Tanay, Rizal | February 25, 2019
First hike of the year, yey!
Our meet up place and time was at Jollibee
Cubao at 4 in the morning.
We rode a jeep going to Cogeo and then rode
again another jeep going to Sampaloc, Tanay, Rizal.
Mount Mapalad’s jump off area is located at
San Andres, Tanay, Rizal.
We told the driver to drop us off at San
Andres but unfortunately, he didn’t drop us there. He said that Batangasan and
San Andres were just the same and we didn’t know it!
So upon reaching their terminal/end destination
- Sampaloc, Tanay, we rented a tricycle going back and that tricycle brought us
to Mount Mapalad’s jump off area which is the Barangay of San Andres.
Tricycle fare was 60 pesos per head.
This is also the same jump off area for Mount
Batolusong, Mount Alapaap, Maynoba and other nearby mountains.
Registration fee is Php 100.00
And guide fee is Php 500.00 good for five
persons.
We reached our destination and started the
hike at past 6 am after securing a guide.
It was an easy and shady trail going to the
summit.
In less than two hours, we reached the summit.
The not so good part here is that we have
to wait for our turn to have some photo op on the infamous giant human palm
with a perfect backdrop.
I think we have waited for more than an
hour for each palm. The summit by the way has two giant palms.
We even had some time for early lunch and
nap time.
After the photo op, we had some bath time
on a nearby swamp that has mini-falls.
We got back at the jump off area at 3 in
the afternoon then we washed up.
At past 5, we’re back in Manila and had
dinner at Mang Inasal.
Hello, unli rice!
Today’s hike is fine and also a good start
for more hikes this year!
Thank you for the warm welcome, Mount
Mapalad!
