Mambukal Resort-Bacolod City (Nice!)

I always thought that the meaning of life relies on how you decide to live it. Say, there’s more to life than stress. And this, place Mambukal Resort in Bacolod answers the prayers of those people drown in working. It offers all the relaxation you need.

                Aside from the welcoming falls in the entrance, the resort is also all green and clean. It’s located in the outskirts of the city and caters those tourists who prefer peace and silence. Looking high up to the tall trees, the place looks as if you’re in the Jurassic era.

                The resort has this super cool and infinity-pool-like lagoon. The waters flow through a bridge down to a river. You’ll be mesmerized and artfully inspired witnessing the view of the lagoon with the surrounding garden and an islet at the middle. Though a thought of piranhas or huge crocodiles and snakes in the deep green waters may pop, the water is faithfully safe for a nice boating. There are resort folks ready to assist you with your life vests with Php30 per person. A zip line also hangs above the lagoon offering another fun thing to do for guests.

                Journeying deep to the place, they have these numerous sprigs and famous falls. It seem liked Mother Nature blessed the place with all her wonders. The pool usually used by swimming classes offers natural cold spring water. There was also a sign of a melting mud thing for guests but we didn’t get the chance to see it. Not far from the pool are the numerous restaurants for guests who prefer local food cuisines. Offering grills and soups, they invite not only the resorts’ guests but also the by stoppers.

                Climbing the above left side of the restaurants is the bridge which leads to another barangay in the area. But what’s noticeable is not the rushing river under the bridge but the bats above hanging in the trees. It’s a free for all bats watching area. There were more than 3 huge trees inhabited by the bats. I suspect there are a thousand of them not including those pretty covered by the lushly green leaves.

Focusing a few meters from the bridge is the dipping hot spring pool. For Php50 you’ll be relaxed and slightly boiled (for me) from the sulfur filled dipping pool. It was my first time to dip in a hot spring and it was quite hot really but bearable though. The workers there say it’s good for the body. 

 After unnoticeably sweating ourselves from the hot spring, we climbed to the place’s famous falls. It was somewhat a 30mins mountain trekking. Above the track is the hanging bridge, which is kind of abandoned already. We don’t know if it’s still safe but the resort still offer it for Php50 though. We passed through the river, the same river under the two bridges in the lagoon and beside the dipping pool. A few sweating and rock hopping, and huala! There was the first falls. We thought that it was the true highlight of the place but we realized that it just the first falls. We bumped into a number of kids there who introduced themselves as guides to the seventh falls. “What? Seventh falls, so you mean there are still the 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th and all? That’s amazing”, I thought. Well, almost because we decided to not pursuit it for some time shortage. We’re catching a free ride to the city that time so we had to go back early. I could have imagined how amazing the seventh falls would look like.

The Mambukal Resort was said to be a few hectares big according to the map given to us. However, we didn’t get the chance to fully explore it for we’re only there for a certain conference and not to totally relax and savor the place. Maybe, for people who need a naturally relaxing place and not yet tourists populated, the resort is the perfect place to be.