Day hike in Mt Batulao

View of Mt Batulao

A few months after climbing Mt Sembrano and Mt Pico De Loro, I have been itching to get on a mountain again to get some action. We decided to Climb Mt Batulao since it's just near Manila. It was late in the morning when we hoped the bus bound to Batangas so our trek started at around 12 noon. This trek should have been an overnight stay but the group decided to just day hike it and spend a night on a beach in Nasugbu Batangas. 

I thought that this climb would be a piece of cake knowing that Mt Pico Deloro is much difficult than Mt Batulao. The trail isn't that hard at all. What made it difficult is the heat from the sun. Damn! This mountain has less trees leaving us too exposed from the sun which made me exhausted easily. But that didn't matter at all. Seeing the view from Peek 1 to summit somehow lessen the burden that i'm getting' from too much heat.

Near Base Camp of Mt Batulao

It was around 3 pm when we reach the base camp at peak 8. Karen, the only lady that we were with can't go ahead to reach the summit. So John's brother decided to be with her since he already climb Mt Batulao before. After 20 minutes of rest, we push on for the summit. Only three of us went on. The trail gets a bit harder as we hit Peak 9. It's steep and slippery and the path gets smaller as we move on to peak 10. I still remember that certain path at peak 10 where were facing the wall of the mountain and a 100 foot drop on our side. One mistake, and you're done! hahaha It was really awesome! Did I just say “awesome”? Ahahaha amen to that!

After 30 or 40 minutes of trekking,  we reached peak 11 and almost a few more steps to the summit. It was an awesome feeling that i'm almost there, the summit is within reach. When we finally reached the summit, the three of us were really smiling. Happy and glad to see the view and we got up to summit in one piece. After we had our rest and had my eyes  fed up by the beautiful view by it, we started descending to base camp to fetch the guys who decided to be left behind.

We took another quick break at the base camp before heading to the jump off point and juiced up with fresh coconut juice. 

We trek fast so we could reach it before sun down. Just in time when we arrived at the jump off as the sun sets. Good thing coz we forgot to bring our headlamps.  We are all exhausted when we arrived at the jump off but the sunset made it so rewarding. I have witnessed another beautiful  scene from heaven above.

We then head to Nasugbu beach in Batangas which is just an hour drive from Mt Batulao. Spend that night there and it was all good.

My experience on this trek was awesome. Mountain climbing became a passion for me and no longer a hobby. I'm pretty sure there'll be more to follow. Still day dreaming of climbing Mt Pulag, Mt Apo and a few more.

Last View of Mt Batulao

Some details about Mt. Batulao:

Jump-off point: Evercrest Golf Course, Nasugbu

Days required / Hours to summit: 1 day / 2-4 hours

Difficulty 4/9, Trail class 3 with 60-70 degrees assault

Features: Open trails, rolling slopes.

How to Get to Mt Batulao: 

Ride a bus in Cubao bound to Nasugbu Php 130-140 and Get off at Evercrest 

Get on a tricycle Php 30.00

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