Camarines Sur: Mt. Isarog National Park, Malabsay falls

Imagine a cold drink that’s almost freezing… Now imagine swimming on it… Sounds cool right? I mean cold. Hehe. That’s the Malabsay falls for you. To further explain how cold it is. We bought a local brandy to drink there, and since it’s still warm, we dip the bottle into the water. And, after 10 minutes it’s cold enough to drink. Is that falls cold or what!?

From Naga City, know as the heart of bicol. Mt. Isarog National Park is about an hour drive, and an about 15minute hike.

But, that 15minute is no pushover. The trail from the gate of the park is not very friendly. You have to walk in a meter wide man made trail, some of which were partly destroyed already due to natural doings like earthquakes and storms. The trail is so slim and rough that sometimes you’ll feel like you’re walking in a cliff.

And you have to get through different obstacles to get there, like this picture below, where we have to get through under a fallen tree. There’s also a place were we have to jump a little to get down, and make sure that we wont tripped or it’s game over for us.


Finally, we saw the falls. But, we still have to get down there. We have to trek a drop off where the flooring can only accommodate one person. It gets a bit harder especially when you’re holding your camera and tripod.

But, all those hard trekking paid off big time when we got there. The falls is huge. It’s about 50 feet high I guess. And, like what I’ve said, its water is freaking cold.

At the side of the falls, there are steps where you can jump at the top to the crater.

They said that the crater is more than 6feet deep.
There are also small size pools between the huge rocks around the falls, where the water can massage your back, that if you can endure the coldness of the liquid flowing in there, like the man on the top photo.

He was like shivering for 15minutes after he got out of the water, and my stomach almost cramped up laughing. He can’t even light a cigarette and drink a glass of brandy because his hands were shaking like crazy. Haha.