nothing new at one of Cebu’s popular tourist destination. Such stories makes the Kawasan Falls far more interesting than it has ever been.

Dare to explore and experience it yourself. As for me, Kawasan Falls is but one of those places I would want to revisit over and over again if I had to.