Tuburan

Tourism industry in Tuburan is yet to emerge as worthy destination for local and foreign tourists. The municipality has to come up with a Tourism Master Plan that will be served to investors and developers who will initiate the improvement of the town’s natural attractions, landmarks, facilities and amenities for tourism development.
Private sector and the government support to the plan can greatly influence the upgrading of tourism facilities to meet the desired accreditation, marketing and promotion.

The following are some of the town’s destinations frequently visited by local and foreign tourists.

 

TUBURAN’S TOP 10 MOST SIGNIFICANT SITES

1. Tuburan Town Museum

Tuburan Town Museum is strategically housed at the 2^nd floor of the former municipal building originally an ancestral house of Don Diego Tabotabo, one of the early settlers and administrators of Tuburan. The museum serves as a repository of the Tuburanon heritage representing the Tuburan culture and history over a thousand years unveiling details of its development from pre-history to the present; the LGU and its contributions; the archaeology of Tuburan; the important personages and their significant contributions in Tuburan’s growth; and, the faith and everyday life in the town.

2. San Antonio De Padua Parish Church

Tuburan, Cebu serves as a landmark of Tuburanon piety and faith. It is in a semi-Romanesque architecture located at the heart of Tuburan, Cebu. The parish has been in existence for more than 150 years and was conferred as the Archdiocesan Shrine of San Antonio de Padua last January 2007 thus, making it a pilgrim destination for believers who seek temporal and spiritual consolation knowing San Antonio de Padua as the patron of good business, sailors, expectant mothers, the poor, lost souls and items, among others. It commemorates its feast day every June 13.

3. Molobolo Spring 

Molobolo Spring is Tuburan’s major spring and has been for a long time now used as the source of water for household purposes. The spring abundantly oozes out cold spring water (1 cu. m. /sec.) continuously spilling volumes of water through the beach fronting it. Molobolo has also been considered as a favorite destination for locals and tourists alike. It is accessible by any means of transportation.

4. Marmol Cliff

Marmol Cliff  is Tuburan’s famous gigantic twin marble rock offering any adventurer ultimate pleasure of experiencing the beauty of nature. The boulders and spacious cave on the side of the cliff had been useful for Filipino Katipuneros during WWII. More to it, this wide cliff which stands in different heights of over hundred feet with all its enchantment is also the spot where the Maria Cacao & Joaquin Tang-an Story lies.

5. Adela River

Adela River   is a natural boundary that separates Poblacion and Daan Lungsod, the original town site of Tuburan. It is approximately a 3-kilometer stretch of brackish river going through lined nipa palm trees and passes by three of the many natural springs of Tuburan from the shore of Daan Lungsod namely Guiwanon, San Juan and ending at Mantawihan Spring. The Local Government Unit of Tuburan is now underway with a river cruise development in the area.

6. Lantawan Tunnel

Lantawan Tunnel   is located within Tuburan Lantawan Resort, a private development in Panas, Daan Lungsod, Tuburan, Cebu. According to local folks, this preserved hole was originally dug during the Japanese Occupation reportedly used as their jump down area from fighter planes and occupied as their hideout during WWII.

7. Tubod Festival

Tubod Festival   started on June 12, 2006 as Tuburan’s unique festival presentation which covers the multi-faceted characteristics of the Tuburanon as to their nature, culture, history and religion. This festival portrays each Tuburanon as an ardent believer of Saint Anthony of Padua and gratefulness for having been blessed with a place so rich in natural resources especially natural springs. The occasion happens every June 13 highlighting the annual town feast honoring patron saint San Antonio de Padua.

8. Sto. Niño and Apalan Marine Sanctuaries 

Santo Niño and Apalan Marine Sactuaries were established sometime in 2003 by the Municipality of Tuburan, Cebu under its CBRMP (Community-Based Resource Management Program) aimed to protect the town’s coastal resources. Presently, these are considered as ideal diving and snorkeling sites with healthy reef and abundant growth of soft and hard corals housing fishes, marine turtle, butterfly fishes, barramudi cod and other colorful aquarium species.

9. The Site of the Tabaquelera in Tuburan

Tuburan was among the very few towns in Cebu being installed with a Tabaquelera under the Tobacco Monopoly Policy of the Spaniards in the early 1900s. Aside from being a commercial center, it is also considered as the mute witness to the grave battle of the Katipuneros and Spanish soldiers.

10. Dao Tree (Dracontomelon dao)

Dao Tree in Barangay Jagbuaya, Tuburan, Cebu. This giant local tree is approximately two hundred years old and could possibly be one of the centennial trees in the Philippines. It has a diameter of more than 7 cubic meters and considered as a threatened species of great significance to the country’s biodiversity as recorded in the 1980 “Red List” of the International Conservation Union.

