It was summer 2012 when our family went to Caramoan for a vacation. We stayed in my friend’s house and she told us to visit the cave in their place. The cave is located in Tabgon Caramoan, Camarines Sur. At that time it is not yet popular, very few know that there exist a cave at the foot of the mountain in Sitio Bariis. And it is closed to the tourist because of some land dispute between the local govt in Barangay and a private owner. Its good that my friend Cyrene -our host, knows both parties so we were able to visit the cave.
After lunch we rode a tricycle then walk along coconut and rice plantation, about 30 minutes walk
then we crossed the shallow river,
Then walked again . Another 30 minutes of hiking, until we reached the foot of the mountain
We are accompanied by my friend Cyrene and the 2 locals who brought flashlights and serves as our guide.
This is the entrance of the cave , my son was so excited while I am little bit nervous
Inside the caves are beautiful formations of stalactytes and stalagmites, it is clean , no traces yet of people exploring the place. It has a shallow creek with story of an enchanted shrimp. We saw several shrimps in large sizes but every body was afraid to get one. It is believed. by the locals that a fairy takes care of the cave that if anyone gets something from it he will get sick or might die.
The sight inside the cave is stunning
The challenging part is in going out of the cave . We climb to get out. Its slippery. Thanks God no untoward incident happened. That was a risky adventure, spelunking without proper gear, not even a helmet. And with my 5 year old son. How irresponsible mother I was.Now my son is already 10, he already remember that adventure and he wants to do it again. Now this time we will do it again with all the precautions and with proper spelunking gear
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