Tomalistis Falls — Attraction in Biliran

Tomalistis Falls: Discovering the Source of the "Sweetest Water in the World"

𝙽𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝙱𝚛𝚐𝚢. 𝙰𝚜𝚞𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝙲𝚊𝚒𝚋𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚗, 𝚃𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚜 𝙵𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚐𝚎𝚖, 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚔𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎. 𝙰 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚟𝚎-𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚝𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚢 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚟𝚎𝚕—𝚊 𝚓𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗.

𝚃𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚜 𝙵𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝙶𝚞𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝙱𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚘𝚏 𝚆𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚁𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚋𝚘𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 "𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚜𝚝-𝚝𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍." 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚠𝚜 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚐𝚒𝚏𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎, 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚒𝚗 𝚟𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚜, 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚕𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚛. 𝙸𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚑 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢, 𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚢. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚎𝚊, 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚜𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜—𝚊 𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚙𝚑𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚘𝚗𝚎-𝚘𝚏-𝚊-𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍 "𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚊" 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎.

𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚕𝚞𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚟𝚒𝚐𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚋𝚢 𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜. 𝚃𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚜 𝙵𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚜𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝙱𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚗'𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚎—𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍'𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚠𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜. 𝙸𝚝𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚞𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜, 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚂𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚍, 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚠𝚗 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚓𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚜.

𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚞𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎-𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚍𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎, 𝚃𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚜 𝙵𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎'𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚗𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕, 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚍𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚌 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚖 𝚘𝚏 𝙱𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚗'𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚕...

-Abandoned Waterfall- So we rode about an hour and when we arrived there were several other people there at the top of the stairs but nobody was going down. We shrugged our shoulders and started our journey down the stairs and quickly realized there was something wrong. There were big tree leaves hanging over everywhere about 2 flights down and everything was overgrown to the point you had to remove fallen branches off the steps to get by. It has been abandoned for some time apparently. We still wanted to see the water fall after traveling so far, so we continued onward and then reached a point where there had been a landslide at some point long ago that took out the rest of the stairs. That’s when we gave up not wanting to risk our lives or getting stuck at the bottom and not able to climb back up. We went back up the long stairs and went back on our long ride to our hotel. Very disappointed to see that such a big attraction has been abandoned.

Edit: I would suggest you go through the town and try to see it from the beach going...

You may have heard of a mountain top with a swimming pool but have you heard of a seaside waterfall?

Aside from its unique location, Tomalistis Falls boasts as having one of the sweetest natural waters in the world!

The waters just come out of the rocks where it meet the sea. The sea is clear and you have the option to rent a cottage or a floating cottage which is towed by a boat. You can even go local and just place a table between the rocks where the waters naturally touch your feet. Swimming is never an option since the waters are very inviting.

But going there is a bit tricky. If you follow Google Maps' recommendation, you'll overshoot and waste at least 30minutes. There are no roadsigns marking the place so its best to ask the locals when you...