The Santo Niño Cold Spring lays on the west coast of Camiguin. Its crystal clear and fresh water makes
it a pleasure to jump in the pool. The surrounding park is well maintained and the restaurants offer food and drinks.
Camiguin is a small island north of Cagayan de Oro, Mindanao. You may reach it by taking
a two-hour ferry ride from Cagayan de Oro.
Sto. Nino Cold Spring is Four kilometers north uphill of Catarman proper with a pool measuring 25 m
by 40 m and 1/2 meter deep of cold spring water sprouting from its sandy bottom. The area has stores,
picnic huts, cook-out facilities and restrooms for picnickers. The water flows into smaller pools built for
children who could not swim in the bigger eight-foot deep lagoon. There is a nominal fee that has to be
paid to enter this cold spring.
Don't ever dive the pool without trying to test the coldness, you may end up not to dip again :)
Small fish picking off dry, dead skin.
Camiguin is very rich on water which comes out of the grounds at several cold and hot springs.
Some of this springs are set up for tourists with a big pool for swimming, picnic huts and picnic
tables which are typical for the Philippines.
The most popular ones of the springs are the Ardent Hot Springs and the Sto Nino Cold Springs.
The waters that comes out from the grounds here is crystal clear and only about 20C, which feels
pretty cold if you are used of the hot surrounding. The water is so clear that, if you bring some diving mask,
you can look under water from one end of the pool to the other. This is very unusual for a fresh water lake.