Hello friends! Today I’m going to share my hike to Gulugod Baboy in Anilao Batangas. It’s legitimately a hike for beginners!
Note: We drove there so if you’re looking for the commute details, click this link here.
Also, very important note: Batangas City is very very traffic starting 9am onwards. We thought that there was an accident but apparently it’s really a normal occurrence. We were set back about 2-3 hours because of the traffic caused by two intersections. Ugh. =_=
The way to all the resorts is full of road construction as of this writing. Please be careful driving.
To get to the starting point of the hike, you have to get to PhilPan Dive resort. It’s actually kind of at the far end of the set of resorts (You’ll even pass by the Santorini look alike!) but ask around and the locals are sure to send you on your way.
There’s only one restaurant near PhilPan and their garlic rice is pretty good!
You’re supposed to register before starting the hike. It’s not very obvious where to register but it’s actually the sari-sari store across the street of the registration booth. They have people register so in case you get lost. It’s only P35, so it’s pretty cheap. They use that money to maintain the mountain, so please register!
You can opt for a guide or not, it’s up to you. The guide costs P500. The path is pretty straightforward and you can ask locals if you think you’re lost. There are some houses on the way. There are also a bunch of halo-halo stores at the start of the hike. The guide is optional. We decided not to get a guide.
And off we go!
This is a few steps from the registration booth!
The hike actually doesn’t take that long but we took a lot of breaks and pictures in between. Because we didn’t have a guide, we got lost at some point but some locals directed us back to the path.
A house at the start of the trail
The trail looks so gorgeous
Looking back at the camera hehe
The path has a lot of dogs, so be wary. Some of them bark at you and follow you around but most of them just chill around looking at you.
Taken at the start of the climb!
The hikers we met going down the mountain
One of the photos we took when we got lost
There are a lot of stops in between. Also, there’s a certain area in the path where there’s a really steep cemented short path, like 2-3 meters of steep cement. Be careful at that area!
Cheesy romance photos because why not
Taking breaks in between all the hiking
The climb uphill is pretty tiring but the view is gorgeous
Almost to the top!
We hiked uphill for about 2-3 hours. The whole climb was okay, it was just really hot because we started at 1pm (Also please bring sunscreen).
The top of the Gulugod Baboy was gorgeous!
So gorgeous ❤
The two summits (out of three)
Pretty!
Look at the ocean!
Jumpshot!
Least goofy photo of them all!
Fooling around before leaving!
Eventually we finished taking photos. We didn’t really have a lot of time left so we didn’t manage to climb all the way up. Beside the summit of the mountain is a parking/camping space. There’s also a shop and a bathroom. You can actually just drive all the way up to the top.
We didn’t have time to climb back down, so we took a trike back to the registration booth. The trike costs P500 but it’s a 45 minute trip that goes uphill and downhill a lot.
When we got back down, we logged out of the registration booth and changed clothes in the car. Afterwards, we went straight to Tagaytay for some bulalo! ❤
Anyway, that’s it. Hope you found this helpful!
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