Hello guys,

I can say that I'm a hiking lover. I love mountains than seas. I love the feeling to be on the summit after a hard hike. More than that I hate the noisy and pollution in Manila, so I try to get out of the city every weekend or at least visit some parks to calm myself down and breath some fresh air.

Mt. Batulao is quite popular and easy to climb, about 2 hours away from Manila by bus, and extremely easy to go, just take a bus for 2 hour then walk or use tricycles. I chose the walk. Pretty beautiful mountain, during the climb, I met many weekend climbers, including foreign kids hiking and camping there in a big group. However, remember to bring with you enough water, hat, because it was very awfully sunny and hot. The whole mountain is covered with grass bushes.

Last time I didn't really enjoy my climb to mt. Gulugod Baboy since it was too crowded. I needed to wait for the others for so long and it was a bit hard to get to know others. This time I decided to hike alone, so I chose the easy and crowded mountain to climb.
Here is how to get to Mt. Batulao from Manila (Pasay).

Mt. Batulao (811+)
Difficulty: Easy but too hot
How to go to Mt. Batulao from Manila: If you stay in Makati, you can get a jeepney or taxi to LRT Buendia, DLTB bus station, then ask the driver to drop you at Batulao (111peso). When you arrive at the junction, there are a lot of tricycles waiting out there, but you can walk. It's just around 30 mins walking. Just warm your body up before the climb.
Guide: no need to hire since it's crowded here and the way to the summit really
Entrance fee: I didn't pay for that even though I saw a board which asking to pay for entrance fee, but it doesn't look legit so I continued to walk till reaching the jump-off. I just need to register my name and phone number there.
Total damage: around 500peso