I found this place while frantically scouring the net for nearby places to shoot on my way back to Davao. I was looking for a “less familiar” place to “cap” my Davao Oriental road trip that doesn’t need a boat trip or overnight stays. The photos of Panas Inland Resort and its inviting waterfalls popped.
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Armed with Google Maps and coffee, I went straight to Panas Inland Resort from Mati City. That’s almost 2 hours of highway driving. Google maps was spot on. Roads are now paved and the greenery feast while driving is a distraction. It was almost late afternoon when I arrived at Panas Inland Resort. New Corella’s LGU is running this place and so far, I have nothing but praises for how orderly and kept this place is.
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Panas Inland Resort is really a ginormous multitiered, cascading waterfalls with lagoon like catch basins tucked under a forest canopy. It is also sandwiched between slopes of two mountains. What I like most is how the LGU maintained the trees around and inside the waterfalls and lagoons itself. Some of the huge boulders and rocks were cemented together to make it stable. Cemented paths where also provided in and along the waterfalls. But trees and their roots were conspicuously preserved. This made the water in this place very cool![hr]
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I never fully explored the place especially that part where the water originally came from and feed into the resort. Given the size of these waterfalls and lagoons, it’ll probably take a day or two to fully explore and photograph. It also is teaming with local excursionist making landscape shots a challenge to make.
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Well, I shoot what I can shoot. With Panas Inland Resort’s beautiful backdrop, I’m quite happy with my photos. A swim is in order when I get back to this place. 🙂
