LLA: 1565 MASL
Days required / Hours to summit: 1-2 days / 6-9 hours
Specs: Major climb, Difficulty 6/9, Trail class 1-4
Features: Three lakes, volcanic crater, tropical rainforest
Photo Taken By: Rowell Ian C. Barral
Mount Bulusan, or Bulusan Volcano, is the southemost volcano on Luzon Island in the Republic of the Philippines. It is situated in the province of Sorsogon in the Bicol region, 70 km (43 mi) southeast of Mayon Volcano and approximately 250 km (160 mi) southeast of the Philippine capital of Manila. Bulusan is generally known for its sudden steam-driven or phreatic explosions. It has erupted 15 times since 1885 and is considered as the 4th most active volcano in the Philippines after Mayon, taal and Kanlaon. (details credited to www.wikipedia.com)
ITINERARY DETAILS:
THE IDENTITY: This is the group logo used every hike for us to be identified as a group.
ORIENTATION: Everyone must be oriented for everyone's safety. This site catches our attention, what a wonderful mountain it is. A man wearing a yellow color shirt is our Eco guide, his name is Sir Noel. He explained what the mounatin has, its surroundings and the lakes will be going to pass through.
AWARENESS: Listen carefully and enjoy your trekking. Go Orangutan Mountaineers.
REGISTRATION AREA: You must be identified based on the numbers they will give it to you. Rationale: for able the tour guide and the safety officers identify you correctly in-case of emergency. As part of the registration, personal pictures are needed and must be submitted prior on trekking. What we discovered, they got our pictures from our facebook accounts (*^_^*).
THE VIEWPOINT: Behind us, you will see the Bulusan Lake wherein the kayak boat and bike boating will place of,. As well the built figure of Mt. Bulusan which serves as the actual diaphragm for the said volcano as guide for the mountaineers.
ESSENCE OF PRAYERS: Offering prayers before doing trekking is a must for the mountaineers. Asking for guidance and safety for the whole group, and preventing ourselves from any accidents.
REGISTRATION AREA: This is the cottage for entertainment for the mountaineers wherein registration area is usually settling down. When we arrived at the evening, a couple of tents were built-in and the mountaineers rested on it because they will do hiking tomorrow mid morning, at 3am.
ON THE SIDE: After preparing ourselves and taking in all necessary things we are going to bring for the camp site and the summit, the group then took photos showing of our preparedness.
GET IT ON: Posing of excitement and dedications.
START IT FROM WITHIN: The group shot. This is where you can see the Bulusan Lake and do Kayak Adventure, Motor Biking; or else start your trekking on the side of Bulusan LAke.
EXPLORE THE LAUGHTER: focus yourself on your limits, and enjoy Kayak Adventure with your group-mates. Discover what kind of personality you have.
LETS GET READY: Lets start our journey. Put yourself in balance or else, you better fall down yourself in the Bulusan Lake and enjoy swimming. We have a BIG SMILES in our lips while doing this sporty sports.
BULUSAN LAKE: If you want to enjoy your stay in Bulusan, just try the Kayak Adventure. This is the first Lake. You need to face challenge for you to reach the jump-off site or else, do trekking than Boating.
KAYAK ADVENTURE: Doing everyone's Kayak move is very challenging. It can be part of your happiness, you may conduct a game using this boat to make a twist for your itinerary details.
JUMP-OFF: After exploring the Kayak Adventures, the group started the trekking. It takes 3 hours to the campsite, or better known, the Aguingay Campsite.
STAND OUT: Being rested is the most favorable things to do when you are exhausted. We are just in an hour while taking this photo.
RELAXING MODE: This is where the group took photos and shared our stories and talked about it. In the other side, still Laughter is the best medicines. A big smiles can truly release your tensions and body malaise.
TREE PLANTING: Taking care of our wildlife and helping our forest to maintain its biodiversity is so much important thing to do. If you love yourself, love your nature, either your environment.
GIVE AND TAKE: God gives us the nature to lean on when we need them, but in return, we simply hug their importance for human being like us. Respect the wildlife and the nature will turn it to you.
EAT WELL: Mountaineering is an extraneous exercise even-though you do this very seldom. Replacing your body fluids and energize well your muscles help you aiming your goal in the summit. Stolen shot showed how does a mountaineer gets so hungry and exhausted.
