THE UNDISCOVERED HIDDEN FALLS IN TAGMAMARKAY, AGUSAN DEL NORTE

 NOTE:Coronavirus has changed the way we travel. Due to the Coronavirus “COVID-19” pandemic has brought significant challenges to the global travel industry, few industries have fallen as far and as fast as tourism. The World Travel and Tourism Council has developed an extensive range of protocols to cover the new normal. Cleaning, sanitization, protective equipment such as mask and face shields, and thermal scanners. To prevent viruses, we should follow the health and safety measures implemented at your origin and destination. Stay safe everyone!

Traveling is a part of life for families across the globe- be it for necessity or recreation. But the COVID-19 pandemic is not over, and travel continues to be risky and complicated in many parts of the world. If you and your loved ones need to travel, here are some tips to consider to help you do so more safely.

Travel Requirements:📝

📌Vaccination Card (if you're fully vaccinated)

📌Face Masks

📌Face Shields

📌Sanitizers

📌Alcohol

After you return home, follow all the recommendations or requirements from your national or local authorities, and continue to follow all the key precautions- including watching for any symptoms of COVID-19 and seeking medical advice if they develop.

WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO DURING AND AFTER THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC? IF YOU TRULY LOVED NATURE, TAGMAMARKAY FALLS IN, AGUSAN DEL NORTE “TAGBABAYONG FALLS” IS BEST FOR YOU

If want to experience a travel adventure, discover and experience the hidden falls of Agusan del Norte and you will find the true beauty of it.

Tagmamarkay is a barangay in the municipality of Tubay, in the province of Agusan del Norte. Its population as determined by the 2020 census was 1,932. This presented 7.49% of the total population of Tubay.

Tagbabayong Falls is a forty-minute hike and is located in Barangay Tagmamarkay, Tubay, Agusan del Norte. These waterfalls are routed as the Pagsanjan Falls in CARAGA Region. The falls are untouched and unexploited surrounded by the lush green forest as one of the highest falls in the CARAGA Region with its amazing rock formations. Once you get there you will magnificently see the crystal falls at the very highest in forms, and you will have delighted to cast away your tiredness and weariness that happens from the very start of your travel.

Last November 4, 2019, we decided to make a vlog that is related to tourism development which promotes some different tourist destinations within the CARAGA Region. Tagbabayong Falls is also not included in our bucket list just like the first blog of Tagines, Jabonga, Agusan del Norte. These places are unexpected travel experiences for us, especially like me which I consider myself not totally a traveler because I have strict parents.

HOW TO REACH TAGBABAYONG FALLS❓

📍If you’re from Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte ride a tricycle or a bus in Cabadbaran Terminal that goes to Tagmamarkay, Agusan del Norte. The transportation fee before the pandemic is twenty pesos up to 30.00 (20.00), due to the COVID-19 pandemic the transportation fee is expected to rise.

📍Drop the crossing in front of Tagmamarkay Elementary School and ask the stores, how to reach out the mountain where the falls are there. Go to the Barangay Hall and coordinate with the Barangay Captain or Kagawad It takes a twenty to thirty minutes’ hike from the highway. Note that it also depends on the tourists if they walk fast or not.

TAKE NOTE OF THE FOLLOWING❗

1. Go to the barangay hall and coordinate with the Barangay Captain and the Kagawad.
2. Better to have a tour guide or a person who is resident in that place to guide you for your safety and security.
3. If you don’t have a private vehicle, it’s better if you negotiate with the motor driver to pick you up at your convenient time.
4. Bring your food. There are stores along the highway of Tagmamarkay Elementary School but only snacks can only have brought.
5. Don’t forget to bring lots of drinking water.
6. Don’t forget to bring masks, face shields, hand sanitizer, and alcohol to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic and also safety medical kits.

WHAT TO REMEMBER:

❗Bring your trash with you to prevent a clean and healthy environment

❗No electricity

❗No entrance fee

❗The falls are far from the highway

❗No water and food are available

WHEN IS THE BEST TIME TO VISIT TAGBABAYONG FALLS?

Every day, as long as the weather is good. I assure you that you can enjoy while exploring the beautiful scenery of Tagbabayong Falls. The falls are surrounded with its greenery forests and you will also experience climbing in the big and beautiful rock formations of Tagbabayong Falls.

WHY WE SHOULD EXPLORE TAGBABAYONG FALLS IN TAGMAMARKAY, TUBAY, AGUSAN DEL Norte

On November 9, 2019, my friends and I visit unexpectedly the Tgababayong Falls for a short vlog. The adventure is risky and scary, yet it is exciting and thrilling because of its roads and stones.

It is my first time to travel from a different tourist destination and it was a memorable travel experience for us because we enjoy how beautiful the falls are, from their crystal clear water, greenery forests, and how small and big the rock we climb. Before we arrived at the Tagbabayong Falls we had to walk and climb the small and large rocks that surrounded the mountain, go through dirty lands and rivers.

The Tagmamarkay mountain is very quiet and beautiful and you will also see the different flowers. We did not expect that it would be far and tiring to climb the mountain but in the end, we didn’t know that it was so beautiful and worth traveling to.

If you want to see how beautiful the water is, you can also climb to the top of the mountain and witness how beautiful the creation of God is. One of our friends climb at the top of the mountain and witnessed how beautiful it is. He says that it is more beautiful on the surface of the Tagbabayong Falls. I hope that everyone is doing well and I hope too that during and after this pandemic you have time to explore the hidden falls of Tagmamarkay, I swear that you will never regret visiting these falls.