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| Me, Marina and Bug |
Gulugod-Baboy is the general term that describes the hills that traverse Calumpang Peninsula. It has three peaks: Gulugod Baboy, Pinagbanderahan, Tore. It is 525 MASL and at its peak, you can see, from east to west: Janao Bay, Maricaban Strait which bears Sombrero and Maricaban Islands, a distant, faint blue Mindoro, Verde Island (SW) and Batangas Bay. (wikipedia)
Gulugod-Baboy is a Filipino word meaning pig's spine. The mountain got its name from the contours of the peaks which resembles a pig's back as seen from Janao Bay. (cto)
Mt. Gulugod is a minor climb with difficulty level of 2/9. But regarding to Bugkev, it is 9/9 difficulty level. (Lols!)
We took a bus bound for Batangas Pier, tell the bus conductor to drop you off at the Grand Terminal. From Grand Terminal, we took a jeep going to Mabini.
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| Batangas-Mabini jeepney signage |
We were dropped at Crossing, Mabini as there were already tricycles there to take us to the jump-off point, Philpan Resort.
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| View from the tricycle |
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| Registration Area |
Start of the trail was a very steep pavement but the air was so cool and fresh so we didn't mind. The view as we hiked was so beautiful. There is also a forestry part of the trail. There are also houses there where they sell halo-halo.
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| The view |
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| Second summit was the real one |
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| We're so near yet so far |
There was a grass fire when we reached the summit. Thank God, the guide was able to stop it and it did not spread to the entire mountain.
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| Grass fire at the summit |
We started to descend at around 10:15. We did not forget to try their Halo-Halo, though. We also went to SM Batangas to eat our lunch.
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| Infamous halo-halo |
Below is our itinerary as well as our budget for this hike. I enjoyed hiking Mt. Gulugod-Baboy that's the reason I hiked it again but this time with side trip to Sombrero Island. (Will be creating a separate blog post for that. Stay tuned!)
Notes:
- There is no fee once you reached the summit. Be mindful of some locals asking for money.
- Always greet your fellow mountaineers. (Bugkev, ALWAYS. Haha.)
- Follow the Leave No Trace principle. :)
Itinerary:
5:00 am - LRT 1 Buendia to Grand Terminal; travel time is about 2 hours.
7:00 am - Arrival at Grand Terminal
7:30 am - We were dropped at Crossing.
8:00 am - Arrived at the Jump-off point, Philpan Resort. This is also the registration area.
8:15 am - Start ascend.
9:30 am - Arrived at Summit
10:15 am - Start descend.
11:30 am - Arrived at Philpan Resort.
Expenses:
147.00 - Buendia to Grand Terminal (Batangas City)
35.00 - Grand Terminal to Crossing, Mabini
120.00 - Crossing, Mabini to Philpan Resort (120 php for the whole tricycle one-way. We were three, so we only paid 40 php each.)
30.00 - Registration fee
20.00 - Water bought in the registration area.
30.00 - Halo-halo (It has no beans so I enjoyed it. :) #nobeanshalohaloforrhose)
5.00 - CR fee (Philpan Resort)
Side-trip expense to SM Batangas:
31.00 - Mabini to BSU (Batangas State University)
8.00 - BSU to SM Batangas (From BSU, ride a jeepney going to Libjo.)
8.00 - SM Batangas to Donn Ramos
10.00 - Donn Ramos to Grand Terminal
147.00 - Grand Terminal to Buendia
(Fare as of March 2015)
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