A Wanderlust Bug

Two months ago, I followed Rosheena group on Facebook to climb Gulugod-Baboy. I have written about it in my Vietnamese blog but still want to share with you again here. In the moring I went there by vans. The group is quiet crowded. I remembered there were 20 people. However, I had something to do in the early afternoon, so I decided to go back Manila by public transportation.

Gulugod-Baboy is a pretty low and easy to climb mountain. I even didn't feel tired when reaching the summit. The view is just awesome. It's not only the mountains, hills, trees, but sea and islands. Moreover, we combined it with swimming and diving in Philpan Dive Resort Anilao after the hike. We gathered at 3.30 am and went to Anilao. Started the hike at 8.30am. Here is how we get to Mt. Gulugod-Baboy from Manila.

• Mt. Gulugod- Baboy (525+)
• Difficulty: Easy (good for beginner)
• Time to summit: 1-2 hours
• View from the summit:Batangas Bay and Balayan Bay.
• How to go from Manila: get a taxi of jeepney to DLTB bus station near LRT Buendia, then get a bus to Batangas (157peso), get down from last station at Grand Terminal, get a jeepney to Mabini (30-35 peso, it takes around 30 mins). After arriving Mabini, get a tricycles to Gulugod-Baboy, 30peso/person.
• Going back to Manila from Gulugod-Baboy: tricycle to main road-30peso, jeepney to Batangas Flyover is around 30peso, cross the street and get a jeepney to Grand Terminal around 7peso, then get a bus back to Manila. If you stay in Makati, get a bus to LRT Buendia.
• Entrance fee to Gulugod-Baboy: 100peso/ person for dayhike, 200peso/person for overnight. For camping, 300peso/tent/night.
• Swimming fee at Philpan Dive Resort Anilao: 100peso/person/day
• Lunch in Philpan: 75peso for personal meal including chicken adobo + 1 rice + 1 boiled egg (but there was no fork or spoon, they ate by hands but i borrowed spoons from a friend there).
• Total damage:
  • Case 1: just hiking - no swimming: ~600peso/person (excluding drink and food)
  • Case 2: hiking + swimming: ~ 700peso/person (excluding drink and food)
  • If you want to do diving, please add 2,500peso.