I've been wanting to visit this place a few years before, planning to hit it on my own but I didn't had the guts, until my friend Jake craved for it when he knew about this from a client friend.
From Davao City to Midsayap, North Cotabato, we drove in a public van for 4.5 hours with P350/head fare. From Midsayap to Dado, Alamada, we rode a habal-habal for P600/head, that's back and forth and it's the cheapest bargain ever unlike the P800 or P1000 deal, in 2 hours. The jump off point to Asik-Asik falls is a relief to our burning rump, with it's breezy open site on a mountaintop. The descent trek to the glamorous falls is about 30 minutes, with paved stairs of 350-something steps (Jake counted it 356 but not sure though). It doesn't matter. You'll enjoy the view!
At the bottom of the mountain is a river that leads you to the breath-taking "Asik-Asik" Falls. I felt my heart and body ease as I entranced the waterfall. It doesn't come out from a stream atop, it emerges from the rocks of the mountain, behind the miracle of its ground. I can't even get enough of its water. It tastes good, like a child-who-took-his-first-breath upon birth feeling, so fresh and clean, you want to take home a tank filled with its flavor. But NO, you'll die carrying it.
I went home without a pasalubong of its waters because I drank it up while on our way back. But it has filled my body with a taste of triumph witnessing one of the marvels of nature.
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| You can also ride this 8-wheeler jeepney, which was supposed to be our target, but it's a rare-jeepney-trips on Sundays we didn't catch it. |
