I live about 80kms near this area, and this is my 3rd visit together with friendly forces from US Armed Forces, Lake Sebu surprises my friends with awesome natural sceneries! In a way, we have to return and bring some friends who left behind in the barracks. The reason? Pretty obvious.
The series of falls in Lake Sebu is nothing but spectacular. The 1st Waterfall, as the name implies, is the 1st in the series of waterfalls from the lake. Named after the number of falls that interconnect (multi step type) and derived its water from Lake Sebu, it is actually located around and near the Lake just beneath hills and thick forest vegetations. It is a block type of waterfall, owing to the large lake that feeds it. The rapid gush and fall of water from some 40 feet above makes traversing the river dangerous near its plughole, but made the surrounding flora and fauna rich with indigenous species, like the crustacean I saw that jumped with the drops of water splashing from plughole. Water hyacinths grow near the basin, but there were thick vegetations near the overhang. The water looks green because of the plentiful algae underwater. This fall has yet to be developed as a tourist spot, and I have notice a tabletop and cement groundwork near the area. DONGON Waterfall is the second in the series of falls and is actually a plunge type of waterfall. Its majestic height of more than 100ft. makes it magnificent even at distant viewing! The very small tributary is almost inconspicuous but the rapids and the falling water from heights is just too astounding. Its location is also overwhelming. It looks like it was actually etched like a crater in a mountainside with different layers of rock representing geological times clearly lined up in the overhang. At 80ft, you can still feel the cold mist from the turbulent waters at the plughole.
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