DIY Travel Guide to Talipanan Falls and Mangyan Village

Mountain Trekking at Mangyan Village and Talipanan Falls
DIY Travel Guide to Talipanan Falls and Mangyan Village

Talipanan Beach, Oriental Mindoro



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April 2012. Mindoro Island has always been a sure-fire destination having a strategic location, bound from island to island – it’s an easy access for travelers and adventurers. Standing next to Batangas Pier, there’s a lot of areas to explore and re-visit. I disagreed with some who say that Puerto Galera has lost its luster. We’ve been in Puerto Galera and some areas in Mindoro since way back 2000. There are actually new resorts that were developed and why local and foreign tourists keep  coming back.
DIY Travel Guide to Talipanan Falls and Mangyan Village

DIY Travel Guide to Talipanan Falls and Mangyan Village DIY Travel Guide to Talipanan Falls and Mangyan Village

Puerto Galera Island Hopping Includes Snorkeling, Underwater Cave, Fish Feeding, Giant Clam Shell, Sandbar

DIY Travel Guide to Talipanan Falls and Mangyan Village
DIY Travel Guide to Talipanan Falls and Mangyan Village
photo by: Ranelle Dial
This year, we’re back home in Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro. From the pier, we headed first to Talipanan, Puerto Galera. Bamboo House Resorts staff will offer you an island hopping activity, body massage or hiking around Barangay Talipanan. We tried them all! 🙂

DIY Travel Guide to Talipanan Falls and Mangyan Village
Mangyan Village
DIY Travel Guide to Talipanan Falls and Mangyan Village

From the resort, we took an hour of hiking going with one resort staff as our guide to Talipanan Falls. We made our entry to Mangyan Village, crossing rivers, uphill trekking to the virgin forest of Talipanan. Our guide told us that by next year, the local government will install handrails on steep areas of the mountain and they will charge tourists minimal entrance fees..

DIY Travel Guide to Talipanan Falls and Mangyan Village
photo by: Ranelle Dial
DIY Travel Guide to Talipanan Falls and Mangyan Village DIY Travel Guide to Talipanan Falls and Mangyan Village
The Talipanan Falls seemed easy to handle as I thought so, we had a teenage boy as our guide, he could hop and jump around the uphill rocks and ravine as if he was just playing. And we were like this looks like an above-average difficult level. 🙂 I remember our Mount Makiling trekking to mud river, it has slippery ravines. Yes I get exhausted that time in Makiling as I was trying to help a chubby kid climbing a mountain wearing very slippery sneakers. But in Talipan Falls, the trails are just a foot away to a deep, narrow gorge, minus the mud – I find it easier to navigate uphill, you have to hold on the wall’s tree roots, boulders and not the tree branches to balance yourself out on steep trails .
DIY Travel Guide to Talipanan Falls and Mangyan Village
On the way, you’ll cross a number of water streams, climb the boulders and slide on it. By the way, our grandparents and kid were with us, they had no choice but to wait instead for a smaller waterfall situated in the hills area we’re we had to hold on a rope and rappel.
Reaching the Talipanan Falls, it’s not really made of impressive beauty, but what makes it beautiful is because of its untainted condition. What’s amusing was the waterfall basin was not that big and deep, you can actually spend a hydro massage direct from the waterfalls.

DIY Travel Guide to Talipanan Falls and Mangyan Village
Talipanan Falls
​ By the way, Bamboo House Beach charged us PhP50 (approx. $1.25) per head for the service of the tour guide. We were 8 in the family, not bad after all, it’s always best to give tips to locals. Going down wet, we slid every boulder we came across. Our next stop was – a cravings for heavy seafood lunch at Dreamwave, White Beach and a few swims and then head to Island Hopping.
DIY Travel Guide to Talipanan Falls and Mangyan Village
DIY Travel Guide to Talipanan Falls and Mangyan Village
DIY Travel Guide to Talipanan Falls and Mangyan Village
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Philippine summer starts from March to May
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4 thoughts on “DIY Travel Guide to Talipanan Falls and Mangyan Village”

  1. hi im interested in going back to puerto galera for a vacay.. and im torn between white beach ( which iv already visited thrice but im still considering it cause im going there with a newbie.. ), talipanan or aninuan ( tamaraw beach resort). which beach do you think is better considering the sand and food.. is it true tamaraw beach is just a 5 mins walk away from white beach through the shore and not the road? o we need to swim to get to and from pa? wer on a budget but still i really wanna give then a good time. thanks so much

    1. If you’re with a newbies, I best recommend the Talipanan Beach. For classy accommodation, search for El Canonero, for full adventure with average accommodation try Bamboo Beach House. From the Bamboo Beach House – you can plan on going first to hitch hike at the Talipanan Falls, then ride a tricycle going to White Beach, spend an hour or two for lunch, swim, canoeing, etc. After lunch ask the locals where to book you for an island hopping trip to Sandbar, Boquete Island, underwater cave, giant clam viewing, fish feeding and snorkeling.

      Go back to El Canonero spend skiing, diving and best to try the Luca’s pizza (only in Talipanan) http://www.foodamn.com/2012/04/lucas-cucina-italiana-at-talipanan.html Make an advance reservations. =)

      About the Tamaraw Beach Resort, yeah it’s a nice resort too but reaching the White Beach from the shoreline, try it during low tide 🙂 You guys will climb a huge rock boulder (quiet dangerous for the grannys and kids) to cross the destination. But you aint going to find Luca’s. =) You have to rent a boat (katig) to reach the other end of the Talipanan shore.
      Give me a feedback about the vacay of yours. 😉 Have fun!

  2. Just found your notes on Talipanan Falls and was shocked to read that handrails may be installed next year. I have just returned from the falls. It is one of the the most beautiful and easy treks to a waterfall I have ever seen in the Philippines, largely because there are no handrails or any other aids; adding handrails (and you know what comes next – concrete) will destroy the natural beauty. I hope it NEVER happens.

    If looking at falls is the objective then go to Tamaraw Falls, larger and you don’t have to trek one foot from the road.

    Leave Talipanan for the explorers who appreciate Mother Nature.

    1. So true, putting handrails will surely change the nature’s course (that if they will also apply concretes and walling). But then again, the last time we visited Talipanan Falls, there’s this portion of the mountain-side that was so steep and a few hanging matured roots to to hang on for your life ( you get what I meant?), yes the mountain was so virgin that the tourist’s trails were already eroding. I believed the handrails will served its purpose — to save lives. But the question is, how solid the handrail is? And we hope they wouldn’t change the course or touch anything more than the handrail project.

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