Taal Volcano sojourn

Visiting Taal Lake and trekking up to its crater is more than awesome. It was AWESOME! The experience was fulfilling and it gave me another reason to really feel how fortunate we Filipinos are with these kinds of natural sites.

Travelling from Tagaytay, I and a group of friends traveled down to Talisay to reach a small boat terminal where we boarded motorized bancas for the 30-minute adventure of negotiating Taal lake to reach the island.

The bancas are big enough to carry at least 6 to 8 passengers.

Behind the bancas are the island-craters of Taal Volcano.

Some of my friends taking shots at Taal volcano upon arriving at the boat terminal.

This is the terminal as seen from the boats.

Friends happily made it to the island of Taal following a rather rough voyage

This is the view of Talisay and Tagaytay from Taal Volcano.

Visitors have the option of riding a horse to reach the summit and view the crater. There is a fee costing P50 per visitor before being allowed to trek the route going to the crater. Renting a horse and a guide cost P450.

This is one of the views midway through the trek.

This is the "horse terminal" located just a few steps going up to the viewing deck.

Taal Lake view from the summit of the main crater.

Tourists from different countries visited the crater. I saw Japanese, Koreans, Chinese and Europeans up in the summit.

The road is dusty so it would really help to bring a mask or anything to cover your face.

Just happy to reach the summit.

The other crater viewed from the summit of the main crater.

The lake inside the main crater of Taal.

This photo shows the height of the lake inside the crater from the viewing deck.

Our guide said that there is a route going down the lake inside Taal's main crater. But it will be another five to seven kilometers of walking from the summit.

Some of the locals living on the Taal Volcano.

This is the scene from the viewing deck of Taal's main crater.