It was almost an hour into our hike when we reached the edge of a boulder ravine dropping to more than a hundred feet. I saw our guide take out his rope and instantly proceed behind the trees. “Wait for us; we’re just going to fix the rope,” he told us in Tagalog. I took a peek and figured it would have been a very hurtful fall—with major broken bone ramifications—if one slid down to the bottom.

This was just one of the many obstacle course-like trail characteristics of the path leading to Ambon-Ambon falls. It looks moderate when you consider the distance of two and a half hours away, but going through it all presents a set of challenging yet fun adventure moments.