TAGAYTAY CITY - WEEKEND AND SUMMER GET AWAY FROM MANILA

Located just an hour drive from Manila, Tagaytay becomes a popular destination during weekend and summer.

Because of the cold weather and beautiful taal volcano lake scenery makes this city a popular weekend getaway.

Here are the list of my favorite activities in Tagaytay.


#1 - Taal Lake and Volcano

It's a natural scenery a volcano in the middle of a lake.

#2 Bulalo - Pinoy food

Bulalo is a delicious soup beef dish from the Philippines. It is a soup that is made by cooking meat shanks and marrow bones until the collagen and fat has dissolved into the acceptable softness and easy to chew. Bulalo is popular in Tagaytay because of its hot soup, beef meat all came from Batangas farm.

#3 Sky ranch

Sky Ranch is a carnival in Aguindaldo Roadway, Tagaytay City which opened in public 2013. It was theme park found inside Sky Farm, a property was possessed by SM company.

PICO DE LORO - THINGS TO DO IN PICO DE LORO MOUNT PALAY PALAY

This is our activities when we climb Pico de Loro. We spent 2 days and 1 night in this area.


#1 - Hiking - easy trail

An average of 2 to 3 hours spend on walking for the easy trail to reach the summit.

#2 Site seeing 

Beautiful scenery from the Pico de Loro summit

#3 Rappelling - Monolith rock

Bring your own rappelling gears and someone who knows well with this activity

#4  Camping

We spend a night at the base camp, we enjoy drinking at night and have a delicious breakfast in the morning. 

#5 Jump shot - beautiful background

Enjoy photography with different style, like this one using the 30fps of my gopro to captured a nice jumpshot pic with the beautiful bacgkground of Pico de Loro and hills.

#6 Side trip - Katungkulan beach

After hiking take a swim on this clean beach of Ternate, it's only near from the Pico de Loro jump off in Ternate Cavite, this is part of Marine Base Training Camp. The entrance fee is only Php100 ($2). No need to rent a cottage since we have our tent from camping.

7# Swimming / Underwater 

Enjoy the clean seawater and fine sand of the Katungkulan beach The current and waves are not so strong so you can enjoy your swimming skills. 

This is our activity when we go to Pico de Loro, regarding our transportation we just hired a private van that also spent 1 night at the DENR center. It's hard to commute from my observation because I didn't see any jeepney or tricycle, aahh there are some tricycle but it's too costly to rent. So if you are many to go here better bring your own vehicle.

KATUNGKULAN BEACH - TERNATE MARINE BASE BEACH - SIDE TRIP PICO DE LORO

One of the best side trip activity after hiking Pico de Loro is swimming at the beach. The nearest beach to Pico de Loro is the Katungkulan Beach, also known as the Cavite de Boracay, for its clean shore and blue waters.

 Clean waters just near from Manila  - Cavite de Boracay

Cool Native Cottages - Nipa Huts

Clean blue waters - Maintained cleanliness by the Philippine Marines

 Fine sand of Cavite de Boracay - Ternate, Cavite "Marine Base Camp Beach"

Katungkulan beach (Cavite de Boracay) is originally part of Marine Base Training Camp, and now they open the beach part to the public.

It becomes popularly for its close proximity to Manila, and now so expensive beach.

PICO DE LORO - BEGINNER'S TREKKING

For just around 1 ½ to 2 hours from Manila, a trek to Pico de Loro is getting to be more prevalent amongst Outdoorsmen and beginner explorers for simple to reasonable trail.

Trail is genuinely simple with easy trail. A few sections of the trail can be steep as well as secured in Bamboo foliage.

 One of the mountains that are becoming increasingly popular because of its close proximity to Manila. 

MONTANARA OUTDOOR GROUP OF RIZAL - PICO DE LORO

PICO DE LORO - RAPPELLING OR ABSEILING

Rappelling or Abseiling , is a climber's technique when going down when a rock or slope is too steep to climb down. This technique use a rope and tie it into a anchor, usually tress or boulders. Climbers also protection gear such as helmet, harness, and gloves.

Rappelling Monolith Rock - Pico de Loro

Beautiful Sunset and background - Pico de Loro Abseiling

Be careful!

PICO DE LORO - MONOLITH ROCK FORMATION

One of the famous and interesting object from Pico de Loro's summit is the Monolith rock. It is a 60 meters rock formation that becomes one of the attraction when climbing Pico de Loro.

 Monolith is a geographical gigantic stone or rock, for example, a few mountains, or a solitary extensive bit of rock put as, or inside, a landmark or building.

Beautiful MONOLITH Rock

Most the climbers here to rappel from this Huge Rock Monolith

PICO DE LORO - PARROTS BEAK

Pico de Loro was initially named by Spanish seafarers which signifies "Parrot's Beak" as its pointed summit takes after the shape or figure of a parrot's bill from far off and it is generally utilized as a sign via sailors as navigational reference to turn east to get to Manila Narrows.

THE CLOUD ENCIRCLING THE PARROT'S BEAK

 BEAUTIFUL SUNSET GIVING COLORS TO THE PICO DE LORO LANDSCAPE.

