Five Days in Lake Sebu, Glan and Gumasa, Sarangani

Morning at Lake Sebu
Morning at Lake Sebu

Three scenic lakes, seven captivating falls, a bunch of endearing T’boli people, fascinating culture, pristine beaches and historical sites – what more reasosn can one ask for to visit South Central Mindanao? Of course I still get those “Aren’t these places dangerous?” or “We might get kidnapped for a ransom!” a lot of times until now. I’ve been saying this over many times, Mindanao has some insurgent spots but not the whole area. Lake Sebu, General Santos and Sarangani are one of those safe places to visit in Mindanao. I’m sure you’ll be aptly rewarded from your gutsy decision.


Journey to Lake Sebu video

To cap off this chronicle, I’m presenting this video I put up with some scenes I shot during the trip. What’s so special here is the original Traditional T’boli music I used from the album “Utom: Summoning the Spirit – T’boli Music from the Heartland“. It features the music “Sendulug” from a group of artist Ye Juni, Ye Jewe, Awey Meyen and Blahing Mil. We got this very interesting album from Lake Sebu and it has beautiful raw recordings of T’Boli Music.

Itinerary

Day 1

  • Manila to Lake Sebu

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Day 6

  • Fly Back to Manila

Getting there:

To Lake Sebu
Fly to General Santos Tambler Airport from Manila

From General Santos,  go to the Yellow Bus Line and take a Bus to Koronadal (Marbel). Bus leaves every hous until 7pm. Travel time is 2 hour at P50. If you’re in a group there are Vans there for hire to take you directly to Lake Sebu.

From Koronadal (Marbel) take a bus or jeep going to Surallah. Travel time is 30-45min at P30.

From Surallah, take a jeep to Lake Sebu. Travel time 1 hour at P30. There are habal-habal there for hire to take you to the different resorts in Lake Sebu

To Gumasa
From General Santos, head to KCC Mall for the Van terminal heading to Glan. Travel time is 1 hour at P80 per person. If you’re in a group, you can ask to hire the whole Van and go directly to Gumasa.

From Glan take a habal-habal to the different resorts in Gumasa.