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Forested hills in Camiguin’s interior, where the island’s cold springs rise

Santo Niño Cold Spring

A large spring-fed pool so clear and cold it takes your breath away

Santo Niño Cold Spring in Catarman is a large, natural pool fed by cold spring water rising through its sandy bottom. The water is startlingly clear and cold — welcome relief on a hot day on the road.

It is popular with local families, especially at weekends, with cottages for rent and simple food stalls nearby. Combine it with Tuasan Falls and the west-coast sights.

What to see and do: Santo Niño Cold Spring

Take a cold swim

Jump in, catch your breath, then float in the clear water.

Rent a cottage for lunch

Bring food and spend a lazy hour in the shade, as local families do.

Combine with Tuasan Falls

See Tuasan Falls nearby on the same trip.

Water rushing into the boulder-lined pool of nearby Tuasan FallsA colourful multicab, the island’s shared transport, parked by the road

How to get to Santo Niño Cold Spring

  • Inland from the circumferential road in Catarman, signposted from the main road.
  • Included in many full-day tours.

Insider tips

  • Weekdays are much quieter than weekends.
  • A small entrance fee is charged.
  • Bring a towel; you will feel the cold.

Tours that include Santo Niño Cold Spring

These GetYourGuide experiences are the easiest way to see Santo Niño Cold Spring without arranging your own transport:

Tuasan Falls pouring into a rocky pool surrounded by forest in Catarman, Camiguin Guided full-day tour from €110
🕒 8 hours 📍 From Camiguin hotels

Camiguin: Full-Day Adventure Across the Island Born of Fire

A guided full day around the island’s ring road: waterfalls, springs for a cooling (or warming) swim and the historic sites left by the 19th-century eruption, with time to enjoy the forested interior on the way. Listed under Tuasan Falls on GetYourGuide.

  • Scenic landmarks around the loop road
  • Swims in cold and hot springs
  • Historic sites from the 1871 eruption
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Katibawasan Falls dropping in a long white ribbon down a fern-covered cliff on Camiguin Private full-day tour from €231
🕒 10 hours 📍 From Camiguin hotels

Camiguin: Full-Day Island Tour & Optional Island Hopping

The most complete single day on GetYourGuide: a private ten-hour tour that can combine the land sights — falls, springs, the Sunken Cemetery and a turtle sanctuary — with island-hopping to White Island and Mantigue. Also the most expensive, so it suits small groups who want everything in one go.

  • White Island and Mantigue Island
  • A turtle sanctuary, falls and springs
  • The Sunken Cemetery
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Sandbars, waterfalls and a cemetery under the sea

Wade onto White Island at sunrise, snorkel the Mantigue sanctuary, swim under Katibawasan Falls and watch the sun set behind the giant cross of the Sunken Cemetery. Compare the island tours on GetYourGuide and book in a couple of taps.

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Santo Niño Cold Spring FAQs

Frequently asked questions

How cold is the water?

Noticeably cold, especially compared with the sea — refreshing on a hot day.

Is it deep?

Part of the pool is deep enough to swim; non-swimmers should stay at the edges.

Can I eat there?

Yes, there are cottages and simple food stalls.

Places

The giant white cross of the Sunken Cemetery in the sea off Bonbon, with the Old Volcano behind

Sunken Cemetery

A giant white cross in the sea marks the graves of a town swallowed by the 1871 eruption
The curving white sandbar of White Island, with Mount Hibok-Hibok and Mount Vulcan behind

White Island

A bare crescent of white sand off the north coast, with two volcanoes as the backdrop
An outrigger bangka of the kind that carries visitors out to the islands, off Camiguin’s coast

Mantigue Island

A small forested island and marine sanctuary off the east coast, ringed by white sand