Bataan province is truly blessed with outdoor tourist attractions. A great escape to its natural waterfalls, forest reserves, beaches, and historical places will be a worthwhile experience when feeding your wanderlust. Four-hour bus rides from Metro Manila; you can indulge on the scenic mountains of Limay Bataan with blissful waterfalls as a happy ending.
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| Tikip Falls |
Tikip Falls - The Less Visited Waterfalls in Bataan
Compared to
Pasukulan Falls in Abucay,
Limutan Falls in Bagac, and
Kairukan Falls in Morong, Tikip Falls is considered inferior. Not everyone knows that Limay has its series of hidden waterfalls. Because of this little secret, Tikip Waterfalls is special.
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| Tikip Plunge Pool is inviting |
Tikip Falls water source comes from Mt. Limay or commonly called Mt. Cayapo. 798 meters above sea level mountain east of Mt. Mariveles, and south of Mt. Samat in the north. A nice view of these neighboring mountains is visible when trekking Tikip Falls.
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| Mt. Samat - the Shrine of Valor is visible. |
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| Looking west is the Mt. Mariveles |
We have visited three waterfalls. The first waterfall can be reached right after you go downhill towards Limay River. The rest of the waterfalls were few meters upstream; the highest and also the deepest was the one downstream.
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| Tikip Falls - Swim in its cold waters. |
The plunge pool of the waterfall where we stayed longer was 10 feet deep and has a vertical drop of approximately 12 feet.
How to Get to Tikip Falls
From Manila, Take the Genesis Bus or Bataan Transit heading to Mariveles. Alight at Tundol in Reformista, Limay Bataan. Your landmarks will be the Petron Gas Station and Caranzo Building. Travel time takes three to four hours.
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| Drop off point to Tikip Falls |
From Tundol, ride a tricycle and tell the driver that you are alighting at the drop off point of Tikip Falls; your landmark will be the "irrigation" under a huge mango tree. Travel time is 15 minutes.
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| The start of the trek |
You will reach a junction after a ten-minute walk. Take the road on the right until you reach a dead end leading to a hiking trail. Trekking time is more or less an hour depending on pace.
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| The trail to Limay River where Tikip Falls is situated |
Nearby Attractions
After a quick visit to Tikip Falls, you can continue touring the
Shrine of Valor (Dambana ng Kagitingan) on top of Mt. Samat in Pilar Bataan or proceed to Dunsulan Falls also in Pilar Bataan.