PICO DE LORO - MONOLITH ROCK

A 60-meter rock area from the summit is the Stone rock landmark called "Stone monument" which give the climbers a remunerating wonderful landscape after arriving at the top

We are thankful for the good weather when we climb Pico De Loro, It's a great view specially when reaching the peak during sunset.

PICO DE LORO - MOUNT PALAY PALAY TREKKING AND CAMPING

Mount Pico De Loro is also known as Mount Palay Palay.

We hike here last 24 January 2015 and we are happy to climb in a good weather. Clear blue sky, sun is shinning perfect for gopro photography. It is a 664 meters above seawater level climb, the jump off is at Ternate, Cavite.

The climb to the summit offers a 5-kilometer long trail going through forested trail and minor hike. 

 The seat camp adjacent to the summit is striking for its bamboo trees while the summit itself is grass.

Fixing our tents at the campsite of Pico de Loro. Plenty climbers during weekend.

PICO DE LORO - WEEKEND CLIMB AT BATANGAS AND CAVITE

Pico de Loro, otherwise called Mount Palay-Palay, is a torpid fountain of liquid magma in Cavite area on the island of Luzon, Philippines. The mountain climbs to a rise of 664 m (2,178 ft) above mean ocean level and is one of the old volcanic peculiarities of Bataan Arc.

VIEW FROM THE PARROT'S PEAK "PICO DE LORO" SUMMIT

GREEN FOREST ALONG THE TRAIL GOING TO PICO DE LORO

PICO DE LORO JUMP OFF -START OF TREKKING IS AT TERNATE, the greater part of its region is under Maragondon. Its summit is imparted among the limit of both the territory of Cavite and Batangas.

MT.SEMRANO, PILILIA, RIZAL - TREKKING JUST 36 KILOMETERS AWAY FROM MANILA

Mount Sembrano is a mountain situated between Rizal and Laguna of the CALABARZON regionwithin the Philippines. Mt. Sembrano is located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) east by road from the capital city of Manila.

MT.SEMBRANO - POPULAR HIKING DESTINATION OFFERING A GOOD VIEW OF LAGUNA DE BAY AND EASY TRAIL TO THE SUMMIT.

ENCHANTED KINGDOM - SUMMER AND WEEKEND TRIP

Planning for weekend or summer trip? Enchanted Kingdom is just 39 minutes away from Manila, located in Sta.Rosa Laguna.

ENCHANTED KINGDOM - 17 HECTARES THEME PARK

LOCATED IN STA.ROSA, LAGUNA

ENCHANTED KINGDOM - WATER RIDES AND ATTRACTIONS

Enjoy water fun activities in Enchanted Kingdom, Sta.Rosa, Laguna

SWAN LAKE - ENJOY THE SLOW PADDLE BOAT SHAPED LIKE A SWAN

RIO GRANDE - PREPARED TO GET WET!!! RIDE ON A RUBBER RAFT WHILE TRAVERSING THE RAGING WHITE WATER

ENCHANTED KINGDOM - THE MAGIC STAYS WITH YOU STA.ROSA LAGUNA

Thrill rides at Enchanted Kingdom, Sta. Rosa Laguna

TURNS THE RIDERS UPSIDEDOWN A VERY THRILLING EXPERIENCE

AIR RACE - ONE OF THE EXHILARATING EXPERIENCE IN ENCHANTED KINGDOM, WHERE GUEST WILL EXPERIENCE SIMULATION OF A ACROBATIC EXHIBITION FLIGHT 

ENCHANTED KINGDOM - EK THEME PARK

One of the famous theme park in the Philippines is the Enchanted Kingdom also known as EK.

Just about 24km from Manila, it is located in Sta.Rosa Laguna.

 ENCHANTED KINGDOM ENTRANCE

17 HECTARES THEME PARK ENCHANTED KINGDOM, STA.ROSA, LAGUNA

VIGAN CITY - CENTURY OLD HOUSE

Historic town of Vigan City is a very good example of a Spanish colonial town in the Philippines

HOUSE OF PADRE BURGOS - ONE OF THE MARTYR PRIESTS "GOMBURZA"

 WELL PRESERVED SPANISH COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN

HOTEL LUNA - VIGAN'S FIRST AND ONLY HOTEL MUSEUM

Hotel luna is the first and only hotel museum in Vigan city, located in the Heritage Village.

 HOTEL LUNA - RECEPTION HALL

HOTEL LUNA - ELEGANT DINING HALL

VIGAN CITY - CORDILLERA MOUNTAIN VIEW

Cordillera mountain range can be seen from the Vigan city

CORDILLERA MOUNTAIN VIEW FROM BANTAY BELL TOWER

MORNING SUNRISE - CORDILLERA VIEW

VIGAN CITY - SHOPPING AND SOUVENIRS

Along Crisologo street are different souvenir store.

 ANTIQUE DECORS FROM VIGAN CITY

 KALYE CRISOLOGO SOUVENIR AND ANTIQUE SHOP

LOCAL WOOD CRAFT - FURNITURE AND STATUES