The highest waterfall in the country is the 388-meter-high Aliwagwag Falls, in Cateel town, Davao Oriental province.
The Aliwagwag Falls is a series of 84 cascading waterfalls located in Barangay Aliwagwag, about 30 minutes drive from the town’s Poblacion. It a unique waterfalls blessed with different rock formations, shapes and various heights. Each tier differs from another. It ranges from 6 to 110 feet. There is one measured at 72 feet and another is at 67. Overall, Aliwagwag Falls is 1,110 feet of cascading energy and 20 meters in width. Viewing it from afar, Aliwagwag Falls looks like a stairway to heaven. Not known to many, Aliwagwag Falls is considered by hydraulic engineers as the highest waterfalls in the Philippines and regarded as one of the most beautiful falls in Mindanao.
All these in the midst of a virgin forest. One has to cross 13 rapids to get to the river at the foot of the falls.
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