We opted for the P500 per person guided tour. (The guide expected a tip of 100p per person at the end.) I appreciated that the half hour tour turned into a two hour tour, but the guide was so loud that any wildlife we could have encountered was warned we were coming and long gone. We did encounter many butterflies of a few varieties, though. Much of the trail is adjacent to an active roadway under power lines that serve an old but active military radar station. it also crosses a stream which we were told is clean enough to drink. There is lots of bamboo, a few wild banana plants of an inedible variety, and many large trees of which a few had stories of herbal medicinal purposes described to us. I am a native English speaker and had my local girlfriend with me. The tour guide spoke English, but often opted to speak in Tagalog and leave her to translate or not. This is a nice easy walk through the woods for tourists. The tour guide spent a lot of time talking up their tourist camping area and discussing military affiliation of family and friends. At the end of the trip, the trailhead passes through an area where the guides live with their families in temporary (dry season) housing adjacent to the stream. Coconuts were available for 50p at the end for refreshing milk and meat to scrape. Alternately, there are jungle areas in the outskirts that have wild monkeys...
Read moreOne of the best places to learn survival skills and experience primitive life. The Pamulaklakin Trail is for sure one of the tourist sites that promote sustainability they basically get the materials for their activities in the site and reproduce it within as well. Tata Kasoy, the chieftain, is one of the guides on the site that could offer you an experience of a lifetime. You will learn a lot from him not just about how to live like an Aeta but also about the reach history of the trail itself which is a story of a struggle and triumph , a fight for a place they...
Read moreRefreshing... if you're tired of crowed, polluted air, noise and Free-radicals this is the place for you.. it will definitely give you a break and replenish your mind . I found it realaxing. You can encounter our Katutubo, they were the one who's responsible for taking care of this place in collaboration with SBMA Tourism.. Your Tourguide is from SBMA Tourism but one of Katutubo's Eldest will guide you, teach you some techniques on how to live the forest. It's good. There's a souvenir shop too. They sell Wild Honeybee .Hehe but way too expensive.. please bring...
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