Bislig City

Tempting Dao Dao Cold Spring, the Natural Swimming Pool of Barangay San Fernando, Bislig City

May 28, 2022 by caraga Leave a Comment

Dao Dao Cold Spring is a unique swimming pool because water it is not stagnant but a wide spread of running water that is sourced from the coldness underneath the earth’s surface. Dao Dao Cold Spring is located at barangay San Fernando, Bislig City and has been lately the talk of tour lovers because of its unique and distinct formation as a natural swimming pool. Its never-ending flows of running water from the source emptied into the deepest ocean called the Philippine Deep. Peoples love to feel its coldness specially beating the heat of summer when June comes.

dao dao cold spring bislig city — source: Aj Mordeno

It seems that you can choose which area you want to swim or dive since Dao Dao Cold Spring has been divided into different array of wide and long sections. You are lazy enough which one to choose to submerge and enjoy the moment. The Dao Dao Cold Spring is one of the numerous cold springs that exist in the province of Surigao del Sur, as this province faces the Philippine Deep, one of the deepest trenches in the world.

Nature’s Gift Kawa-Kawa sa Awog, Bislig City

July 2, 2021 by caraga Leave a Comment

Amazing Kawa-Kawa sa Awog was a nature’s gift that Mother Nature had crafted for so many years, even a thousand years before we existed. This gem of the Caraga Region is located at barangay San Jose, Bislig City where all Caraganons started to notice its beauty before the pandemic came in. Its uniqueness was the symbol of the strength and power of Mother Nature unfolding before our naked eyes.

Kawa-Kawa sa Awog forming like a bowl of clear water running from the mountains of tropical trees and plants from the rainforest, the locals calling it a natural pool or natural jacuzzi. Some of them forming like oval shapes of different sizes with shallow and deep, and you can choose where ever you want. Added also into the show for those early morning escapees is the foggy atmosphere in the tropical rainforest.

Locals were also surprised by the flowing clear water still endure and will not fade away even during summer. People in the City and the neighboring towns flocking from their homes and submerge in the sparkling cool water, but that was before the pandemic came in.

So much fun and stress-relieving activities by not just swimming but by just looking at the flows of the water and hearing the sounds of it will revitalize your world and change your way of thinking before going back to hustle and bustle of the City life.

kawa kawa sa awog, bislig city — photo source: AJ Mordeno

Enchanting Hinayagan Cave, Bislig City, Surigao del Sur

June 11, 2017 by caraga 1 Comment

Posted – Marlon Villasor of Caraga Backpackers

hinayagan cave, bislig city, surigao del sur — source: Marlon Villasor

Hinayagan Cave is another tourist destination haven seeking the thrill to the depth of the earth located at Bislig City. So enchanting as you moved inside the cave with natural creations never before seen. Marveled by the beauty when passing an entrance then a vast space inside with the illumination of light in the center.

Its name originally was Suhoton but was changed because there are other caves in the country that bear the same name. For identity, the local folks renamed it “Hinayagan,” which means, “lighted.” This was so-called Hinayagan because of the opening in the mid ceiling of the cave.

The first cave is 100 meters in length, 15 meters radius entrance with creek water coming in and Miniature Falls. The sunlight passes through the 10 meter diameter opening in the middle ceiling that allow birds and other winged animals to come in and out of the cave. It also has 50 meter wide swimming area that leads to the entrance of the second cave. You can also find an underground river and stalactites that are mostly forming elephant trunks and balusters.

LOCATION: Hinayagan Cave, San Vicente, Bislig City, Surigao del Sur, Caraga Region

HOW TO GET THERE:

– From Butuan ride a bus or van to Manggagoy tell the driver to drop you off to crossing of San Vicente near University of SouthEastern Philippines

– From crossing of San Vicente ride a habal habal going to Kapatagan tell the driver you want to visit Hinayagan Cave

EXPENSES:

-Van or Bus (210 pesos)
-habal habal (100 pesos)
-guide (100 pesos)

REMINDER:

-be mindful of that signage that says “this way to hinayagan cave”
-beside that sign there’s a house ask them if they can guide you going to the cave
-15 minutes easy trek

Tinuy-an Falls Angry Mode during January, Bislig City

April 7, 2016 by caraga Leave a Comment

Tinuy-an Falls got angry in the month of January!

During rainy seasons which mostly January, Tinuy-an Falls of Bislig City became a powerful force of Mother Nature like the Niagara Falls of Canada. The falls blanketed the whole scene with fog and cloudy atmosphere. It flows like a thick white curtain, and you will not see even a tiny dark line from the walls of the falls from the first tier up to the last. Everything is covered with cotton white with a thunderous smash of the angry falls echoing the ears.

Location: Bislig City, Surigao del Sur, Caraga Region

How to get there: Public Utility Bus or van from Butuan City to Bislig City, then rent a van or jeepney in going to Tinuy-an Falls.

Distance: Estimated 4 hours of travel from Butuan City to Bislig City through public utility bus or van, then from Bislig City terminal you can rent van or jeepney in going to Tinuy-an Falls for estimated 45 minutes to 1 hour.

Swallowed Sweet Gulaman in Half of Plate at Bislig City

March 27, 2016 by caraga Leave a Comment

Delectable and mouthwatering sweet gulaman from Bislig City!

Bislig City is not just for sightseeing and adventures but you can taste native and seafood delicacies right in your mouth.

When you talk Bislig City what will come to your mind is the majestic Tinuy-an Falls or the pristine white cute island in the center of the bay, the Hagonoy Island, but that could not be the least, since being a coastal city, it has seafood along the way aside from the sweet native delicacies.

Location: Bislig City, Surigao del Sur, Caraga Region

How to get there: Public Utility Bus or van from Butuan City to Bislig City.

Distance: Estimated 4 hours of travel from Butuan City to Bislig City through public utility bus or van.

Memorable shot at majestic Tinuy-an Falls 2nd tier by the late friend, Bislig City

March 26, 2016 by caraga Leave a Comment

Majestic Tinuy-an Falls was amazingly captured by the late friend whom he described the place “nindot kaayo” (very beautiful). The waterfalls during February was thick like a white curtain wall that smashes deep below in the 2nd tier. There were lots of fog that forms a mist vaporizing in a camera lens even you are far from the falls. It is wide enough and strong that everyone is stunned by the beauty of Mother Nature.

Many of the tourists visiting the place calling it as the “Niagara of Caraga.” This one of the gems of Bislig City that you will never forget.

Location: Bislig City, Surigao del Sur, Caraga Region

How to get there: Public Utility Bus or van from Butuan City to Bislig City, then rent a van or jeepney in going to Tinuy-an Falls.

Majestic Tinuy-an falls the Niagara of Caraga, Bislig City

March 15, 2016 by caraga Leave a Comment

Majestic Tinuy-an Falls is also known as ‘Niagara of Caraga’ because of its widest cascading white curtain falls flowing in three-tiered falls. A hidden gem of Bislig City aside from its lushful and vegetative forest, Tinuy-an Falls is now frequently visited by international and local tourists because its location is amazingly surrounded by Mother Nature such as tall trees and mountains, different birds approaching while listening to the smash of cascading waters.

Location: Bislig City

How to get there: Public Utility Bus or van from Butuan City to Bislig City, then rent a van or jeepney in going to Tinuy-an Falls.