Summer Destination: CDO (Cagayan De Oro) - Part 2

OKAYYYY! Here comes the juicy part! Last time, I talked about our first day in Cagayan De Oro City. Today, I will share our experience during our 2nd day at the City of Golden Friendship. And this is the reason why we came here -- White Water Rafting!

Which was actually quite funny, because when we got to the site, the water wasn't white AT ALL. We called it Chocolate Water Rafting instead, because the river was muddy in color. The Rafting guide told us it was probably because of the rain that occurred the day before. Whatever color that river is, we are all set to conquer it -- As Beginners of course. =P The Beginners trail has 21 Class 1 and Class 2 rapids. Sounds pretty scary, but in actual, it really was FUN!

So here's how the day went:

Day 2

6:30 AM - Wake up / Breakfast (included in hotel package)
7:30 AM - Bugsay Rafters picked us up from our hotel and brought us to the site.
9:00 AM - Arrival at starting point of the White Water Rafting adventure
11:30 AM - Arrival at end point
12:00 NN to 1:00 PM - Lunch time at the end point. Food is okay, you'll spend around Php 200 per meal per person
2:00 PM - Arrival at the hotel.

We decided to head straight to Camiguin that afternoon. I'll talk about our Camiguin trip on a separate note. For now, please do enjoy our Water Rafting Adventure.

Also just a little background on the rafting guide we got, Bugsay is quite satisfactory. Their gears and equipment were okay, and the guides were fun and informative. They had a separate rafter solely charged with taking pictures (and his name is Shadowman). Unfortunately, the photos aren't part of the package so you'd have to buy them for Php1000.00. Also you can't pick it up right away because they have to transfer it to a CD. We didn't have time to get the CD because we were headed straight to Camiguin that afternoon, so I asked my cousin who lives in CDO to pick it up for us and send it to me via mail. When the pictures arrived, I wasn't very satisfied with the photos. All photos had these black thingamagigs at the bottom. I had to post-process to remove them. Tsk.

Other than that, the photos were pretty fun to look at. Here are some photos we've enjoyed, and hopefully you'll also enjoy and inspire you to visit CDO and experience White Water Rafting. =) Please do click the photos to enjoy their full sizes.

The rafting guide explaining the basics to us. If you are conscious of your color, I would advise you to wear Rash Guards because you'll be under the sun (if the sun cooperates) for about 2-3 hours.


First Raft - The noobs. Mostly the singkits and the patpatins. Do you recognize our guide (rightmost)? Can you spot him HERE?


Our raft, near the hanging bridge. Marissa is our muse (sitting at the front of our raft).


One of the rapids we had to overcome. This is the second raft -- Team Bigatin. Lahat sila mabibigat nyahaha!


Our guide intentionally made us head for that rock!


We passed by one of the mini-waterfalls. We thought it was probably the drainage of some bathroom atop the mountains.


We got off the raft!! Crazy and fun and scary at the same time! We also went through the rapids without our rafts. You gotta try it.


A snake decided to show up while we were passing the Snake Wall.


Success!!! Next White Water Rafting trip -- Extreme!


The Beginner White Water Rafters -- who had an awesome adventure conquering the rapids of CDO.

This morning's Damage (per person):
Php 700.00 - White Water Rafting (c/o Bugsay -- includes transpo to/from hotel)
Php 200.00 - Lunch
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Total: Php 900.00