Additional Significant Relics

1. Vietnamese “Chu Dau” Celadons excavated at a burial site somewhere along the boundary of barangays San Juan and Cogon, Tuburan, Cebu taking part of the Tuburan Town Museum exhibition.

2. Referred to by archeologists as Indo-Pacific Monochrome Drawn Glass Beads or Indo-Pacific Bead or “Mutisalah” – an Indonesian word for false pearl, dug-out by local looters at Barangay San Juan, Tuburan, Cebu being displayed at the Tuburan Town Museum indicating foreign trading between the inhabitants of Tuburan with Vietnamese or Thai trades who brought these beads for barter.

3. Church Bells (1873-1883) donated by Don Fausto Tabotabo, to the Parish of San Antonio de Padua and have since been used as public buzzer for religious ceremonies hanging at the church’ belfry.

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Tuburan PictureS

☜WELCOME HOME!☞

The term “tuburan” means “free-flowing”, as the main water source is a spring located in the village. Tuburan Eco-commune and School of Life is a young community situated in a fishing and coconut farming town of Sta. Maria, Tablas Island (the largest of the islands that comprise the province of Romblon in the Philippines). The village is 6 hectares in size and currently serves as home to 55 families (80 hectares). A 15 minute walk from the Sta. Maria town proper. The families living in the community live off from coconut farming and fishing.

We came together as residents to create a community based on a liberal approach to sustainable and creative living that aim to fulfill values of equity between the sexes, equity in work, and genuine communication between people. Maintaining a cooperative lifestyle in which means of production and resources are shared, and to practice ecological, artistic, and international community ethics. The community seeks to attract spiritually keen individuals, professionals, and skilled workers of all kinds.

HIDDEN VALLEY MOUNTAIN RESORT

Experience one of Cebu pride for nature lovers, The Hidden Valley Mountain Resort it located in Pinamungajan, Cebu. This marvelous resort is suitable for fun family vacations,  and company outing destinations. It’s a private mountain that is owned and managed by one of the best and established cooperatives in the country, the Lamac Multipurpose Cooperative (LMC). Hidden Valley is a place where time stands still, where you can relax and escape to a world of pampering.

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It takes pride in 4 swimming pools (2 pools for kids and 2 pools for adults. The first pool they called it an big pool because it has a big wide area; second they called it a the slide pool because of the slide that construct on it this is the cool pool in the 4, in this picture you see this child enjoyed sliding it so nice when you experience sliding; third they called it a mushroom pool because of the mushroom shape; fourth they called it for the child only because it’s only for the child who age 5 to 10. First time we visit this place and it’s really beautiful actually its the Christmas party of the LGU in Asturias, but we only come because my sister forcing me and my mother to go with her so no choice we rather go with. I’ll treasure my experience in this place and I never regret it.

 

Adela River of Tuburan

Adela River is one of the grandest rivers in Tuburan. In light of the river, they made a bridge that linked Daan Lungsod and Brgy. 2. The river is connected from San Juan, Guiwanon and Mantawihan waterway, the  water of the river flows straightforwardly to the sea.

Several individuals jump at the bridge and swim directly to the the river particularly youngsters during red-tide. Obviously, the river is a bit deep but I’m not sure how deep it is.

There’s a lot of palm trees in the stream that made the

People lived nearby the river maintained the cleanliness of the river yet there are some didn’t care at all.

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Mantawihan Spring

Long time ago, during full moon, there was a time that a fisherman saw a mantaga when he passed along the spring. Individuals lived near to the spring told that there were two “Mantaga” or a giant octopus lived the spring who named “Manta” and “Wihan “.  That’s the reason why they named the spring MANTAWIHAN.

After the spots discovered, it turned into the most visited places here in Tuburan. Because of the clear water, it made many people like to swim. However, when there’s a period of time that numerous individuals got a skin disease called “Bun-i” or ringworm in the wake of swimming that’s why they wouldn’t like to swim again because they were scared about the disease. It’s just only a few of individuals who would prefer not to back again moreover, there are a lot of people are still revel in swimming in the spring. Now, the spring was developed and likewise the water come to be sheltered to the said skin ailment.

Here I am strolling down the spring and washed my messy slippers. Roselyn took this picture. hehe

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The boy really enjoy swimming. Be careful ‘dong there’s an enormous stone under the water. :)

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They do their laundry.

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Furthermore, there are some brought water in their home. Remember it is not safe for drinking. :->

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The water in the spring truly help our daily living. So, we must maintain the cleanliness in our surroundings.

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