Iringan Falls |
Pabs Glodoviza painting |
The Iringan Falls painting, together with his other works can be seen in his studio at Rizal Street, near the corner of Gomez Street in the Pagbilao town Proper My first visit to Iringan Falls was made during the regular Sunday ride of the Pagbilao Bikers Club. On 19 October 2003, I was not able to catch up the rest of the group after I got a flat tire twice. As I was cruising alone towards Malicboy, I met fellow biker Ding Franco on his way back. He said the group went on to Atimonan and he decided to turn back. We decided to shift to hiking instead. So we went to Sitio Iringan. Found a guide named Gerry. Locked our bikes to a coconut tree and went upstream thru the Iringan River. The trek took us only forty minutes. The rocks at the river are hiker-friendly. If the water is not too high, one can reach the falls without getting his feet wet by jumping over these rocks. The term "Iringan" is pronounced slowly in the locality. Strangers who might pronounce it with a fast accent on the second sylable would make the the word to mean "a petty quarrel". So, be careful! |
If you have your own vehicle, you may drive further thru the dirt road. The dirt road will allow your vehicle get in further and save your legs another 300 meters walk. The dirt road has at least two branches. First is a T-branch to the right, then a Y-branch also to the right. To get to your destination, ignore these branches and always go straight north. |
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From the road end, follow a cart trail that goes northwest. Then you will reach the river after about 190 meters. From hereon, you cannot be lost as you just need to follow the river upstream for the next 1.36 kilometers.
The walk to the falls is so short that you do not need to bring food provisions, unless you went there for a picnic. The pool at the bottom is a nice swimming spot (We have not measured its depth yet)
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Iringan Falls Feature at WaypointsDotPH
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Iringan Falls
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Pabs Glodoviza's website
The watermark background is an
aerial shot of Pagbilao Bay. Do you
know that
Palsabangon Bridge has a place in World War II
history? And it happened on a Christmas Day? Visit also
Iringan Falls was uploaded at WaypointsDotPH by Mr. Ed Garcia after I submitted. GPS trekkers may simply download GPS track data from that site and upload them to their receivers and use the dumb LCD screen as guide. Find the links to WaypointsDotPH after enjoying the pictures below.
The Artist's Frame
A nice vantage point to see also the pool at the bottom of the waterfalls
Years ahead of this photograph, artist Pabs Glodoviza painted a picture of Iringan Falls. His painting "zoomed-in" on the outline of the waterfalls.
After carefully climbing a cliff while saying a lot of prayers, this is the rewarding view looking down from the trail beside the top of the falls. This photo was taken while doing a tricky stunt of holding around a tree trunk by the cliff.
This shot would need a stuntman's skill as the rock on the top of the falls is very slippery. If you are seeing this, it means the photographer survived. (In the two photos, note how a bare-chested Ding Franco standing at the bottom of the falls looked so small from this height)
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