Managong Falls is known to be the biggest and tallest waterfalls in the province of

Agusan del Sur Agusan del Sur, officially the Province of Agusan del Sur ( ceb, Habagatang Agusan; Butuanon: ''Probinsya hong Agusan del Sur''; tl, Timog Agusan), is a province in Caraga region, Mindanao, Philippines. Its capital is the municipality of Prosp ...

. Located in barangay Padiay in the municipality of

Sibagat, Agusan del Sur Sibagat, officially the Municipality of Sibagat ( ceb, Lungsod sa Sibagat; tgl, Bayan ng Sibagat), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Agusan del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 33,957 people. L ...

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, in the southern

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island of

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, is one of the tourist attractions and

ecotourism Ecotourism is a form of tourism involving responsible travel (using sustainable transport) to natural areas, conserving the environment, and improving the well-being of the local people. Its purpose may be to educate the traveler, to provide funds ...

sites of

Sibagat Sibagat, officially the Municipality of Sibagat ( ceb, Lungsod sa Sibagat; tgl, Bayan ng Sibagat), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Agusan del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 33,957 people. L ...

Etymology

''Managong'' from the word "manago" or "tago" is a

Visayan Visayans (Visayan: ''mga Bisaya''; ) or Visayan people are a Philippine ethnolinguistic group or metaethnicity native to the Visayas, the southernmost islands of Luzon and a significant portion of Mindanao. When taken as a single ethnic group, ...

term meaning hide or hidden. The name of the waterfalls roughly translates to "Hidden Falls" which implies it is a "hidden paradise". Topographically, the waterfalls is hidden in the middle of the forest and believed to be the tallest and strongest running waterfalls in

Geography

Managong Waterfalls is located in the hinterlands of Barangay Padiay,

. Its outfalls stream towards Managong River, a tributary river of the larger Wawa River. The waterfalls and its vicinity host a wide variety of flora and fauna, and a deep bluish water in where tourist could conduct ecotourism related activities such as swimming, hiking, trekking, mountaineering, kayaking and other wide adventures. It now has an established hiking trail and a frequent site for photoshoots.

Source of Power

Managong Falls is the proposed site of the Managong Hydroelectric Power Plant. The falls is believed to be one of the biggest sources of renewable energy in the province of

, owing to its strong current. The output of the hydroelectrical plant is projected to be able to cover the electricity demand for the entire

References

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