Kayangan Lake
Often called the cleanest lake in the country, reached by a short climb over a ridge from the boat. The water is brackish, part fresh and part salt, and clear enough to show the rock formations and the fish from …
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Lake Sebu
A lake of 361.124 hectares at about 1,000 metres, ringed by hills and rainforest in the Alah Valley near Surallah. Tilapia grow in floating cages across the water, and egrets, herons, kingfishers and Philippine cockatoos live around the shores. The …
Lake Lanao
The largest lake in Mindanao and the deepest in the Philippines: 340 square kilometres of water in the interior of the province. It is one of the 15 ancient lakes in the world, and scholars are pushing for its inclusion …
Lake Apo
A green crater lake of about 24 hectares in the hills west of the city, with water up to 26 metres deep. In the late 1990s it was named the cleanest inland body of water in the Northern Mindanao region. …
Lake Dapao
A protected lake southwest of Lake Lanao, and one of the deepest in the country: it reaches 120 metres. The surface covers about 1,011 hectares, and the water comes from local run-off and several small rivers. The lake and the …
Lake Dasay
A lake of 40 hectares in the town of San Miguel, with forest land around it. It lies about 230 metres above sea level, and only Lake Wood is a larger mountain lake in the province.
Lake 77
A man-made lake with a boat tour and a floating cottage on the water, used for picnics and for fishing.
Lake Sampaloc
The largest of the seven crater lakes scattered around the city, and the easiest one to reach: it sits directly behind the city hall. Fishpens and small cottages on stilts stand in the water. A public playground was built on …
Lake Buhi
A lake of 18 square kilometres that holds the sinarapan, the world's smallest commercially harvested fish. It sits in the valley between two old volcanoes, Mount Asog and Mount Malinao, and averages 8 metres deep. An earthquake in 1641 dropped …
Lake Buluan
The third largest lake in Mindanao, after Lake Lanao and Lake Mainit, with a surface area of 61.34 square kilometres. It lies low, an average of 4.5 metres above sea level, and is made of marshy basins fed by the …
Lake Leonard
A small freshwater crater lake on Mount Leonard, a stratovolcano also known as Leonard Kniaseff. The mountain stands in the Leonard Mountain Range, 60 kilometres northeast of Davao City. The lake fills a caldera left when one of the biggest …
Lake Danao
A lake in the hills above the city, shaped like a violin and 3 kilometres long, at 640 metres above sea level. Floating cottages sit on the water and boats are for hire. The water covers 148 hectares inside Lake …
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Before you go
- Check the opening hours and the fee on the page.
- Bring cash: many gates and boats do not take cards.
- Take your trash with you.