Published on Apr, 2024
Such an amazing activity!
My tour guides were Jay Z and Faith and they were really nice. I think they had just finished their tour guide training, but they did a good job and really took care of the group.
We took a “trolley” ride which lasted about 20/30 minutes where Jay Z and faith gave us buko pie and some liquor (forgot the name, but it was nice and strong haha).
The main event, which was the boat ride to Pagsanjan Falls, was just amazing and the boat men did a great job as they have to row against the stream and use their own strengths to pull the boats up and down through the rocks. It is recommended that you tip them PHP 250 each and I attest that they deserve it. The ride itself through the mountain was so calming and relaxing. At the falls, you are pulled through the waterfall on a bamboo boat and you can do a bit of swimming. I felt completely safe throughout.
My one and only gripe is when it came to lunch. The choices were beef, chicken and pork. I chose the chicken. What they didn’t tell me was that there were two types of chicken to choose from: chicken breast or chicken leg. If I had known, I would have chosen the chicken leg. The guides told the waiter to give me the chicken breast and I didn’t like it because it was sooo dry, so I asked the waiter to swap it to the leg. At the end of lunch, I was given a bill for the leg because it was seen as extra (LOL). I am not sure if the “fault” was with Jay Z/Faith or the restaurant, but I recommend asking them to clarify what the exact lunch options are before confirming.
Overall, this is definitely a tour you do not want to miss.
