Finding The Enchanted River of Hinatuan, Surigao Del Sur
As with most of my trips, this one’s a spur of the moment thing. The significant other was supposed to meet me in Manila but since it’s a long weekend, I convinced her that I should be the one going home to the province instead. The roundtrip fare nearly cost me an arm and a leg, but that’s the consequence for unplanned trips ( I paid P7.5K, ouch!).
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They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions...
There’s no lack of companions when going to any part of the country as long as you shoulder everything (in this trip, I did). But since Hinatuan is a bit closer to home and I knew that there wasn’t bound to be any expensive destinations in that area, I happily treated my elves (two of them) for the entire trip.
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18. June 2009 at 7:51 am
can't wait for the rest of the adventure.
21. June 2009 at 11:56 pm
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22. June 2009 at 2:18 am
wow…is the river really transparent? Wish can go to one of these places (^_^)
22. June 2009 at 9:21 pm
Hi Amanda, yep, you'll be amazed at how blue and clear the water is. You have to be there to see it.
Check out photos of the river here http://agiledeals.com/photos
3. July 2009 at 2:20 am
wow! that's cool! Your trip reminded me of one great website though, it's http://baraaza.com/. I learned that Philippines are more like a forest rather than urban right? it's a great website! where tourists like me can learn a lot from different places such as their history, people culture and etc
That was a great blog! ^o^/ thanks for sharing
5. July 2009 at 4:42 am
Woa… I really hope I could go to Phillipine soon. Nice blog. Came to visit from mybloglog & putting your link under my blog travelintee. Oh hey…I see Frodo & Sam
or is it Legolas?
12. August 2009 at 12:08 pm
your website is very useful for the development of tourism in your country … see and read the articles as if you give a picture of how tourism philina very nice views and very extraordinary beautiful
14. August 2009 at 4:56 am
Thanks mybisnis, I do what I can.
29. August 2009 at 1:04 pm
Hmmm. So I have to watch out for the next episode..nice blog anyway.
30. August 2009 at 11:03 pm
how much travel time from Lipata Port to Hinatuan River?Thanks
31. August 2009 at 2:03 am
Archie, you will have to go through Butuan (better roads) which means an additional 2-3 hours on top of the Butuan – Hinatuan travel time.
1. September 2009 at 2:50 pm
thanks pinoytraveller
1. September 2009 at 11:18 pm
it's just a follow up question, i want to know the exact name of the place in hinatuan we supposed to drop off (if we are going to the enchanted river) and what bus are we going to ride (Bachelor or Philtranco). how much is the fare from butuan to hinatuan. Is there a bus passing at Hinatuan town going to Mangagoy market? If so, how much travel time & the corresponding fares?thanks
1. September 2009 at 11:41 pm
Hi Archie, I would advise you to go directly to Hinatuan proper. When we dropped off at crossing Dugmanon (this is the place btw), we we're just lucky that there was this guy getting water from a well who happens to have a habal-habal. You could do the same I guess, but the safest bet would be to get your habal-habal at the town. The bus is bachelor express and the fare is around P200 i think. And yes, buses going to Mangagoy go through Hinatuan. Travel to Mangagoy from Butuan is around 4.5 hours, faster if you ride the airconditioned bus.
2. September 2009 at 11:48 pm
This lonely road looks so beautiful !!
You are making me more and more eager to visit Philippines …. I can't wait to experience the joy myself.
3. September 2009 at 5:49 am
Niharika, you'll find that we have so many lonely roads like that in this country. You'll be amazed!
25. September 2009 at 11:03 am
Hi Nice reading your blog. Seems like traveling through somebody else's eyes. Would like to see more pics of the beautiful destination if you have any.
Barkha Dhar
25. September 2009 at 9:03 pm
Hi Barkha, I have a few pics lying around the blog.
Feel free to check them out.
19. January 2010 at 10:42 am
nice post
5. February 2010 at 7:02 am
The more you post anything about my beloved City the more I envy your travels. I hope I can travel more and enjoy the outdoors.