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Lawa ng Labasin

by Admin on August 30th, 2008 @ 6:17 am | 694 views

The City of San Pablo is also known as the City of Seven Lakes because of its seven natural crater lakes. The seven lakes are Sampalok, Bunot, Palakpakin, Kalibato, Pandin, Yambo and Mohikap. Now, there is another lake in San Pablo City and it is located inside the famous Villa Escudero.

Rafting at Lawa ng Labasin

Rafting at Lawa ng Labasin. Photo from VillaEscudero.com

I’ve been to Villa Escudero only once and that was a very long time ago but it seems that very little has changed since I was there. They still have the carabao ride while being serenaded by folk singers, the meseum tour, the man-made waterfall, the pools and of course their own little lake called Lawa ng Labasin.

Lawa ng Labasin is not really a lake per se, it’s more like a wide and deep river. I’m not sure if you can go swimming in it but you can definitely go rafting. By the way, when I say rafting I’m not talking about riding a rubber raft. No, you will be riding rafts made of bamboo. Rafters are given life jackets to wear and life guards are always on standby in case anything wrong happens.

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Unfortunately, I never experienced this rafting thing at Lawa ng Labasin but a lot of people have and they enjoyed the experience very much. I guess, since most of Villa Escudero’s visitors are city sleekers they don’t get to experience such things in the big city which make new experiences like this exciting and fun for them.

Anyway, to learn more about Villa Escudero and Lawa ng Labasin you can visit the following links below. The links will take you to blogs posted by bloggers about their experiences in Villa Escudero.

4 Responses to “Lawa ng Labasin”

  1. Kermit Johnson

    I love the rafting idea. Growing up on the Mississippi River, this especially appealed to me when I was a kid.

    Question … what kind of trees do those logs come from? My experience with rafts is that they are very heavy.

    Kermit Johnsons last blog post..Lotus Lake Chanhassen MN Report

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    popski reply on September 30th, 2008 5:34 am:

    those logs are bamboo trees, they are hollow inside and they are not heavy.

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  2. Carmelito Guan

    San Pablo City will always be the “City of Seven Lakes,” Lawa ng Labasin is in Tiaong, Quezon.

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  3. mon aguilar

    hello to my buddies Doming Suavengco,Aris Alvarez,Ferdie Lagaya,Art and all SLC batch `72, happy new year mga pare.

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