Maculot, Part 4

View from Maculot Rockies -- Taal lake

How to get there: Take a bus going to Lemery, Batangas. Alight at the town of Cuenca. Then take a tricycle, it will drop you off at the Mountaineer store where you can walk till till the jump-off. You can also pay the tricycle extra to drop you off at Aling Thelma's store instead, but it'll cost extra (around 50 bucks), since the road going there is a bit uphill.

Trail: Pwedeng day hike, pwedeng overnight. The trail is Level 1, supposed to be an easy trail -- a bit steep, but the whole route would take 45 minutes - 2 hours, depending on one's fitness levels (and provided you don't get lost). When going there, make sure to go to the "rockies", where the view is much much better than from the campsite.

Some pixellized pics (mali ata yung pag-minimize ko sa kanila, hehe) here.

Some notes: This is a bit of a "commercialized" mountain...there's a sari-sari store at the peak where you can buy iced banana, halo-halo, instant noodles, buko juice, softdrinks, etc, etc (you get the picture). There are rest stops along the trail, and during summer, some vendors sell buko juice at these rest stops. If you're staying for the night, it's a bit windy, so make sure your tents are secured. Rumor has it that there was a robbery incident that happened recently at the peak -- some campers were robbed while spending the night there. The incident supposedly happened one Sunday evening/early morning. Couple this news with what recently happened at Famy (Mt. Romelo), where a drunk mountaineer allegedly slashed some rappelling ropes and even attempted to stab a sleeping camper. Hmm. What has the world come to?