Part4: Cebu-Bohol Escapade (Day2) - Kawasan Falls Experience

On our second day in Cebu, we planned visiting Kawasan Falls. Kawasan Falls is located in Badian, southern part of Cebu. This is most likely 3-4 hours from Cebu City. Long journey to see the beautiful falls, nevertheless, it was worth it.

How to Get to Kawasan Falls from Cebu City

Take a cab (less than Php 50.00 for us) and tell the driver to bring you to South Bus Terminal. Just ask around the terminal what bus will bring you to Kawasan Falls. People from the terminal are very friendly. They'll be dropping you at Matutinao Church, and you're going to make a 20-minute walk to reach the falls. It's just an ordinary bus, I'm not sure what's the schedule of aircon bus or if there's an aircon bus. But mostly buses here leave the terminal every hour.

From South Bus Terminal to Matutinao Church: Php 90.00
South Bus Terminal fee: Php 5.00 (This is optional if you do not need to stay inside the terminal)

Another option is to ask the cab driver to bring you to Citylink V-Hire South Terminal. This terminal are for aircon vans for hire, but mostly it's better if you're in a group of 10 or more.

some shots taken along the way to Badian

Kawasan Falls Trip

This is the Matutinao Chruch

start of walking

And now, we finally reached it!

Kawasan Falls

Cottages for rent: Php 300.00
Lifevest: Php 50
Raft / Balsa for 15min. ride to the falls: Php 300.00

If you didn't bring any food with you, that's all right, some locals here operate food business.  I just don't like the sinigang served to us. Tastes like a paksiw to me, it contains ginger and red bell pepper too. I don't know if this is how Cebuano cooks their sinigang, or just the one we ordered.

Coke 1.5 liter Php 65.00

Kawasan falls has 3 parts. You can climb up more to see another huge falls, and climb up again to see the topmost falls where it is coming from.  As we were somehow exhausted and tired, we're good here. Hehehe.

we are about to enter the dragon! (kidding..)

cold waterfalls!

If you wanted to stay here for a night, there are rooms available on the lowest and second level of the falls.  Our raftman Kuya Jun told us there's a Php 1,000 room on the second level of the falls.

Be Prepared! Most locals here will ask for a tip!

Part3: Cebu-Bohol Escapade (Day1) - The Sky Experience Adventure

And you thought our day is over? After we ate our dinner, its time for some fun loving adventure. The Crown Regency Hotel and Tower's Sky Experience Adventure. 

Edge Coster Experience

At the 38th floor of the hotel is their edge coaster adventure. Well, forgive me as I'm afraid of  heights! It will only took you few minutes and its done. Edge, because the coaster is outside the building and can be tilt probably until 45 degrees.

Sky Walk Adventure

At the 35th floor of the building is the Sky Walk adventure, walking at the edge of building with safety equipment around your suit.

Sky Experience Adventure
http://www.skyexperienceadventure.com/main/
Schedule:
mon-fri (2pm-12mn)
sat (10am-2am)
sun (10am-12am)
Rates:
600/pax 2 rides
400/pax 1 ride

Sky Rate’s for Special Events & Holidays

* Whole Day (10:00am to 2:00am)
* Entrance – 250.00/pax (one snack with one round of ice tea)
* Ride – 300.00/pax
* Reride – 250.00/pax
* Entrance with one ride – 400.00/pax (Inclusion: One snack with one glass of ice tea)
* Entrance with two ride – 600.00/pax (Inclusion: One snack with one glass of ice tea)


My only heartache here is that they don't allow cameras! They have their own photographers to take limited shots, and of course who would not want to buy pictures as an evidence? So expensive! You'll have to pay separately for each adventure. For sky walk, it costs us Php 950.00 for 18 shots only (burn in cd) for 4 persons. And Php 550 for edge coaster (burn in cd) for 2 pax. Business as usual.

Part 2: Cebu-Bohol Escapade (Day 1) – To Cebu City Tour!!

After our lunch, it's time for some action! I bought a map to guide us (they say there's a map at the airport but I wasn't able to have one).  We realize then, we didn't need a rented car to tour us to Cebu, and it is much much cheaper!

TIP: Having a Cebu map is very convenient. And you will not get lost!

Basilica Del Sto. Niño
Our Cebu City Tour started from visiting the Basilica del Sto. Niño.  We take a cab which only costs us more or less Php 50.00 from Joven's Grill & Seafood. Cebu is one of the first to be colonized by the Spaniards, expecting a lot of Churches along the way.  This is one of the oldest church in the country.

Sto. Niño School

Magellan's Cross
Just beside the Basilica del Sto. Niño is the famous Magellan's Cross. This is my favorite spot, and one of the things I wouldn't want to miss in Cebu.

The Cebu City Municpall Hall is just beside the Magellan's Cross.

Casa Gorordo Museum
Next stop, we take a cab to Casa Gorordo Museum costing us less Php40.00 from Magellan's Cross.  They said there's an entrance fee of Php 40.00 inside and we're not allowed to take pictures, so we just managed to stay at the garden to take some pictures for free. Cheap.

Heritage Monument of Cebu
Few blocks away is the Heritage Monument of Cebu. We just walked towards it.  Very much on details, awesome.

Yap-Sandiego Ancestral House
There's an ancestral house almost infront of Heritage Monument.

Cebu Cathedral
Another church to visit is the Cathedral of Cebu. We couldn't take the heat anymore so we took a cab for less than Php35.

Cathedral Museum of Cebu
We also visited its museum "Cathedral Museum of Cebu", entrance fee Php 40.00.

Rajah Monument
Then Rajah Humabon Monument. He's the first Filipino Chief to embrace Christianity when Spaniards came. Just in front of the Cathedral Museum.

Fort San Pedro
Our last stop for our own Cebu City Tour is the Fort San Pedro. Smaller version of Fort Santiago.  We realized then, this is just beside Pier 1 of Cebu, where we bought ferry tickets earlier.

Taboan Market
We head our way to Taboan Market to buy some danggit and pusit for pasalubong! Yeah, i love it! I bought danggit 1/8 kilo each plastic. By just buying a kilo, I can have 8 packed pasalubong!

Medium-sized Danggit - Php 650.00
Medium-sized Pusit - Php 480.00

Other sites to see:
Plantation Bay - the ever famous beauty of the resort

Taoist Temple - it's far from the City but if you have time, check this out, you'll feel like you're in China.

TOPS - must see during the night, you'll get the picture of the whole Cebu

Mactan Island Tours: Magellan Monument/Lapu Lapu Monument and the Guitar factory for music lovers.

There is also what they called the Carbon Market where you can buy other pasalubongs.