Manticao River is located at Manticao, Misamis Oriental and the place I went was particularly in Sitio Linangga Also part of Manticao. From the Provincial road, it needs to travel a few minutes if we ride on a vehicles like Motorcycles, Jeepneys, Bicycles and Trucks. It is accessible by any different kinds of vehicles in order to reach this place. If we do walking adventure, it takes almost an hour of walking but it is worth it and enjoyable because of the tall trees that can make the place cool and relaxing because of its shades.
Visiting this river is truly perfect specially every summer season, lots of deep fresh water can be seen and found and most of all we will felt a good and enjoyable time.
Backed from many years, this is not really a river but a small stream were small amount of water flows. As many years has past, as the typhoons hit this area the soil continously eroded and washed away because of the big floods. The strong water current keeps flowing resulting that this stream was completely turned into a river. It expanded wide and the once a dry land was already turned into a river. Lots of big trees like molave trees are already washed out and some of it are buried on the sand. Some of the big and old trees buried was already unearthed and made a durable furnitures.
As for that, tons of rocks and peebles are already at the place and some of it are submerged in the fresh water. Every summer or heat season, rocks can be shown because of the crystal clear fresh water. Most interesting views in here are the fish, crabs and shrimps swim and can be seen. This big kinds of rocks are flashed away from the mountainous place and ended here buried in the sand for many years. It indicates the great impact during flashed away because of the line marks on its surface. But it gives a great contributions to the fresh water animals to have their habitat and a place to hide.
Some people went here just to washed their clothes, it is well traditionalized and those big rocks arw very useful so they can placed their washed clothes. Many flooding situations already happens here but this big stones keeps in place not even cracks or any small movements because of the strong water current. It is compost of silica rocks with different kinds of shapes, colors and sizes it can truly gives an attractiveness in the river.
There are some parts of the cliff contains a big chunks of stones. The soil was totally washed out by floods leaving this long and wide silica stones. The cliffs contains only a few amount of soil and underneath it is the big chunks and deposite silica stones. It is just like a concrete wall at the river, aside of that many bamboo trees grows near at the cliff. Different wild animals like birds, snakes and even wild cats hid in this areas and it can make the place cool nd relaxing because of its shades.
If we are at the river, the most center of attraction here is the swimming spots just like this one. This is a very deep fresh water place and lots of children went here every weekend just to go for a swim in fact they tied a tire in the big vines so they can swing in the water. This place is very perfect as a diving spots. Visiting Manticao River is very worth it especially for those who loves Nature adventure. Until next post, have a nice day to everyone.
