Is it worthy to reach Marmol Cliff?

If you are crazy enough to bring your moto/darling beast and make a splash (river surfing - pun intended).. then YES!!!!!!!!

Luckily, we were able to convince our "habal-bahal" tour guide to lead us the way to the Marmol cliff. I remember it took us an hour to reach the destination challenging our way through the river bed, cross the waters, and sometimes feel our rear wheel drained its soul to the void of nothingness - but it was pure fun.

Felt like riding on your iron balls on diagonal direction...... like surfer.

Honestly, I didn't know about the cliff in the first place until my bike buddies invited me and put us into challenge.

How to get there?

Marmol Cliff is located in Tuburan Municipality, Cebu. For the sake of safety, it is recommended that you bring a local or tour guide to reach the destination. Our best choice was a tour guide with motorcycle. You can find "habal-habal" drivers (moto legends) near the Municipal Hall and deal them with a certain amount but I leave that to you.   Here is a map link  as the starting point of the river adventure.

When not to go?

Rainy season or after the rain.  The river will be flooded with waters from the mountains. It is bad if you get caught in the rain in the middle of the trip. If you are with your motorcycles, you will be stuck there for hours!  The last time we went there the clouds were grey and the adrenaline rush starts to kick-in slowly.

Behold! our tour guide's sexy beast!

This is a masterpiece that withstand the forces of nature! All those modified frames of steel blessed by dirty hands from a great mechanics in our era. This beast is capable of carrying several people on a wild terrain!

 

Motorcycles with low clearance are not good for this trip. The probability of hitting your fairings is high specially with scooters. Imagine the half of your wheel is drowned in the waters while your moto engine is having a free car wash mixed with stones and sand.... very very bad for cruisers and scooters.