Mantayupan Falls Barili 2026: Entrance Fee, Hours, How to Get There

Mantayupan Falls in Barili is two waterfalls, one above the other: a 14 m fall beside the hanging bridge, and above it the main fall, commonly listed at 98 m and called the tallest in Cebu. Entry was ₱60 in July 2026 with a mandatory ₱50 life jacket, and it is about two hours from Cebu City by bus, the closest big falls to the city on the southwest coast.

Mantayupan Falls · Barangay Campangga, Barili, Cebu · 10.1007° N, 123.5360° E · Fees checked October 2026

The tall main drop of Mantayupan Falls falling into a pool at the foot of a green gorge — The main fall. Photographed by Suroy.ph.

Campangga · Barili

Two falls, stacked

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14 m, by the bridge

The lower fall

The first fall you reach, beside the hanging bridge, is the lower one, about 14 m.

Listed at 98 m

The main fall

Above it is the main fall, commonly listed at 98 m and called the tallest in Cebu. That figure has been repeated since at least 2012; we found no survey behind it.

₱60 plus a vest

The fees

A July 2026 visitor reported ₱60 to enter (₱40 bridge plus ₱20 falls), a mandatory ₱50 life jacket, ₱300 an hour for a raft under the falls and ₱50 parking. The CAMPCO cooperative runs it.

7 AM to 5 PM

Hours

Open 7 AM to 5 PM daily, and closed on rainy days because of flood risk. The dry season, roughly December to June, is the safer window.

Since 1985

The power plant

The water also runs a small hydro plant set up in 1985 by the Cebu 1 Electric Cooperative for Campangga and Gunting, now operating 5 PM to 5 AM, and irrigates rice fields below.

Checked October 29, 2026.

The two falls

The first fall you reach, beside the hanging bridge, is the lower one, about 14 m. The main fall is above it. The 98 m figure has been repeated since at least 2012 and is everywhere; we found no survey behind it, so treat it as the commonly listed height rather than a measurement. Locally the falls are also called Ambakan.

Aerial view of two drops at Mantayupan Falls beside a hanging bridge — Both drops beside the bridge, from the air. Photographed by Suroy.ph.

A hanging bridge over the river gorge below Mantayupan Falls — The hanging bridge across the gorge. Photographed by Suroy.ph.

Mantayupan Falls fees and hours

Item	Price, July 2026
Entrance (bridge ₱40 plus falls ₱20)	₱60
Life jacket, mandatory	₱50
Bamboo raft under the falls	₱300 an hour
Parking	₱50

These are visitor-reported, not an official schedule; the falls are run by the CAMPCO cooperative. Open 7 AM to 5 PM daily, and closed on rainy days because of flood risk. The dry season, roughly December to June, is the safer time.

Top-down view of the turquoise pool under Mantayupan Falls with a bamboo raft — The raft under the main fall. Photographed by Suroy.ph.

Aerial view of Mantayupan Falls, a single white drop falling into a round pool — The main pool from above. Photographed by Suroy.ph.

A waterfall that also makes power

The river does more than look good. A small hydro plant set up in 1985 by the Cebu 1 Electric Cooperative supplies Campangga and Gunting and now runs from 5 PM to 5 AM, and the water irrigates rice fields below. In 2012 a sinkhole upstream dried the falls until a river bypass restored the flow.

Wide aerial of the Barili landscape with Mantayupan Falls in a forested gorge and karst hills behind — The gorge in its landscape. Photographed by Suroy.ph.

Getting to Mantayupan

Take a Bato via Barili bus from the South Bus Terminal, about two hours, and get off at Barili town proper near the public market. A habal-habal covers the last 3.7 km or so to the falls. On the way back, the Barili milk station is the usual stop. Oslob and Moalboal are much farther south; for more falls, see the Cebu waterfalls guide.