Ban-aw Lawa (Kagutungan Falls)

Sta. Cruz Public Market

You can ride tricycles with green lining from the Public market of Sta. Cruz, You went south bound along the National Highway, then turned left eastward to a barangay sidaoen road that passed by the Barangay Turod, Bacsayan, Sanpedro, Amarao and Finally your Destination Barangay Daligan.

You can walk further eastward to a store named “Gumangi“. You can also bought some food and drinks for your hike and asked for directions.From there, you can went to the stream or a nearly dried up river and walked on rocky trail, crossed the river, passed by some sheds and went up to a trail where you can walked on top of the irrigation canals' concreted wall. Following the trail, you can pass by “Kinpadi”, “Nagbungbungan” and “Kagutungan Health Restoration Country Site”. 

Kagutungan Health Restoration Country Site

Then at a point along the trail you can saw a small cascade below. you can went off-trail and went down to the river to see the cascade. From there on, and you can decided to just walk along the river going upstream.

Kagutugan River

You can arrive at the Kagutungan falls within 30mins - 40 Mins of walking. Its base seemed to be wider than it was before.

 

Kagutungan Falls

The Developments in the area were already introduced with some picnic sheds constructed at a clearing beside the waterfalls. The big Balete tree is still there with its dangling roots still soaked in to the river’s waters but now provided with a table and stool or bench at a certain part.

And if you have a lot time you can also go in Sinmimbaan Cave and Sinminumblan Pool.

  

Sinmimbaan Cave

Sinmimbaan Cave

It is a small & shallow cave at the side of the mountain along the river. It is generally made up of accumulated sediments and resembles the likes of Pinsal Falls at Sta. Maria, Ilocos Sur at a smaller scale with orange-brown to gray in color, forming a church like entrance. The cave is wet and moist because of water that continuously drips from above.

Siminumblan Pool

Sinminumblan Pool

Located at the southern stream which is just some few meters away from the intersection of the two streams of upper Kagutungan River, Sinminublan pool is a pool supplied by a cascade of water temporarily contained in a natural reservoir then pours out naturally to continue its streaming down to the river.

 Subject   : KAGUTUNGAN FALLS

 Location : Barangay Daligan (mainly)

                 Municipality of Sta. Cruz

                 Province of Ilocos Sur

How to get there:

1. Take a bus and get down in Sta. Cruz,Ilocos Sur Public market

2. At the waiting shed fronting Sta. Cruz Public market, take and ride a tricycle ( look for the tricycle with green lining ) going to barangay Daligan. It cost 20 pesos per passenger, so it cost about 100 pesos if you hire the tricycle.

3. At Barangay Daligan look for "GUMANGI store" and go down to the river from there or ask for directions going to the Kagutungan Falls, Sinminublan Pool, and Sinmimbaan Cave. Now take a Hike!