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Buntot Palos Falls
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| Photo Information |
Copyright: Benedict Kwok (bend1k)
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 130 W: 1 N: 80]](http://i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (904) |
| Genre: Places |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2006-09-02 |
| Categories: Nature |
| Exposure: f/11, 1/125 seconds |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2006-09-07 6:18 |
| Viewed: 1405 |
| Points: 2 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
Laguna is blessed with a lot of beautiful waterfalls such as the Pagsanjan Falls in Pagsanjan, the Imelda or Taytay Falls in Majayjay, the Twin Falls in Cavinti, the 5 water falls of Famy, the Hidden Valley in Alaminos, and other still unexplored water falls by people other than the local residents. Buntot Palos is one of the lesser known water falls except in the mountaineering community that is why it might have also been called the Hidden Falls. Buntot means tail and palos means eel in english. You can't see the shape of the eel's tail from here because I got lost while going down and ended in a very slippery rocky place which you see at the foreground. From where I am sitting, the rocks were sharp and mossy and I can only move down on a sitting position. My friends were somewhere over the right side of the falls and were laughing when they saw me on this slippery trail. I will upload another photo of this falls from another point of view tomorrow
The place is accessible by a 2-3 hour hike (we did it in 1.5 hours) via a trail, which gets too muddy when it rains particularly during the rainy season. That is why some commented that the trek towards the waterfalls is not enjoyable. This accumulation of mud on pot holes are due to the marks left by logs being drawn by carabaos of the local farmers and loggers as well as horses, which is the usual mode of transportation by the locals. More often than that, the dung of the horses and carabaos mixes with the mud. The campsite is also not that ideal being small and significantly inclined. But the basin of the waterfalls is big and deep for swimmers to enjoy, though those who don’t know how to swim see it otherwise - having no shallow place to swim and play around. If you are the more adventurous type, you can camp in a shallow cave beneath the cascading waterfalls |
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Hi Benedict,
You hiked so far for beauty. And you were rewarded. Good capture of the waterfalls, tech details are good. A very informative Note. I sure will explore Laguna next time. Ingat pare!
Danilo
