Water rafting in Cagayan de Oro
is the adventure that one shouldn’t miss when in this area of Mindanao .
This is the water rafting capital of the Philippines . The river is the boundary
of Bukidnon and Osamis Oriental provinces.
My friend and I were hesitant to
try it because when we were looking at some videos, they look like dangerous,
so what I did was read the blogs about it. Finally I and my friend agreed to
join the group. My sister booked us in The
RED Rafts Whitewater Rafting, one of the agencies that operate for the
whitewater rafting. We took the P700.00/head without lunch since we planned to
have a heavy meal in the hotel before going to the Mambuaya, a point where the
beginners’ course starts. Our group was picked up in St. Nicholas inn around
7:30 am and proceeded to pick up another group in front of Xavier University
The river guides told us not to
bring our own cameras because it might fall, offered a package for photos and
videos for P 1,500.00 or photos only for P 1,000.00. We had a briefing on the
safety before taking the rapids. We were briefed on how to do the paddling;
there should be count to synchronize the movements, like forward 1, 2 soft,
forward 1, 2 hard and backward 1, 2. There are 14 rapids for the beginners’
course. In the first rapid I got nervous had to hold the rope, I was the only
one was holding the rope. Bam, our river guide was teasing me that I was just
taking it easy, “char char lang”. But in the next rapids I was enjoying
already.
The view is really stunning. It still
wows me; the work of nature is really wonderful. Along the way we saw, wild
butterflies, wild orchids, green snakes, monitor lizards, water strider and a
whole lot more. The only regret I have was I didn’t bring the camera because we
were not allowed to and let the photographer took pictures of us. For those who
will take this tour, try to bring a underwater camera of your own because there
are wonders of the nature that the photographer will not capture. The
photographer will take pictures of the tourists while on rapids. Camera will
not fall because flip over of the rubber boat is by request unless of course
you want to flip over you shouldn’t bring your camera.
When you are in Cagayan de Oro
city, water rafting is a must activity. Till then!
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