South Cotabato: The Seven Falls of Lake Sebu

I’m so lucky to have a work that requires me to travel a lot. This time, I went to General Santos City. When you heard the name General Santos City or Gensan for short, of course Manny Pacquiao first comes to your mind. This is his hometown! Gensan is also the “Tuna Capital of the Philippines.” So when you’re at the city, you cannot miss out to eat tuna especially the tuna belly and tuna panga. So Yummy!

But what I was really looking forward was to go to Lake Sebu. It is located in Surallah, South Cotabato. From Gensan, it is approximately 2 and ½ hours travel using a private vehicle. In Surallah, you will be greeted by these nice landscapes.

After 30 mins drive from Surallah proper, we arrived at Lake Sebu. There’s an entrance fee of 20 pesos for adults.

From the entrance, you have to trek down to see the falls.

This is the first falls or the Hikong Alu, which means "Passage" in T'boli. 

The second falls or the Hikong Bente, whicn means "Immeasurable" in T'boli. 

The highlight of our Lake Sebu trip is their zipline. It is dubbed as the  “Asia’s Highest Zipline". At first, I was really scared because of the height. It's too high, like mountain to moutain zipline. What I love about the zipline here is the scenery. You will see the waterfalls from below. It was awesome. I wasn't able to take picture of the waterfalls but it's so beautiful. 

We tried the two ziplines, a 700m zipline and a 400m zipline. They said that we must focus on our right to see the falls. And so I chose the right side. Hehe. For the 700m zipline, you will see the waterfalls two, three, four and five. For the 400m zipline, you will see waterfalls three, four and five. 

Overall, my Lake Sebu trip is so much fun and I will definitely comeback to try the zipline again. 

Bukidnon: Dahilayan Adventure Park and Forest Park

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!! Let’s leave the past and embrace the future.

Continuing my Bukidnon Trip, we arrived at Dahilayan Adventure Park around 10am. It’s located at Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon. Dahilayan Adventure Park is the home of the longest dual cable zipline in Asia which is 840 meters long. This zipline is actually the reason why we went here.

Actually, it was my first time to try zipline. So for me, it was mixed emotion. Nervousness and excitement.

After zipline, we roamed around, appreciate the surrounding and take picture. I noticed how serene the place is. You can hear the Pine trees whistling. It’s very relaxing since you’re surrounded by nature.

I wanted to try the rope course but then it was hot at that time and none of my officemates wanted to accompany me.

After we roamed around, we went to Forest Park. There's a playground inside and once again, we became kids longing to play around. Kids at heart. Yey!

We wanted to try the ATV and Buggy Ride, unfortunately with us, they require that we must know how to drive. Since only 2 in our group knew how to drive, we dropped the idea and it was very disappointing on my part. I must learn how to drive. I promised to myself that I will come back here and try ATV and Buggy Ride.

There you have it, my Bukidnon experience. It was fun and I enjoyed every moment of it. We all went back to Cagayan de Oro with a smile.