Travel Notes: Going Camping at 'Panguil River Eco-Park Laguna'
Panguil River Eco-park (formerly Piit resort) is a World Bank funded cold water resort located in the town of Panguil in Laguna.
Since I became involved in student leadership activities back in College where I was elected President of the organization of the Business Administration Students and later on President of the Central Student Council, it has always been a perk of for us to be able to see places during our team building activities.
This continued when I worked and handled NSTP subjects and became the moderator of the student publication. These teambuilding activities were often memorable because this is where we usually get to know each other better and try out new things together all in the backdrop of nature.
In 2011, we went to Panguil River Eco-Park in Laguna. We rented buses for the 3-4 hours of travel from Pampanga (this includes several pit stops and bathroom breaks).
Panguil River Eco-Park is nestled in the mountainside of Laguna and provides a large campsite, function gazebo, cottages by the river, rooms, kiddie and adult pools, dam spillage and a 20m Hanging Bridge.
We camped for a few days and frolic in the river especially at night where you can watch the fireflies while bathing under the moonlight and cold river water on on the dam spillage.
But the most memorable part of visiting the Eco-park would be the trail towards Ambon-Ambon Falls. It took us about an hour on the upriver trail and several rides of rafts (Balsa) before reaching the gushing waters of the Waterfalls. It was very challengimg because it requires a lot of climbing, walking, crossing rivers and swimming on some parts but the mere sight of the falls makes it worthwhile.
It rained the other night so the water flow was more robust when we went there which made the falls look more awesome. Actually, the falls is composed of three waterfalls, the first is higher which cascades to two small waterfalls further below. I have a theory that because of the height of the first waterfall, it trickles down with splashes of water (hence the namce Ambon-Ambon).
The trail down the river was more enjoyable because halfway you can try the water tubing experience.
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― Jason Mraz
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