Trip to Mount Pulag, 2nd highest mountain in the Philippines

Trip to Mount Pulag, Bokod, Benguet – My wife and I went on a road trip to Mount Pulag yesterday. We gassed up at Petron BGH and started from there at 10 am. We reached Ambuklao Dam after 1 hour and then had lunch at a roadside restaurant before resuming our trip. We finally reached the Ranger Station at 1:45 pm. That’s a total of 3 hours 45 minutes including some stop-overs (sight-seeing, picture-taking, and lunch). Distance from the Petron gas station to the Ranger Station recorded by my Strada’s MID is 70 kilometers. Road from the National highway to Ambangeg is a mixture of concrete and dirt road. From Ambangeg, the road starts from concreted then it will be a mixture of concreted tire path, dirt and rough road surfaces. Had to engage and disengage 4wd depending on the road surface. We stopped by at the Ranger Station to have a chat with the person in-charged. We were told that we can drive further up so we continued driving till we reached the end of the road. We parked the truck and then walked a short distance just to take a glimpse of Mount Pulag. My wife and I did this trip only to check the road condition for our next Pulag trip this coming weekend with our kids who will be having their summer vacation and with some relatives who’re very keen in joining us.

Ambuklao Dam:


Going up to Ambangeg:


Road sign to Pulag:


Concreted road:


Dirt road:


Rough road:




Ranger Station:


Past the ranger station:


End of the road:

Mount Pulag at the background:



Road going back to the ranger station:



Close-up pics of some interesting vegetation:

wow! galing naman adventure sir GU!

more pics..

Thank you. sir Ra14 . Will post more pics after our family trip next weekend.

sarap magkaron ng 4wd! ano yung last pic? parang nagevolve na strawberry hehe

gusto ko pumunta huwaaaaa

That's a wild berry, sir Sard . It is edible. Maasim lang ng konti.

naglalaway tuloy ako... dahil sa wild berry at sa scenery... hehe...

Kung malaki sana yung truck ko I will invite all interested members to ride with me .

Our next trip will be a 2-days trip. First day will be spent driving to the ranger station, hike to the campsite and then spend the night camping. Early morning the second day we plan to hike up to the peak hoping to reach it just when the sun begins to rise.

galing ng road trip nyo sir GU.

Wow ang ganda naman diyan sir. How I wish I have an all terrain vehicle!!

This post has been edited by nayr1310 on Mar 22 2009, 08:29 PM

Thank you sirs Totsy and Nayr1310 .

Puwede po maghire ng 4x4 na jeep or jeep na meron rear lockers going to Mount Pulag. I think the cost is 7,500. There are other fees and registration requirements before heading to the place. To know more, here's the website of Mount Pulag: http://www.pawb.gov.ph/protected/mt_pulag/pulagmain.htm

This post has been edited by GU9126 on Mar 22 2009, 08:48 PM

Love the Pics GU!!!!

specially the Wild Vegetation thats growing in that altitude, reminds me of my hiking days as a kid finding stuff like wild berries and turnips plus beautiful wild flowers.

Tevs

Thanks sir Tevs. Pareho pala tayo when we were still kids . My kids are looking forward to seeing unusual plants when they do their hiking to the summit. They haven't seen yet a pitcher plant (only pictures) so I am hoping that they get to finally see an actual one.

Sir GU march 14 and 15-i was also with my wife at Mt.Pulag thats via Ambangeg.

Hope its okay with you i'll post some of our pictures also











Altitude from my watch registering at 2,600M ang camping site ng Pulag --The peak is at 2,900+
Baguio is only at 1,456M





Eto ang pinakamalupit sir GU eto ang CR natin







Thanks sir GU

This post has been edited by ripcurl on Mar 31 2009, 09:06 PM