DRY RIVER CROSSING: The group took photo in a big rocks. The fact was, it is a river pathway. When the lake of Aguingay is flowing and rising continuously, some of the water flowing on its pathway. But, during our trekking, some part of Aguingay Lake is dry and no water is flowing.
FLOWING SOUNDS: This is where you can get nature's water, so called, water source. The water is safe and you can use it for your necessities like cooking, drinking, and etc. This site is 20 minutes far from the campsite, the Aguingay Lake.
THE AGUINGAY LAKE: After 3 hours of trekking, at last the group did it. Strong wind approached us while we were near on the campsite. It is very amazing because you will see how does the Lake looks like when it is dry.
THE CAMPSITE: In Mt. Bulusan, this is the second Lake, Aguingay LAke. We built our tent first, put our gadgets in safe and we took our lunch here. We arrived exactly 12:40 pm. After taking our lunch, the group then decided to take the summit in afternoon and have the overnight here in the campsite. Also, we met some of the group who hiked early morning, they were the first group who did hiking in that day and our group was the second group.
THE FOG: At our back, that is the Peak of Mt. Bulusan. Crowded by the fog gave you an idea how hard the trail is. The fog gives a cold wind, a rain and a dark pathway because of its blurring effect due to the concentration of fog. Still, that is the mountain going to its summit. In its summit, you will see the crater of a volcano if there's a clearing and see a lot of stones surrounded on its crater and distributed in some part of the mountains.
THE GRASSLAND: High cuts of grasses the group encountered while taking up ourselves going to summit. The trail is very slippery when wet but you can hold onto on those grasses.
BEHIND THE GRASSLAND: Taking relaxation is quite awesome when you find out there is something beautiful at your back and after surpassing the long, sharps grasses.
THE WONDERS: Definitely it is the most amazing one, from this part we took 30 minutes going to the summit. In this point, this is the last part of grassland and the group started to trail for the stony and rocky trail.
BREATH-TAKING: Some of us wore jackets because strong winds brought cold weather. Nearer to the summit, the weather got along so challenging. Walking so slowly because when you have a wrong moves definitely your feet slide so down.
THE STONES AND ROCKS: Those are the trademarks of a volcano. In the history, a volcano eroded with rocks; small or big one.
THE VOLCANO'S CRATER: And Yes!!! The group reached the highest peak. It is very remarkable for us. Conquering a volcano is such an accomplishment. And our group was so lucky because there is clearing, we have been seen the volcano's crater and its characteristics. JOB WELL DONE.
STRONG WIND WHILE GOING DOWN: Getting along yourselves going down, still the group felt the coldness of surroundings because the sun is getting down and the mid afternoon is arises. Also, plus the contributions of the fog, and be in high altitude and the strong winds.
SOCIAL LIFE: We spent our overnight in the campsite, in the Aguingay Lake. This is where, the group conquered already the Mt. Bulusan summit. In this par,t socialization is the most important thing to do. Sharing your stories about the trekking you did, and sharing laughter from the other group. We stayed here for overnight, and by tomorrow morning, 7 in the morning, we will do trekking going down to the jump-off. We took another 3 hours.
TRULY CERTIFIED: At last, our group "ORANGUTAN MOUNTAINEERS" definitely conquered the Mt. Bulusan. Everyone got the certificate and we were truly certified, we conquered the Mt. Bulusan as a major trekking.
MORAL LESSONS:
Hardship will not seen in any kind of the mountain or in a volcano, but in your dedication as a group and not as an individual. Conquering in such specific mountain having a major trail is so hard thing to do without respecting anyone behind you; the wildlife and its surroundings.
Hardship will not seen in any kind of the mountain or in a volcano, but in your dedication as a group and not as an individual. Conquering in such specific mountain having a major trail is so hard thing to do without respecting anyone behind you; the wildlife and its surroundings.
5 comments:
job well done.... Th group conquered Mt. Bulusan
hi ser (manong Unyol) ofcourse you are welcome to us... do you have facebook account so that we can also add u in our group... thank you ser
hi ser (manong Unyol) sige po add nmin kayo.. salamat po
Hope to have exchange links sirs and mams..I already added you on my list.
Here's mine:
thekidwanderer.blogspot.com
Thanks/ Tsaka sana makasama din kame ni Manong Unyol some other time. :) Looking forward.
@Aike.. hi... yes, thank you for following us... I saw your blog, too... and congrats to us for having the same passion.. and we are hoping that one day we could go together in any adventure around us
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