Five Fingers Cave in Guano

Sitio Guano in Barangay Masiag, Municipality of Bagumbayan, is locally known for its wide-mouthed cave. It’s not the only pride of the place, though. It has another cave, lesser known but equally interesting. It’s called Five Fingers. From the center of the hamlet, you must go down the hill on the north to reach Guano Cave and you must go down the hill on the west to reach Five Fingers.

Below are some of the photos I took of Five Fingers. I wish I had taken better photos and some videos. I failed to because I was already so tired when we got to the cave. We had gone up the Toro-toro the previous day, and we had gone to Guano Cave the previous few hours. Besides, I had not yet decided whether to write about the experience for this blog. I just wanted to enjoy the sights, or more accurately, to survive the walk.

At the mouth of the cave. To get here, you must walk down a steep hill for about twenty minutes.

Five Fingers took its name from the stone formation at the mouth of the cave. The big rocks jutting down from the roof look like human fingers.

The cave is a series of narrow passages and spacious chambers. The first narrow passage is particularly challenging, scary even. You have to twist your body sideways to go through it. On the way back, the best thing to do is to pass through it feet first.

Looks like ice cream, tastes like, well, stone.

Squid tentacles, corroded iron bars, or stalactites?