Exploring Philippines 116 - Kanturayan Falls (Post 1)

My nephew, Ron, accompanied me to Kanturayan falls.  Kanturayan is a sitio in barangay Yapo which is in the border of the town of Bugasong, Antique.  He had been there five years ago and for some time, I showed my interest to visit the falls.

There are motorcycles in the marketplace of the town of Bugasong and the fare per head is 25 pesos.  The travel time is under 30 minutes and the unloading area would be at barangay Yapo itself.  From there, you have to walk in order to reach the falls.  Anyway, since there was no motorcycle that time, we took a tricycle ride going to Tagudtod Norte which happens to be the final unloading area of the tricycle.  The cost of the ride per head is 20 pesos.  From there, a motorcycle ride to barangay Yapo would be 10 pesos.  But that time, there was no motorcycle either so we decided to walk.

As of this writing, the road from Tagudtod Norte to barangay Yapo is under construction.  Along the way, there are some parts of the road that are already concrete and maybe by next year, the whole stretch of the road will be totally cemented.

We hardly noticed of the time since we stopped from time to time to take some pictures.  It took us under an hour to reach barangay Yapo.  Along the way, there are several sitios that we passed and people in those areas are generally friendly.  Visitors to this place will not get lost since there is only one major road to follow until reaching barangay Yapo which is the end of the road.

The moment we started our walk from Tagudtod Norte, the mountains immediately greeted us which is a total refreshing sight.  Several meters afterwards, the long stretch of the river approaching the dam can be seen from the road.  As we followed the road to barangay Yapo, the river becomes our guide.  At some point tough, we reached a part where the river is momentarily out of sight but the mountains oversee our journey.  As we come closer to our destination, the mountains likewise seem an arm stretch away.

After some time, the river comes into a full view again.  That was the time when we were already at the foot of the mountain.  The road had been widened where a large truck can pass along, a total relief to the commuters who used to fear more than a meter wide trail before. 

When we reached the end of the road at barangay Yapo, we took the concrete steps leading towards the river.  The river is several meters wide and at that particular time where it rained hard a couple of days before, the water was discolored.  As we walked beside the river, we can tell that there are some shallow and deep parts.  And it is hard to determine how really deep is the deepest part.