After visiting the old balete tree in Maria Aurora town, we headed directly to Mother falls in San Luis. The entrance to the falls is located beside the welcome arch of Brgy. Ditumabo.
Our tricycle was able to enter through a dirt road a few hundred meters away from the highway. However, as we went inwards, the traffic caught us up. There's no way to pass the narrow dirt road but to walk a few meters, so our tricycle will be able to go past the concrete road going up to the Ditumabo falls. We never knew that it will take us for more than an hour to get to the entrance. We thought we're already near, but this scene greeted us.
We forgot that is was a holiday that day, so we didn't expect tourists of this volume to form long queues just to get a glimpse of the mother falls.
I paid the entrance fee for Php30 each.
This marker told us to walk about a kilometer.
Halfway, you'll have to surrender the receipt. You can have first aid assistance and leave your belongings here for a fee.
You'll pass gushing waters from the river, more rocks and bamboo bridges. Better to walk barefooted but be extremely careful.
After an hour of walking, we finally set foot infront of Ditumabo Mother Falls. The water was so cold but due to teeming tourists swimming simultaneously, I just took a picture of falls with my friends.
I didn't forget to take a selfie after taking a dip on its waters. We were already tired when we got there, so we had little time to swim as there's so little space and possibility of stampede as more tourists wanted to take turns.
Overall, it was a good experience to see the Mother Falls of Aurora province. It's better to go here not on holidays like we did, so you'll avoid these scenes that we faced. Happy trip!
