Holiday Hike at Mount Mapalad

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!