Tinago_Falls
Tinago is a Filipino term meaning "hidden",
the falls being hidden in a deep ravine.
Trekking to the falls requires approximately
500 descending steps called the winding staircase.
The falls is high, its very cold waters cascading
beautifully into a deep and calm basin-like pool
which appears like a blue-colored lagoon.
Under the falls is a small cave where people
can enter and listen to the rumbling waters.
Legend has it that there once lived an
influential and powerful Sultan Agok and his wife.
They were appointed by their people as their
king and queen. But they became too proud
of themselves and became selfish rulers
of their kingdom. When the sultan's
wife was pregnant, an enchantress,
disguised as a beggar, begged for their
help but instead they exiled and rejected her.
Because of this, the enchantress cursed
the couple that the child will become ugly
but they did not take it seriously and
permanently banished the enchantress.
The child did become ugly. The couple was
sad and disappointed, expecting the baby
to be as lovely as her mother. They hid the
child in a cave to avoid embarrassment and
named the baby Tin-ag, which means
"hidden face". They visited and took care
of the baby in the cave.
When the child grew up, she came out of
the cave and became amazed at what she saw.
The enchantress, who cursed her parents,
saw her and made an offer to transform
her into something of great beauty
and splendor. She accepted the offer
and became the Tinago Falls.
Tinago Falls is located in a deep ravine in
Barangay Ditucalan, Iligan City. The falls plunges
240 feet (73 m) high from a cliff.Tinago Falls is a
waterfall in Iligan City, Lanao del Norte in
the southern Philippine island of Mindanao.
It is one of the main tourist attractions in Iligan,
a city known as the City of Majestic Waterfalls.
Tinago is a Filipino term meaning "hidden",
the falls being hidden in a deep ravine.
Trekking to the falls requires approximately
500 descending steps called the winding staircase.
The falls is high, its very cold waters cascading
beautifully into a deep and calm basin-like
pool which appears like a blue-colored lagoon.
Under the falls is a small cave where people
can enter and listen to the rumbling water.
Tinago Falls:
The Hidden Paradise