About an hour away from where I live you can find Daranak Falls in Tanay. Daranak Falls nestles quietly at the foot of the Tanay mountains, preserved with the natural vegetation, complemented with beautiful waterfalls, ponds, and rivers cascading through elaborate tropical trees and plants. This 14-meter high falls is truly a refreshing site. A short walk over the top of Daranak are smaller, cascading streams known as Batlag Falls. It is located at Bgy. Tandang Kutyo in the town of Tanay. The place has been transformed into a public park/resort operated by the government.
I’d been here twice, but I don’t think I should consider the first one - we went there just for a sight. Yes, it is a pity to know that the first time I got there - I was already 17 years old! I am 21 years old now, so that’s about 4 years ago since I last been there.
OK, kill me - I don’t really remember what month we went there, but I remember there are lots and lots of people - that you wouldn’t want to dip into the water. But we were able to find this what we so-called “our little jakuzzi”, surrounded with big stones, running water, I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else than there during those moments!
We paid P20 for the entrance fee - we got there at around three in the afternoon, and they said they were closing at 5pm, I think that’s the main reason why they let us in without paying for a cottage (while my other friend said it’s really your choice if you want to get one or not). It might have sound weird for us not getting a cottage, but do you really think a 17 year old girls who loves to have fund wouldn’t do anything? Ofcourse, we get ourselves a cottage even if we didn’t pay for one! lol The owners don’t mind it anyway, we didn’t get a big cottage, it was located near the falls and I can truly say that we got one of the best spot!
How to get there :
From Manila, you can just ride a FX going to Tanay, Rizal. Then from Tanay, you can rent a jeep or a tricycle to take you to the said falls (we hired our friend’s tricycle and we paid him about 300 for the whole day service).
Entrance fee : prepared atleast 50/person. It’s been 4 years since I last been there so they probably change the entrance fee already - talking about VATS!
