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Mimbalot Falls in Iligan City, Philippines

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This post is part 3 of 3 of our 3-waterfall, 1-day adventure in Iligan City.

4:50 PM – From Tinago Falls we decided to call it a day and not visit our supposed to be third waterfall for the day, Mimbalot Falls. But when the habal-habal was nearing the highway, a thought came to Lisa Marie‘s mind and she told our driver that we should head to Mimbalot Falls even if the sunlight was fading. When I asked her about it, she said that it would be a waste of time and money if we would go back and visit Mimbalot Falls on another day. I agreed with her.

The habal-habal driver made a cautious turn around on the highway and we were on our way to Mimbalot Falls.

We then passed by a line of jeepney facing back to Iligan City Proper which has the words Buru-un painted on their skin. From there we turned left to the intersection heading to the rough road to Mimbalot Falls.

Tinago Falls in Iligan City, Philippines

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This post is part 2 of 3 of our 3-waterfall, 1-day adventure in Iligan City.

2:33 PM – We were now riding the habal-habal that we hired to take us to Tinago Falls and Mimbalot Falls from Maria Cristina Falls for the rate of 350 Pesos for a half-day tour.

We went back to the national highway and passed by the bay, Timoga Cold Springs and the Macaraeg-Macapagal House. Then we turned left at one of the intersections.

Tinago Falls in Iligan City, Philippines

At some point the habal-habal driver stopped the motorcycle and asked Lisa Marie (PinayTravelista.com) to go down as he will take me first up through the steep hill then go back to Lisa Marie and bring her up next. When they were back I rode the habal-habal again and went on our way to Tinago Falls.

Maria Cristina Falls in Iligan City, Philippines

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This post is part 1 of 3 of our 3-waterfall, 1-day adventure in Iligan City.

The plan was to meet at Jollibee Aguinaldo (our favorite meeting point) in Iligan City, have lunch there and start visiting the 3 waterfalls that we had planned for that day – Maria Cristina Falls, Tinago Falls and Mimbalot Falls.

Since each waterfall has many details I would create blog post for each waterfall to cover all the details that I know about them. This blog post concentrates on Maria Cristina Falls.

12:00 NN – We met at Jollibee Aguinaldo and ate lunch there. After this we walked to the intersection of Araneta Street and Roxas Avenue as the Buru-un bound jeepney will pass by.

12:53 PM – We got inside the jeepney bound for Buru-un. We told the conductor that we were heading to Maria Cristina Falls, he replied “NPC” and we said yes. We paid him 11 Pesos/person for our trip going there.

NPC means National Power Corporation. Maria Cristina Falls is located inside the compound of Agus VI Hydroelectric Power Plant. And I will sound like an encyclopedia if I continue with this.

1:09 PM – We got down the jeep at the intersection of the National Highway and the road going to NPC and started walking to the entrance of the compound of the Hydroelectric Power Plant. Jeepney travel time was 16 minutes.

Bridge over Agus River. We got down right after we passed the bridge. Maria Cristina Falls in Iligan City, Philippines

Bridge over Agus River. We got down right after we passed the bridge.

While walking a habal-habal driver went to us and offered us to drive us to Tinago Falls and bring us back. He offered 350 Pesos which includes a short visit to Mimbalot Falls. We told him that we were going to think about it first and we’ll call him when we have decided. Then we continued our walk.

1:16 PM – We arrived at the entrance of the power plant. Around 7 minutes walk from the highway. We then registered and paid the entrance fees.

  • 35 Pesos/person – Entrance Fee
  • 10 Pesos/person – Vehicle Ride, but we had to pay 50 Pesos for this as we are only 2 persons and the minimum number of persons/group is 5 persons.
NPC Nature's Park Rates. Maria Cristina Falls in Iligan City, Philippines

NPC Nature’s Park Rates

From the last time that I was here they have made significant improvements since my visit there last 2010.

Dalipuga Falls in Iligan City, Philippines

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Dalipuga Falls in Iligan City, Philippines

Dalipuga Falls.

It was only 3 days left for me to leave Iligan City and knowing that it has a lot of waterfalls I wanted to visit as many as I can. I remembered when we did Pampam Falls and Kalubihon Falls that we missed one waterfall due to the arriving rain. So we quickly decided that the next day we would visit that waterfall, Dalipuga Falls.

9:30 AM – We decided to meet again at Jollibee Aguinaldo. First we had a short breakfast and we started walking to Gaisano Mall to ride a Dalipuga bound jeepney.

10:19 AM – The jeepney started moving to Dalipuga and we told the driver to drop us off at the intersection going to Dalipuga Gym. We paid 15 Pesos/person (one-way).

Inside the jeepney bound for Dalipuga. Dalipuga Falls in Iligan City, Philippines

Inside the jeepney bound for Dalipuga.

10:48 AM – We arrived at the intersection going to Dalipuga Gym (29 minutes travel time). Interestingly it was the next intersection to the intersection going to Pampam Falls and Kalubihon Falls.

There were pedicabs (bicycles with side carts) waiting in line on the road. Locally, they are called sikad.

Sikads waiting in line. Dalipuga Falls in Iligan City, Philippines

Sikads waiting in line.

We asked one the sikad drivers to take us to Dalipuga Falls. When they heard that we were heading to Dalipuga Falls there were offers coming from other sikad drivers to guide us up to the waterfall. We declined their offer and just concentrated on talking to our driver.

We rode the sikad and since I grew horizontally we were barely able to fit in one sit.

Pampam Falls and Kalubihon Falls in Iligan City, Philippines

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11:10 AM – Alex, Lisa Marie and I met at Jollibee Aguinaldo in Iligan City. Our plan that day was to do some waterfalling (waterfalls hopping) to Pampam Falls and Kalubihon Falls in Brgy. Dalipuga. If we still have time we could also visit Dalipuga Falls.

We then walked to Gaisano Mall and rode a jeepney bound for Dalipuga, but we had to make a slow stop at Jacko’s Kan-anan to get a taste of their Seafood Platter.

Jacko's Kan-anan Seafood Platter. 480 Pesos/order.

Jacko’s Kan-anan Seafood Platter. 480 Pesos/order.

After the lunch we rode a gain a jeep bound for Dalipuga.

12:45 PM – The jeep was now moving to Dalipuga and we told the driver to drop us off at the intersection to Kalubihon Falls. Fare was 15 Pesos/person.