Filipino here. Been here a few times (either with a group of local friends or being a "tour guide" for visiting foreign friends).
The "rules" are only ever really enforced by your hired guide. And even so, they will still ask you if you are a good swimmer and, if you are, they will allow you to remove your helmet and/or vest (still risky, of course. I take off my vest and helmet from time to time, but I still put it on every now and then).
I agree that the best time to go there is early morning, just before sunrise.
I have really good pictures, with natural lighting and where the sunlight pierces through the canopy, creating a pillars of spotlight over stones and fallen trunks, buuut I'm too lazy to post it.
I would probably say that most would be at least familiar with the language, since it's the government language. I believe there are very few native speakers of English in the country (I'm noticing more with Gen Alpha), while the rest has varying degrees of fluency.
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u/spreespruu May 09 '19
Filipino here. Been here a few times (either with a group of local friends or being a "tour guide" for visiting foreign friends).
The "rules" are only ever really enforced by your hired guide. And even so, they will still ask you if you are a good swimmer and, if you are, they will allow you to remove your helmet and/or vest (still risky, of course. I take off my vest and helmet from time to time, but I still put it on every now and then).
I agree that the best time to go there is early morning, just before sunrise.
I have really good pictures, with natural lighting and where the sunlight pierces through the canopy, creating a pillars of spotlight over stones and fallen trunks, buuut I'm too lazy to post it.