Suggested itinerary for Small Groups and those taking regular public transportation.
1 NIGHT/ 2 DAYS via the Ambangeg-Babadak Trail:
FIRST DAY :
9:00 a.m. Bus Ride at the Norton Bus Lines, Slaughter Compound, Magsaysay Ave.
1:00 p.m. Drop off Ambangeg, Bokod - Mount Pulag National Park DENR Office;
2:00 p.m. Start hiking the 10 kilometer dirt road to the ranger station hitch ride with the vegetable trucks/ jeeps passing by;
6:00 p.m. Arrive at the Ranger Station (perhaps later, depending on your speed) Stay overnight at the ranger station....
SECOND DAY:
2:00 a.m. - Start trekking for the summit in time for the sunrise view;
5:00 a.m. - ETA at the summit;
7:00 a.m. - ETD for the ranger station;
9:00 a.m. - ETA at the ranger station; Full Breakfast
9:30 a.m. ETD towards Ambangeg - catch up the 1:00 p.m. Norton Bus (last trip)
12:30 p.m. ETA at the Highway - lunch while waiting for the Norton Bus
01:00 p.m. ETD towards Baguio
5:00 p.m. ETA in BaguioCosts:
Bus Fare: P100 x 2 = P200
Entrance: P100 for Filipinos and $15 for foreigners (if you look asian, don't talk :-)
Green Fee: P 25
Guides: P500 : 7pax or less
Donation for maintenance / camp site fee: P50 2NIGHTS / 3 DAYS via Akiki Trail, Doakan, Kabayan, Benguet
Should you need Baguio Adventure Guides as tour coordinators/guides:
get in touch with us at 63-928-737-1208:-)
Why we Travel by Pico Lyer
"We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next, to find ourselves.
We travel to open our hearts and eyes and learn more about the world than our newspapers will accommodate.
We travel to bring what little we can, in our ignorance and knowledge, to those parts of the globe whose riches are differently dispersed.
And we travel, in essence, to become young fools again -- to slow time down and get taken in, and fall in love once more."
We "need sometimes to escape into open solitudes, into aimlessness, into the moral holiday of running some pure hazard, in order to sharpen the edge of life, to taste hardship, and to be compelled to work desperately for a moment at no matter what."
I like that stress on work, since never more than on the road are we shown how proportional our blessings are to the difficulty that precedes them; and I like the stress on a holiday that's "moral" since we fall into our ethical habits as easily as into our beds at night.
Few of us ever forget the connection between "travel" and "travail," and I know that I travel in large part in search of hardship -- both my own, which I want to feel, and others', which I need to see. Travel in that sense guides us toward a better balance of wisdom and compassion -- of seeing the world clearly, and yet feeling it truly. For seeing without feeling can obviously be uncaring; while feeling without seeing can be blind"
(by: Pico Lyer on Why we Travel, March 18, 2000)
We travel to open our hearts and eyes and learn more about the world than our newspapers will accommodate.
We travel to bring what little we can, in our ignorance and knowledge, to those parts of the globe whose riches are differently dispersed.
And we travel, in essence, to become young fools again -- to slow time down and get taken in, and fall in love once more."
We "need sometimes to escape into open solitudes, into aimlessness, into the moral holiday of running some pure hazard, in order to sharpen the edge of life, to taste hardship, and to be compelled to work desperately for a moment at no matter what."
I like that stress on work, since never more than on the road are we shown how proportional our blessings are to the difficulty that precedes them; and I like the stress on a holiday that's "moral" since we fall into our ethical habits as easily as into our beds at night.
Few of us ever forget the connection between "travel" and "travail," and I know that I travel in large part in search of hardship -- both my own, which I want to feel, and others', which I need to see. Travel in that sense guides us toward a better balance of wisdom and compassion -- of seeing the world clearly, and yet feeling it truly. For seeing without feeling can obviously be uncaring; while feeling without seeing can be blind"
(by: Pico Lyer on Why we Travel, March 18, 2000)
