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Itinerary
At 08:00 – 09:30 am (depending on your choice of departure time upon booking) our private, chauffeur driven airconditioned car will conveniently pick you up for a 1.5 – 2 hours drive south of Manila to the province of Batangas, then down a winding narrow road from the Taal Ridge-believed to be part of the volcano itself- to the small local community with a closer view to the Taal Volcano called ”Talisay”.
Around 10 to 11:00 am you board a motorized outrigger boat to Taal Volcano Island, 30 minutes away. Upon arrival you will witness a small community of local fishermen in quite a barren landscape.
Accompanied by your local English speaking guide, you start the approximately 30 to 40 minutes walk up to the rim of the crater. It is not a difficult walk, but the loose lava sand, dust and heat might be something you are not accustomed to. At the top you are rewarded with the unique view of the inner Crater Lake, the largest lake on an island in the world, where you can stay for about one hour and ponder how an active volcano looks like up close when dormant.
Once you are back with the local outrigger boat on the shores around 13:00pm (by the way, we follow this timetable to avoid trekking during the heat of the day ), the driver with car awaits and drives you to a lakeside inn for a well deserved, one hour local set lunch.
Expect to leave around 14:00 pm to avoid the inconvenience of building up traffic into Metro Manila, where the driver will drop you off around 16:00pm.
Jhoi –
Visiting Taal Crater was one of the most exciting treks that I ever have. The view were great, the guide were accommodating and knowledgeable. It was a hot tiring day but it worth all the sweat. The food serves on lunch were also great. I will definitely come again. Thank you to Filipino Travel Center for the wonderful trip. Hope to see you again.
Ofer Kaspi –
“we had a great 2 days tour with them
Lindsay Peak –
We absolutely loved our tour guide and driver. We had a terrible experience in Bali with a tour company. Thanks again! We really appreciate
the experience.
If you have somewhere to review we would gladly give a positive recommendation.
Just a few comments for future clients, we did not have any cash on us and would have liked to have known there was an area at the top that cost extra to view.
Also, drinks were not included in lunch.
Just pretty much tip off future clients to bring extra spending for things like horses and face masks and coconut water at the top.
See attached photos!
Please keep both the tour guide and driver employed. Great people. Great professionalism!
I lost my ray ban sunglasses on the hike. Not sure if they were found. The tour guide helped to look.