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MOUNT BUNTOT PALOS
LOCATION: Laguna Province
ELEVATION: not available
LEVEL: Minor Climb, Level I, Easy
JUMP OFF POINTS: Pangil Laguna
INFORMATION:
Laguna is blessed with a lot of beautiful waterfalls such
as the Pagsanjan Falls in Pagsanjan, the Imelda or Taytay
Falls in Majayjay, the Twin Falls in Cavinti, the 5 water
falls of Famy, the Hidden Valley in Alaminos, and other still
unexplored water falls by people other than the local residents.
Buntot Palos is one of the lesser known water falls except
in the mountaineering community that is why it might have
also been called the Hidden Falls.
The place is accessible by a 2-3 hour hike via a trail, which
gets too muddy when it rains particularly during the rainy
season. That is why some commented that the trek towards the
waterfalls is not enjoyable. This accumulation of mud on pot
holes are due to the marks left by logs being drawn by carabaos
of the local farmers and loggers as well as horses, which
is the usual mode of transportation by the locals. More often
than that, the dung of the horses and carabaos mixes with
the mud. The campsite is also not that ideal being small and
significantly inclined. But the basin of the waterfalls is
big and deep for swimmers to enjoy, though those who doesn’t
know how to swim sees it otherwise- having no shallow place
to swim and play around. If you are the more adventurous type,
you can camp on a shallow cave beneath the cascading waterfalls.
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