Mt.Maculot, Cuenca Batangas
Fun Climb/Day Hike Trek at Mt.Maculot
February 23, 2008

Year 2000 was my last visit at Mt. Maculot in Cuenca Batangas. The beauty still attracts me like it was my first time to climb this mountain "hindi nakakasawa, still one of my favorite mountain" the excitement, the thrill and the fun is always there. Climbing this mountain is really worth the effort, especially the view at the rockies.

Mount Makulot, a 600-meter (2,000 feet) high volcanic rock wall, is said to be part of Taal Volcano’s crater rim. Some scientists contend that Taal Volcano was once a massive volcano before a violent eruption caused the slopes to cave in. This caused water to rush in, forming a lake that left only the tip of the previous peak exposed, and that is now known as the current Volcano Island. The slopes of the previous volcano now formed ridges surrounding the lake, with Mount Makulot as the highest volcanic cone on the south side, Tagaytay Ridge on the north, and at lower level, the lakeshore settlements surrounding Taal Lake.

The "Rockies," located at the northern edge of Mount Makulot, affords one a stunning view of the mountain, the lake and the Volcano Island from a cliff that drops far way down to the jungle below.