The 7 Falls at Mambukal Mountain Resort

After we had our breakfast, we let ourselves ready for a day of fun and adventure as we were heading to Mambukal Mountain Resort on our last day here in Bacolod. At 9:00 AM, we left the house and Tata’s Aunt was so kind enough to drop us off at the terminal going to Mambukal.

How to get to Mambukal Resort?

The resort is located at Murcia and became famous tourist destination since the 1970s due to Mambukal Resort. The resort is around 30 minutes by private vehicle and 45 minutes to an hour by public utility vehicle. From Libertad Terminal, take the mini-buses going to Murcia. Fare is around PHP 50.

I didn’t know that Bacolod is a major port and processing center in a sugar-cane in Negros region until I saw hectares of sugar cane during our bus ride to Murcia. So that explains why Bacolod is famous for their sweet specialties.

Mambukal Mountain Resort

We arrived the resort around 10:30 AM. Entrance fee for adult is PHP 30.00 while for kid is PHP 10.00. Since we were feeling cold that day due to the weather, we wanted to take a dip into their dipping pool, but it wasn’t available that day (Monday is cleaning and maintenance day for dipping pool). There are also swimming pool, boating, canopy walk, and zip line but we opted to have a hike to the 7 falls of the Mountain Resort. There’s no additional fee for the falls neither for the tour guide, but it’s our choice how much tip we wanted to give to the guide.

By the way, I actually didn’t know that there are falls in the Mambukal Mountain Resort since I haven’t read it from their site (or di lang ako masyado nagresearch). Upon hearing it, I thought the falls were just minutes away from each other,  but I was wrong. The tour guide told us that there’s a short cut going to the 7th falls and it will take us an hour to get there, but we insisted to hike and see all the falls.

The 7 Falls

We registered our names at the starting point and started the adventure. It was a way up to the falls, and there’s a hanging bridge on our way but it was closed that day. After 20 minutes or less, we reached the 1st falls.

Upon reaching the first falls, we felt relief. Wow! We wanted to take a plunge but it was not advisable to swim there. So after taking some pictures, we resumed our hike. It was still a long way to go. It was another way up, and the guide told me that the mountain that we’re stepping into was already part of the Mount Kanla-on.

 And finally we reached the 2nd falls.

Take note, it was not advisable to swim at the 2nd falls too. So after we took some pictures, we resumed our hike and headed to the 3rd falls. The path way up is too stiff, so one must be careful. My friends are already tired, so we took a rest for awhile. This hike was unexpected. We need a lot of energy, good thing we still have the slice of chocolate cake from Calea, an energy booster. My friend Jessa asked the guide if it’s possible that she can just stay here (and daanan na lang pagbalik namin) but it’s a different path way back. 😉

Afterwards, we started to hike again. And here’s the 3rd falls, not advisable to swim here too.