Pagsanjan Falls

 

Natural Beauty | Pagsanjan Falls | Pagsanjan Falls (real name: Magdapio Falls) is one of the most famous waterfalls in the Philippines. Waterfall is reached by traveling the river in dugout canoes, known locally as shooting the rapids, derived from municipal Pagsanjan.

 

 

The waterfall is actually located within the boundaries of Cavinti, Laguna but access is by boat from the town of Pagsanjan. A move by the ruling body of the city Cavinti submitted to the Sangguniang Bayan (Legislative city in the Philippines) on February 10, 2009 proposed the replacement name from falling into Cavinti Falls.

Falls and canyon are declared as a National Park in Proc. 392 on March 29, 1939 and Proc. 1551 on March 31, 1976.

Historically, Pagsanjan Falls is rich in legendary knowledge. Long, long, detailed one of the legends, there is no fall. There are only plateaus foliaged, twin river, called Bumbungan and Balanac, and alluvial delta (where the town of Pagsanjan now nestles). On the east bank of the River Bumbungan lived two older brothers named Balubad and Magdapio. The flowers bloom and crops withered and died. Rivers, creeks, and the mineral springs dry up. Not a drop of life-giving rain fell from the sky. Balubad and Magdapio suffer greatly. The mountain is now called Balubad. Suddenly, bubbling springs in the place where the stick falls. Grew rapidly. Amazed at the miracle, Magdapio fell to his knees and thank the gods.