Anda, Bohol’s Enchanting Sinkhole: Cabagnow Cave Pool
That specific stimulus in my brain triggered a fear, a tinge of fear as a response, when I steadily gripped the rungs of the ladder leading down into a deep cave pool. The thalassophobia is about to kick in anytime as I have always felt when swimming into the open, but this time, I was in a pool, inside a cave, the ones with creepy stalactites protruding from the ceiling.
“Heto na talaga!” (“This is it!”) I told myself as I let go of the ladder and went completely underwater.
Under the Deep Blue (Sea?)
A picture of a dark cave with a deep blue pool from beneath its ceiling tickled my wanderlust. Eventually I learned that it is called the Cabagnow Cave Pool in Anda, Bohol. Aside from The Plunge in Danao Adventure Park, it is also one of my must do’s in Bohol, to jump down into this enchanting cave pool.
After laying eyes into Candijay, Bohol’s attraction, we went back to the Guindulman-Anda Junction then transferred into a Motorella that took us directly to the jump-off point of Cabagnow or Kabagno in Brgy. Bacong. From there it is just a short walk across coconut trees before arriving into a private property.
At first it is nothing but simple underwhelming, since from afar it is just a small circular sink hole fenced in bamboo stakes, but as soon as I craned my head towards what the hole contains, it was a deep blue colored pool that is enchanting and at the same time, fear inducing.
We wasted no time and immediately went down the ladders after changing our clothes, and tested the inviting waters. I was hesitant at first to jump immediately as I always had this fear of drowning when swimming into deep waters, this one is around 20 feet in its deepest.
The water inside is sea water, owing to its proximity to the sea. I also learned that Anda, just like most of the Chocolate Hills is made up of limestone, and because of the bedrock being dissolved by sea water over time, natural sinkholes are formed.
There are at least six cave pools hidden in Anda which include Combento, Cateres, Kaligoon, East Coast and Cabagnow being the largest of them all.
After being acquainted with the cave pool’s water, and my fear getting lesser by the minute, I went back up, before doing what I want to do all along. JUMP!!
There are also floaters inside if you don’t want to swim at all.
Coming up! A short walk along the fine white sand of Anda, Bohol’s Quinale Beach.
How To Get There
Cabagnow Cave Pool is located in Brgy. Bacong in Anda, Bohol. From Tagbilaran City, one can take a bus or van going to Anda, Bohol and alight in Brgy. Bacong, from the main road, the cave pool is a 10 minute walk from there. If no Anda bound vehicle is available, one can take a Jagna or Ubay bound bus or van and alight at the Guindulman-Anda Junction and charter a tricycle to take you there directly. Thinking of how to visit most of Bohol’s offerings in 2D1N? Check out our travel guide HERE.
Bohol: Into the Tarsier Republic – Imagine Philippines, if not, all of its attractions all rolled into one ultimate destination, then Bohol is the place to be! From the curious chocolate colored hills, waterfalls, diverse marine biodiversity, white beaches, pristine islands, clingy Tarsiers, and rice terraces, this province is definitely your one stop shop travel destination. Follow my adventure series into this Visayan Gem, as I land into my 58th province last November 24, 2018!
Into the Tarsier Republic Adventure Series 2018
- Bohol Travel Guide| Itinerary and Budget Friendly Adventures
- Blood Compact Shrine and the Church of Alburquerque, Bohol
- An Encounter with the Bohol Giants – Chocolate Hills Complex
- Loboc, Bohol – A Tarsier Staring Contest Gone Wrong
- The Challenge of Taking Photos in Bohol’s Man Made Forest
- The Plunge in Bohol: The Highest Canyon Swing in the World
- Baclayon Church – Inside the Ancient White Walls of Bohol
- Exploring Cadapdapan and Can-Umantad – The Gems of Candijay, Bohol
- Anda, Bohol’s Enchanting Sinkhole – Cabagnow Cave Pool
- Experiencing Anda, Bohol’s Fine White Sand – Quinale Beach
