Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Tandag Falls

Busay Falls, Brgy San Isidro, Tandag Surigao del Sur
Bugsukan Falls & Tagbak stream, Brgy. Pangi, Tandag SdS
Maticdum Falls, Water Spring, Cave Forest & Wild Life Conservation Maticdum, Tandag Sds
Andap Falls & Spring, Brgy Rosario, Tandag SdS

Above lists  were  Wikipedia's enumerated  potential tourist attraction  in Tandag, Surigao del Sur. I attempted to ask locals if they knew the place, and I got the following answers:



..."never heard of it"

..." why go there? its a red spot" (with Nice People Around)
..."its far, and not developed"


As a waterfaller the third answer somehow satisfied my inquiry. Of course I cannot go on my own. Along the national highway leading somewhere at Tandag Point, I happened to see a cascading water in between a hillside vegetation. It's just there. Obviously the water falling from its bed rock where not waste water. 

Can this be classified as waterfall? 




My opinion is yes. If it will be based on the definition on how waterfalls are formed.
Yes there is a cliff, from where the water falls. My ocular impression of the location is that, water is from  a stream. Height is approximately 15-20" feet, slope is around 50 degrees.  Hill top's vegetation is a coconut plantation.

"The explanation as to what makes a waterfall is controversial among the waterfall lovers of the world. The commonly accepted answer is that a watercourse (any stream, river or creek) that falls from a height of at least three meters (around 10 feet), having a slope of 30 degrees is a waterfall.
Read more at Buzzle: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/how-are-waterfalls-formed.html"


Can this be developed as a tourist spot? My answer is still yes.
It is along the semi zigzag road of Tandag-Cortes Highway where Tandag Point is marked.
The Local Tourism Office could just put landmarks and tourist on a road trip can just drop by for pictorial and view the spectacular blue lagoon facing   Pacific Ocean.


On my road trip searching for possible accessible waterfalls in Tandag City , it made me almost frustrated. When I noticed this spot, I wonder why nobody mentioned  this place.

Friends, this spot is indeed a potential, just drop by and look around. We don't have to defined a tourist destination as an altered, constructed, and expensive project development to  promote it  as an  attraction.

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