C A V I N T I - A town in the outskirt of the Province of Laguna and is situated in the foothills of Sierra Madre Mountain Ranges. The town's name came from a tagalog expression, "kabit sa binti". The Aetas, the early dwellers of the land, performed a wedding ritual, which have the groom runs after his bride to the riverbank. The groom will try to capture his bride to her legs ("binti", in tagalog), with the witnesses shouting, "Kabit sa binti, kabit sa binti!" This phrase later became "Kabinti"; hence the town's name CAVINTI.


Approximately 100 kilometers from Manila, 11 kilometers from the provincial capital of Sta. Cruz, and 8 kilometers from Pagsanjan, Laguna. Cavinti is generally hilly and mountainous with elevation ranging from 2,300 to 2,400 meters above sea level.There are five (5) rivers that traverse and interconnect with one another in the town of Cavinti, and the two which are the source of the famous Magdapio Falls, which is now known as Pagsanjan Falls; the Cavinti and the Bumbongan Rivers. The other rivers are Coloycoy, Lumot, and Caliraya.