Description of the attraction
Mount Pulag is the third highest peak in the Philippines and the highest mountain on the island of Luzon (2922 meters). It is located at the junction of three Luzon regions - Benguet, Ifugao and Nueva Viscaya. The climate on the mountain is temperate, it often rains here. Up to 4.5 thousand millimeters of precipitation falls a year! The rainiest month is August. Interestingly, over the past 100 years, there has never been any snow on the top of the mountain.
On the territory of Pulag, 528 plant species grow, including endemic dwarf bamboo and Benguet pine. It is also home to 33 species of birds and several rare species of animals - the Philippine deer, the giant brush-tailed rat and the shaggy fruit bat. The biodiversity of Mount Pulag is one of the most striking in the Philippines, often revealing views previously unknown to science. And the locals consider the mountain to be sacred.
In 1987, most of the Pulag Mountain was included in the national park of the same name to protect its amazing nature, including from the growing flow of tourists. Since Pulag is the highest mountain in Luzon, all mountain climbers flock here. There are 4 trails leading to the summit: in Benguet, the Ambangeg, Akiki and Tawangan trails begin, and from Nuevo Viscaya they follow the Ambagio trail. The ascent can take from 1 to 4 days, during which amazingly beautiful mountain forests will open to the eyes of tourists, and on the grassy summit you can see the so-called “cloudy sea” phenomenon with your own eyes.
