text | Carla Ocampo and Lester Valle
photography | Carla Ocampo, Wing Larase and Lester Valle
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“Ay, Maculot… Paboritong bundok.”
- Axel Pinpin, Pilipinong makata
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LOCATION | TRAILHEAD: Bgy. Poblacion, Cuenca, Batangas, Philippines
ELEVATION | DIFFICULTY: Maculot Rockies: ~ 706 meters above sea level (MASL); Maculot Summit: ~ 830 meters above sea level (MASL) | Class 1
COORDINATES: 13°55’14.44″N 121° 2’30.95″E
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Not too many people would realize that the view from Mt. Maculot— one of Batangas‘ most celebrated mountains— is world-class beauty.
With its oft-mentioned toothed Rockies gifting hikers with an unobstructed vista of the Taal Lake and Volcano (a geologic wonder, cited in books the world over), the perspective that Maculot offers is a hundred times better— and fresher— than that of tourist-frequented, infrastructure-defaced, smog-invaded Tagaytay City in the neighboring province of Cavite (although the lure of Tagaytay is an altogether different story). Read the rest of this entry »
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