Merlina Marine Resort, Samal Island

Merlina Marine Resort, Samal Island

Instead of doing the usual Canibad trail from Mt. Puting Bato, Wing and I decided to do a traverse to this new resort in Samal Island - Merlina Marine, located at Aundanao. 

Mt. Puting Bato Traverse To Merlina, Samal Island

Mt. Puting Bato via Guilon to Tayapoc Trail, Samal Island

Mt. Puting Bato at Samal Island is still one of the best training ground for new climbers. Its trail is easy and short - 1-2 hours uphill. Plus it gives you a very good 360 degrees view of Samal Island and the 3 provinces of Davao - Davao del Sur, Davao del Norte, and Davao de Oro. What climbers usually do to have a better experience during the climb is they do a traverse to Canibad, a well-known resort at the back-end part of Samal Island. 

When a friend of ours posted a picture of a new resort in Samal Island - Merlina Marine Resort, located at the other end of Canibad, Wing and I planned of exploring it. However, instead of going directly to the resort, we opt to do a highlands-to-island adventure by climbing Mt. Puting Bato traversing to the new resort.

Mini Asik-Asik Falls, Davao City

Basic Mountaineering Course + Mini Asik-Asik Falls, Davao City

As our yearly tradition for our Baby Errah's birthday, instead of having a bonggacious party, we instead travel. We let her be one with nature. We wanted to make sure that on an early age, she will see the beauty of it and experience how to be one with it. 

On her 7th birthday, we let her joined a Basic Mountaineering Course at Sicao Village, Calinan, Davao City. 

Dayhike: Mt. Kalatungan

Mt. Kalatungan Dayhike, 5th highest mountain of the Philippines

After our Mt. Apo Dayhike last year, we promised never to do a dayhike again for any major mountains! But as the quote goes, "promises are made to be broken". So here we go again with another Major-Major Dayhike - Mt. Kalatungan, the 5th highest mountain in the Philippines!

6th National Mountain Cleanup Day

#NMCD2019: Sicao Falls

In participation with Pinoy Mountaineer's 6th National Mountain Cleanup Day, with the theme: "Clean Mountains for a Cleaner Philippines". As Davao-based mountaineers, we were able to organize a Mountain Cleanup and Tree Planting activity last June 15, 2019 at our very own backyard - Sicao Falls, Calinan, Davao City.

Sicao Falls, Davao City

The Sicao 13 Falls

If you are looking for some adventure near the city, try to visit the Sicao Falls at Calinan. You will be surprised that there isn't just 1 but 13 falls (and more!) to explore in this part of DC!

Mt Palaopao, Bukidnon

Mt Palaopao, Sumilao, Bukidnon

Bukidnon is the home of the 4 major mountains of the Philippines - Mt Dulang-dulang (2nd highest mountain in the Philippines), Mt Kitanglad (4th highest mountain), Mt Kalatungan (5th highest mountain) and Mt Maagnaw (8th highest). Never had I heard about Mt Palaopao until one of my friends asked me recently about it.

LaagErrah: Mt Loay

Mt Loay, Sta Cruz, Davao del Sur

Never had I thought that one day we'll bring our baby Errah to one of our climbs. Though this isn't her first mountain, this will be the highest she'll be so far. 

K2D Traverse (Mt Kitanglad-Mt DulangDulang)

K2D Traverse (Mt Kitanglad-Mt DulangDulang)

When I was young, the only mountain I knew was the Majestic Mt. Apo. It was just recently that I knew of Mt Kitanglad and Mt Dulang-Dulang. Mt Kitanglad is the 4th highest mountain in the Philippines and Mt Dulang-Dulang is the 2nd highest mountain. So by this climb, we got 2 Major mountains at the same time! Amazing! 

Luzon 321 (Timbak-Tabayoc- Pulag)

Luzon 321 (Mt Timbak-Mt Tabayoc-Mt Pulag)

As Mindanao-based mountaineers, climbing Luzon's 3 peaks is somewhat less-prio on our list. Why? It's very expensive for us - airfare, hotels, foods, blah blah blah! Haha! We dreamed of conquering the top 10 highest mountain of the Philippines but not thinking we will try to fulfill that dream earlier than planned.