Together with my friends, we visited Surigao del Sur last month and it was an awesome experience! We visited a lot of tourist spots in SUrigao and one of the best is the Tinuy-an Falls.
Tinuy-an Falls is a multi-tiered waterfall located in Barangay Burboanan, a one-hour ride from Barangay Mangagoy, centre of trade and commerce in Bislig City, via the Poblacion-San Isidro (Bagnan) route.
The Tinuy-an falls are 95 meter wide and 180 ft high, touted as the little Niagara Falls of the Philippines.
Tinuy-an is a white water curtain that flows in three levels (with a fourth tier hidden from view) and is said to be the widest waterfall in the Philippines. Every morning, the area shows a rainbow between 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
One may also ride a raft to get close to its cascades and get a water “massage.”
Tinuy-an Falls is a co-management effort between the tourism office of Bislig and the Manobo Tribal Council.
The name Tinuy-an comes from the word Tinuyo-an, a native Cebuano vernacular which means “intentional act or performance to attain an objective or goal”.
It can also be transliterated into the Filipino context as Babalik-balikan (“a place you’ll keep going back to”).
The upper tier of the main falls shouldn’t also be missed, you have to climb up on the side, but don’t worry, they installed a cemented stairs with more or less 95 steps and steel bridge to have an easy access to the upper level and when you reach there, it is equally beautiful with a shorter plunge of the falls.