Legend of the Seven Waterfalls, Lake Sebu

I‘ve been near this area several times, even wrote an article about my first visits, but Lake Sebu never stops surprising me with awesome natural sceneries like this! In a way, I have to return . The reason? Pretty obvious. These series of falls is nothing but spectacular. There is this Seven Falls in Colorado and I know Lake Sebu is already a tourist spot in itself. But the Seven Falls here in South Cotabato is different.

The First Waterfall, as the name implies, is the first in the series of waterfalls from the lake. Named after the number of falls that interconnect (multi step type) and derived its water from Lake Sebu, it is actually located around and near the Lake just beneath hills and thick forest vegetations. It’s a block type of waterfall, owing to the large lake that feeds it.The rapid gush and fall of water from some 40 feet above makes traversing the river dangerous near its plungpool, but made the surrounding flora and fauna rich with indigenous species, like the crustacean I saw that jumped with the drops of water splashing from plungpool. Water hyacinths grow near the basin, but there were thick vegetations near the overhang. The water looks green because of the plentiful algae underwater. This fall has yet to be developed as a tourist spot, and I’ve notice a tabletop and cement groundwork near the area.

Dongon Waterfall, is the second in the series of falls and is actually a plunge type of waterfall. It’s majestic height of more than 100 feet makes it magnificent even at distant viewing! The very small tributary is almost inconspicuous but the rapids and the falling water from heights is just too astounding. Its location is also mind boggling. It looks like it was actually etched like a crater in a mountain side with different layers of rock representing geological times clearly lined up in the in the overhang. At 80 feet, you can still feel the cold mist from the turbulent waters at the plungpool. I swam in the shallow water but the strong currents near the waterfall prevents us from getting near the magnificent sight. My mountaineer friends found a way to climb a boulder about one fourth its height and told me the view was nothing but awesome. I didn’t follow. I am afraid of heights.

I can still feel the gush of the falling water up to now. That’s why I have to return. There are still 4 more waterfalls to explore. And I can only take pictures. But we needed a permit to move on to those great water formations!

 

 

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