Tangke Salt Water Lagoon by Maylyn Santos (4)

Tangke Salt Water Lagoon, Gigantes Sur, Iloilo.

This wonderful place is my favorite destination to go whenever i'm in Iloilo. Tangke Salt Water Lagoon is one of the main attraction in Islas De Gigantes Sur. They said that it was breath-taking and they were right. It was jaw-dropping and breath-taking, it was something I haven't seen before. And I didn't regret going there. It's like a swimming pool but actually it's a part of a sea. The folks there said that because of hidden underwater tunnel the water from the sea was able to go inside. Allowing the water to rise and fall with the tides. 

Tangke Salt Water Lagoon is located in a hidden place behind the cliffs of Islas de Gigantes Sur. Many tourist and locals go there to swim in the shallow water and to gaze at the beautiful rock formations. And that's the exact reason why we went there. I was kinda curious about it since it was a known place and I've never gone to a place like that and now I do. But going there is kinda tiring for me since we had to climb on the rocks to go to the lagoon. But it was worth it and I would go there every time even if i have to climb. 

Tangke which means "Tank" in english. I don't know why it's called tank but i think because it's closed off like a tank. By the way in that place there is a care-taker in a hut asking for 10 pesos for taking care of the trashes that is left by visitors. I think it'll be good if you give them since they're responsible of making the place clean and they deserved it. 

During our stay there, the locals said that the place has many myths. One of those is a story that says that during the feast of St. John the Baptist (San Juan de Bautista), the water level inside tangke would magically rise up. And they've warned us not to make a commotion and noise inside tangke because we might disturb the "enkantos" or enchanted beings and might curse us. But of course i didn't believe that i still respected the place. I might get a curse you know? Just kidding! :) 

In order to get there you have to hire a pumpboat going to tangke and it's going to take you an hour to get there. I think the best time to go there is noontime when the water is in it's deepest. It's a wonderful place i tell you so you have to go there and experienced what i've gone through.