Mount Arayat National Park — Attraction in Arayat

This place had some upgrades over the years and from what I hear it's been ran by the mayor now. Because of it, local residents no longer can enter the park for free. First visit in over 24 years and was not impressed. Improvements were done but not maintained. Parking lot security are none existent. Our vehicle was vandalized and no one was around or cared about it. On top of it, whoever it was asked for a tip for backing us out of the lot. Local fire trucks kept coming in to draw water it seems and due to narrow walk ways puts patrons and small kids at risks because no one bothers to get off from the fire truck to manage foot traffic or even the park employees. Speaking of them, they come around after you enter the park at whichever cottage you pick and just hands you a half way completed receipt and asks you to pay 200php. Rude and unapproachable and seems like they hate their job. I wonder how much of this money actually makes it to where it's supposed to go? Swimming pools are horrible due to a number of things: no life guards on duty, surrounding floors in the pool area are slick due to algae growth which means no one maintains or inspects. Swimming pools barely have water in them. Even if you paid full price to enter with the hopes of the pools filling with water later in the day. The local BFP are there constantly to make sure they take the water and act like celebrities while doing it. Cottages were half way decent but can be improved. They share a rice sack in between to manage trash and no one walks around to make sure that people use the the sack so flies are all over the place. To finish it off, at the end of the day there was no water at the "CR's" to take a shower in. And whoever was around to collect the so called donation money for using them just gave the "I don't know, I just work here" salute and just continued to have that empty stare. Over all I would not recommend this place to anyone unless there has been improvements made by...

The locals are very friendly and helpful, we travelled from Malolos to SM Pampanga via UX Express (60peso each) then to Magalang via Jeepney (10 peso each) and finally to Ayala via motorized trike (40 peso). Drop off just before DNER registration site and deal. It cost us 770 peso for our guide Me over night stay on North Peak which is the main summit. The Trek is step through stunning tropical forest and it gets very hot and is very humid so take plenty of fluids with you. It took us 4 hours to reach the summit but the views are worth it. At night when it was dark you could see the cloud free sky and all the stars which is breath taking. There is a small dog at the summit which is very timid and shy but does not bite and is very nosey. If you take the time and move slowly he will allow you to pet him. You can hear the monkeys calling and endless sounds from the birds in the forest. We slept on top using just tarpaulin then sleeping mats and finally a very large super fine mesh netting material that i had taken from the UK. We used deet in the form of OFF overdrive lotion on all bare areas and never had a single mosquito bite . What an amazing experience...

For relaxing scenic landscaped marvels which exist no traffic, perfectly accessible for a half-day leisure and vacation. Mt Arayat is strong and braved standing on a part of Magalang and Arayat in Province Pampanga. You may have enjoyed and appreciated God's gift to nature and the greens finishing off the part of the Mountain wherein the few waterfalls tumble down and spill fresh cold water from the perspective of the peak part of the mountain towards a man-made oversized reservoir. Anyone, both kids and adults surely enjoy it certainly. An entrance fee of Php 70 per head is a very affordable price. I think part of it is allotted for taking care of and bringing back the spot as a token for the everyday sending us happiness and recreation. There are huts and tables where you can enjoy your packed meals while lots of kiosks are ready to sell anything cravings we want, from snacks, fruits, meals, toys, souvenirs, and many...