Discover Abra: Kili Falls and Hot Spring

 

[TUBO, ABRA, PHILIPPINES] ► The Municipality of Tubo is the southernmost town in the province of Abra. It has its own people called Maeng tribe. Its remoteness and relative inaccessibility (for general public) of some of its barangays and sitios have made its wilderness well-preserved. Plant species and different types of mushrooms (that were my first time to see), insanely clean creeks and rivers, river eels and  fish species, fruit-bearing trees and wild berries are abundant in its less-penetrated mountains and forests.

Aside from the falls and the hot spring, you’ll enjoy playing around this hanging bridge. Probably the most exciting, thrilling, dangerous yet beautiful hanging bridge I’ve ever had to cross in my entire life. Made of rusty hanging metal strips, and floored by short wooden planks, this hanging bridge wobbles crazily with each step. But I loved it anyway 🙂

It may not be as architecturally amazing as Kaparkan falls, nor as tall as other falls I’ve seen, but Kili falls has its own power and charms. It’s impossible that it will not leave you touched. It’s as if its heavy drop communicates yet promoting a peaceful ambiance, like the Almighty God speaking stillness to one’s soul.  You can cross the perilous hanging bridge and explore your way to reach the top of the waterfalls 🙂

A mere 5-minute walk from the open cottages through the paved trail, to the right when facing the falls lead to the man-made pool that produces a basin of shallow warm water coming from the hot spring. The warm water temperature was perfect for my body chilling out of the rains. We spent almost the entire second day around the hot spring, chilling on our hammocks, cooking our meals using our camping stove, butane and cookset, and taking a lot of pictures.