Kawasan Falls

Overview

Kawasan Falls is a waterfall in Balilihan, Bohol, sitting at the forested boundary area shared by barangays Candasig, Cabad, and Dorol, roughly 22 km from Tagbilaran City. It is listed in the BPTO provincial tourist-attraction inventory under Nature — Falls. This site is distinct from the better-known Kawasan Falls in Badian, Cebu — the two share only a name; the Balilihan slug (balilihan-kawasan-falls) identifies this one specifically as the Bohol instance.

Visitor accounts describe a modest, wide cascade rather than a tall dramatic drop — one 2020 visitor called it “a miniscule cascade at best” — flowing into a clear, turquoise-green pool that is clean, cool, and easy to swim in, surrounded by dense tropical vegetation. The approach from the parking area is a paved/cemented path with steps and handrails, roughly 50 steps by one visitor’s count, about a 5-minute walk.

[TO ENRICH: precise waterfall height/drop and water volume or flow rate — no source found with a specific measurement]

Location

At the boundary of Barangays Candasig, Cabad, and Dorol, Balilihan, Bohol, approximately 22 km from Tagbilaran City. Balilihan is a municipality in central Bohol, in the same area as the Balilihan Belfry and Camugao Falls.

Getting There

From Tagbilaran City, take a bus or jeepney toward Balilihan. Travel time is approximately 30–45 minutes. From Balilihan town proper, the Candasig/Cabad/Dorol boundary area is accessible by habal-habal or tricycle.

The falls are reported to be about 5 km from Balilihan’s Poblacion. One visitor’s transit notes: from Tagbilaran’s Dao Integrated Bus Terminal, take a bus to Balilihan (around ₱30), then a tricycle (“tuktok”) from Balilihan town proper to the falls (around ₱30).

Practical Info

• Entry: A 2020 visitor reported an entrance fee of ₱20 per person. More recent visitor reports (2025–2026) describe free/donation-based entry, attributed by one source to typhoon impact on the area, with a separate parking fee (around ₱50 for cars) noted by one visitor. Fee status has evidently changed over time — confirm locally before visiting.
• Facilities: A small stand near the trail sells drinks and fried bananas, with a voluntary donation box on site. Picnic areas and concrete pavilions/tables are available (one visitor mentioned tables rentable for around ₱100). No cell phone signal at the falls; seating is limited, so visitors are advised to bring their own chairs.
• Trail: A paved/cemented path with steps and handrails leads down from the parking area — roughly 50 steps by one visitor’s count, about a 5-minute walk. Reported as slippery in places and somewhat challenging for seniors or small children.
• Best season: December–April (dry months; safer trail access and calmer water)

What to Expect

Visitor reviews describe the pool as clear, turquoise-green, cool, and clean, and generally suitable for easy swimming, set amid dense tropical vegetation; one 2020 visitor characterized the waterfall itself as a small, minor cascade rather than a dramatic drop. One 2024 visitor mentioned canyoneering guides working at the site on a tip basis, focused on safety, and a separate 2024 review noted the surrounding road was under construction and the site felt little-visited at that time — conditions that appear to have changed, since visitor reports through late 2025 and early 2026 describe a clean, well-maintained, and reasonably popular spot.

[TO ENRICH: specific wildlife/fauna at the site — no source found describing this]

Balilihan municipality contains a second waterfall, Camugao Falls, and heritage features including the Balilihan Belfry. A combined itinerary covering multiple Balilihan natural and heritage sites is feasible in a half day from Tagbilaran City.

Notes

Note on naming: the slug balilihan-kawasan-falls distinguishes this waterfall from Kawasan Falls in Badian, Cebu. All internal links should use the full slug to avoid confusion. The previous “Entry” line in this file’s Practical Info section stated “Kawasan Falls is in Cebu, not Balilihan” — this was incorrect for this entity: multiple independent sources (municipal tourism page and local visitor posts) confirm a real, separately named Kawasan Falls exists at the Candasig/Cabad/Dorol boundary in Balilihan; the line has been corrected.

• Municipality of Balilihan - Tourism, accessed 2026-07-17.
• Kawasan Falls (Nature & Wildlife) at Candasig, Balilihan, Bohol, accessed 2026-07-17.
• Kawasan Falls Bohol - Reviews (Tripadvisor), accessed 2026-07-28.
• Kawasan Falls (Yelp), accessed 2026-07-28.
• Kawasan Falls (Wanderlog, aggregating Google Maps reviews), accessed 2026-07-28.
• Kawasan Falls located at Candasig, Balilihan Bohol (Facebook — Now in Bohol), accessed 2026-07-28.

2026-07-28 research round: Prior enrichment pass (2026-07-17) had only checked the municipal tourism page and one directory listing, neither of which had visitor-level detail. This round tried a fresh angle — real visitor-review sources (Tripadvisor, Yelp, Wanderlog’s aggregated Google Maps reviews) and local Facebook posts — rather than repeating general search. This resolved: trail description (~50 cemented steps, paved path with handrails, ~5 min walk from parking), swimming/pool conditions (clear turquoise-green pool, clean and cool), vegetation (dense tropical vegetation), entrance fee history (₱20/person reported 2020; free/donation-based per 2025–2026 visitor reports, ~₱50 car parking fee), facilities (drink/banana stand, donation box, picnic areas, rentable pavilions/tables ~₱100, no cell signal), and approximate distance/route from Balilihan poblacion (~5 km; Dao terminal bus to Balilihan ~₱30, then tricycle/“tuktok” ~₱30).

Still unresolved after this round: a precise waterfall height/drop measurement and water volume/flow rate. Multiple general web searches surfaced numbers (e.g., “25 feet,” “238 steps,” “25 meters upstream”) via AI-synthesized search summaries, but none of these could be verified against actual scraped page content from the cited sources (Tripadvisor, Yelp, Wanderlog, Jonny Melon’s Bohol waterfalls guide, Facebook posts) when fetched directly — several of those numbers appear to belong to descriptions of the different, more famous Kawasan Falls in Badian, Cebu, or to a separate Kawasan Falls in Antequera, Bohol (see Jonny Melon’s guide, which describes an Antequera location with a ₱20 fee, a jungle trail from the Abatan River, and a shallow lagoon — inconsistent with this entity’s Candasig/Cabad/Dorol location and 22 km distance from Tagbilaran). Those unverified numbers were deliberately excluded rather than used, per the no-fabrication rule. Also unresolved: specific wildlife/fauna at the site — no source, including local Facebook pages/posts checked this round, mentioned any. A future pass could try CENRO/BPTO tourism records directly, or Cebuano-language local sources, which were not accessible this round.