Kilab-Kilab Falls

Overview

Kilab-Kilab Falls is a 20-foot freshwater waterfall in Barangay Calimbang, San Isidro. The name comes from the Visayan word for glitter — when sunlight strikes the falling water, it produces a glittering effect that gives the falls their name. The plunge pool is deep and cold, suitable for swimming. Small caves are found at the base and sides of the cliff face. The combination of falls, caves, and forest setting draws visitors from within the municipality.

Location

Barangay Calimbang, Municipality of San Isidro, Bohol. San Isidro is in the northern interior of the province.

Getting There

An independent listing describes the descent to the falls as difficult, particularly in wet conditions: “getting there is quite a trip, especially climbing down to the falls can be difficult,” with the trail becoming more hazardous and slippery after rain. [TO ENRICH: specific road access from San Isidro town centre, travel time, and habal-habal availability — not found in a genuine search.]

Practical Info

• Main activity: swimming
• Cave exploration possible at the base and sides of the falls; the same independent listing describes a larger cave near the falls and a second cave located behind the waterfall itself, with an underwater cave entrance reachable by diving beneath the falls.
• [FACT NEEDED: entrance fees, operating hours, guide availability]
• [FACT NEEDED: cottage or picnic facilities]

What to Expect

A 20-foot waterfall dropping into a deep, cold pool. The glittering light effect from sun hitting the cascading water is the defining visual characteristic. Small caves accessible from the pool area add a secondary exploration element, including one reachable only by swimming underwater. The site is forested and shaded, and the descent to the pool is reported as difficult and slippery, especially after rain. [TO ENRICH: precise trail difficulty rating, swim safety infrastructure, water depth.]

Notes

San Isidro municipality also includes Candungao Peak and Cantijong Cave, which could form part of a combined nature day-trip. The falls see relatively low visitor numbers compared to better-known Bohol waterfalls. [TO ENRICH: whether a local guide is required or recommended.]

Two independent sources (a travel-listing site and a 2011 news article on San Isidro eco-tourism) give the barangay name as “Kaimbang”/“Caimbang” rather than “Calimbang” as used in this file’s original inventory data — flagged as a possible spelling variant of the same barangay rather than corrected outright, since neither this file’s source nor the new sources definitively resolve which spelling is official.

Coordinate anomaly flag: this file’s frontmatter coordinates (lat 10.0333, lng 124.3667) place the falls roughly 30+ km east of San Isidro’s town center and of this same file’s sibling entities (Cantijong Cave, at lng ~124.006, in the same municipality) — closer to the Trinidad/San Miguel area than to San Isidro. This looks like a plausible data error in the original inventory, but no independently verified replacement coordinate for the falls was found, so the existing coordinates are left untouched per instructions; flagging for manual review rather than fixing.

Kilab Kilab Falls — Nusalist (formerly nearbyph.com), Brgy. Kaimbang, San Isidro, Bohol, accessed 2026-07-17. Bohol’s town pushes for eco-tourism development — Philstar.com, accessed 2026-07-17.