Kayak and raft at the remarkable untamed long winding river or rappel at the extraordinary seven-tierred cascading waterfalls of Bugtong Bato all found in Tibiao.
Year Founded : 1849 Land Area : 13,784 Hectares Classification : 4th Class Municipality No. of Barangays : 21 Barangays Zip Code : 5707
Originally, Tibiao was a small thriving community or settlement located in a place called “Olid”, ruled by redoubtable chieftain name “Oguid”. Paris, his only son succeeded him in ruling the tribe, brave and loved his people. He had them cultivate the hillside, except the low swampy places near the coast which where covered with “Katigabawan or Tigbaw”, a grass plant of the bamboo family growing abundant and luxuriant.
When Spaniards came to Antique, very much later in the century, the early Malays have spread out in the different parts of the province, and one of them was Oguid who chose the hillside of Olid, after his name, to be settlement as it was led by a big river, now the Tibiao River. Legend narrates that one day, a group of roving Spaniards surprised a group of natives who were fishing and picking up shells by the river. One of the Spaniards asked the natives as to what the name of the place is. The ignorant natives saw that the Spaniards were pointing at the place where “tigbaw” was all around. Not comprehending the Spanish language and thinking that he was asking the name of the grass plant, he answered “tigbaw”. The Spaniard thought that the answer to his question was the name of the place, accepted the fact that the place was “Tibyaw” as mispronounced by him. Therefore, the Spaniards named the place as “Tibyaw” or “Tibiao” as it is known now.
Bugtong Bato Falls Tibiao River Piña Weaving (Malabor) EBJ Rainforest Seco Point Villa Arsenia Beach Tiguis by the Beach Hanging Bridge (Brgy. Tigbaboy) Coral Resort
Tibiao is 73 kilometers away from San Jose de Buenavista with buses, vans and jeepneys providing services to and from the neighboring municipalities and the rest of Panay Island.
