Legend has it that there once lived an

influential and powerful Sultan Agok and his wife.

 They were appointed by their people as their

king and queen. But they became too proud

of themselves and became selfish rulers

of their kingdom. When the sultan's

wife was pregnant, an enchantress,

disguised as a beggar, begged for their

 help but instead they exiled and rejected her.

 Because of this, the enchantress cursed

the couple that the child will become ugly

but they did not take it seriously and

 permanently banished the enchantress.

The child did become ugly. The couple was

 sad and disappointed, expecting the baby

to be as lovely as her mother. They hid the

child in a cave to avoid embarrassment and

named the baby Tin-ag, which means

"hidden face". They visited and took care

 of the baby in the cave.

When the child grew up, she came out of

the cave and became amazed at what she saw.

 The enchantress, who cursed her parents,

saw her and made an offer to transform

 her into something of great beauty

and splendor. She accepted the offer

and became the Tinago Falls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tinago Falls is located in a deep ravine in

Barangay Ditucalan, Iligan City. The falls plunges

 240 feet (73 m) high from a cliff.^Tinago Falls is a

 waterfall in Iligan City, Lanao del Norte in

the southern Philippine island of Mindanao.

It is one of the main tourist attractions in Iligan,

a city known as the City of Majestic Waterfalls.

Tinago is a Filipino term meaning "hidden",

the falls being hidden in a deep ravine.

Trekking to the falls requires approximately

500 descending steps called the winding staircase.

The falls is high, its very cold waters cascading

beautifully into a deep and calm basin-like

pool which appears like a blue-colored lagoon.

Under the falls is a small cave where people

can enter and listen to the rumbling water.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

^{Tinago Falls:}

 

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