The Bugtong Bato Falls and The Famous Kawa Hot Bath
Tibiao, Antique
Panay has lots of amazing places to visit... It is home to stunning white beaches, caves, falls, etc... A triangular island divided into 4 provinces, a haven destination indeed.
Bugtong Bato Falls is located in the Municipality of Tibiao, Province of Antique. a 7-tier falls but only 3 of them are passable to many, 30-minute trek from the registration site will make you sweat so don't forget to bring a liter of water with you.
How to get there!
From Caticlan, I rode a bus bound to San Jose de Buenavista but locals call it Antique. The bus cost Php 100 non-airconditioned bus and travel time is almost 2 hours, just tell the conductor to drop you off at Brgy.Importante and he knows it already.
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| Stunning view of Panay Mountains while on a Bus bound to Brgy. Importante |
When you get off the bus, habal-habal are waiting tourists just in the corner going to Brgy Tuno, they might be asking you on where to go but most likely they knew it already.
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| Welcome Signage at Brgy Importante located just on a Highway |
Habal-habal (capacity up to 2 passengers) cost 70 pesos per use and not per person so if you travel with someone with you, that's much cheaper as you're going to divide it by two. Heading to Brgy Tuno is so refreshing as you'll gonna see stunning mountains and a river, halfway going there is a registration site where you need to pay for an Environmental fee of 50 pesos (they will give you a receipt), I was a bit lucky that time because of my habal-habal driver took me to the back of that site where you can see a picturesque view of mountains, a mountain range of Antique with no additional fee lol, the site is also home to a Zipline from mountain to mountain.
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| Picturesque from the 1st Registration Site where you need to pay for the Environmental Fee located halfway from the Waterfalls |
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| Me at the back of the 1st Registration Site |
20 minutes after and we decided to leave the site. Brgy Tuno is a not populated place, an agricultural land per se. I alighted just a few walks away from another registration site, a site where you can get a Tour Guide going to the falls Php 150 per tour guide (again, cheaper if you have someone with you), personnel will going to ask you of the Environmental Receipt and just present it there and that's it you're now ready to witness the 7-tier falls.
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| Brgy Tuno River just along the road of the Barrio. |
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| Enjoying the beauty of the river |
Time to start the trek and be stunned by these falls. Water during summer is not that as fabulous as it should be due being affected by extreme heat, best season to visit is Rainy season or start from July onwards.
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| Bugtong Bato Falls - 1st Tier |
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| Bugtong Bato Falls - 2nd and 3rd Tier |
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| Me standing above the 2nd Tier |
After a short trek, time to get wet again but this time it's hot water. Soaked up in a hot kawa with flame underneath felt so insane. There are few houses there that offer this one-of-a-kind experience, a total relaxing way to beat tiredness just for 250 pesos and you can cut the price down just master your haggling skills.
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| Hot Kawa Bath after satisfying the waterfalls. |
Backpacking in Bugtong Bato Falls Expenses
Visited: April 03, 2016 from Boracay to Bugtong Bato Falls
