Surrounded by trees, herbal plants and bamboos - the falls is a sight to behold. Not so tall but its not a lonely falls, there are two, oh!, there's four - oh so many of them. Its a cascade of so many smaller falls that stream to a basin of cool water which is surround by hagimit trees - where the place got its name.
Getting there is not a problem. Its as simple as riding a bus from Magsaysay Park in Leon Garcia St., Davao City for P40/pax. I suggest you ride the Island City Express bus in Sta. Ana Wharf, right beside Magsaysay Park and in front of Bureau of Fire Protection office. The fare mentioned above is inclusive of barge fee. It'll only take 15 minutes to cross Davao Gulf from Sasa Wharf to Penaplata pier. The place is two(2) kilometers away from the Penaplata town proper. The town proper is accessible by car or jeep, or you may want to hire a "habal-habal" (motorcycle) from the pier. If you took the Island City bus, it'll bring you to the drop-off point - infront of Central Warehouse - more or less 30 minutes from the pier. One must ride a "habal-habal" to get to the falls, P30/pax.
Half of the ride to the falls was quiet relaxing for the road is concrete, big and wide trees surrounding the road, nipa houses, bananas and small-scale stores. The other half? I would say, more exciting. More roller-coaster-liked road before the final destination.
Entrance fee is P20 for kids ages from 2-7 years old and P40 for 8 years old and above. While cottages rates ranges from P100-P250 and P750 for overnight stay. You can choose to rent an umbrella and plastic chairs for a group of four or a close cottage for for 6pax and more.
There are several picture-perfect area and smaller falls you can choose to swim. There are twos areas though where they collect separate entrances - P10/person. As expected, my cousins and I tried it all. having spent the whole morning swimming, jumping, walking, climbing and taking pictures - we reached our energy-limit and went back to our cottage happily exhausted.
