Mount Cabuyao
Tuba, Benguet
Mount Cabuyao, or Mount Kabuyao, is a mountain located at the Philippine municipality of Tuba in the province of Benguet. Its summit, rising to more than 2,000 meters above sea level overlooks the city of Baguio. It is commonly mistaken as Mount Santo Tomas, a taller mountain just beside it.
Due to its high elevation, several communications companies constructed relay stations at th ...
e summit. A private observatory and AA radar station, once operated by the US Armed Forces stationed in the country, is also located here. A water catchment area was constructed to supply water to the City of Baguio and nearby towns. A small community of farmers live at the top of the mountain. A town hall and a school was built for them by the local government.
The two large satellite dishes at its summit have become a landmark in Baguio City. The summit is also a good vantage point. During fair weather, one can see the whole City of Baguio to the east and could partially see the province of Pangasinan to the west. On a clear day, one can observe moving cargo ships passing by the South China Sea. Hikers climb the mountain occasionally for recreational purposes. Biking is also popular.
The mountain forest is part of the protected Mount Santo Tomas watershed, which supplies water to areas near the Ben Palispis Highway and other parts of Tuba. In September 2014, the Supreme Court of the Philippines ordered the temporary ceasing of development projects in a disputed area covering the forest reserve. The affected area, which has been heavily deforested, was to be developed into an eco-tourism park, as planned by Baguio City Representative Nicasio Aliping.
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Travel Guide To Tuba Benguet
Known as the "Gateway to Baguio", Tuba, Benguet lies at the southwestern tip of Cordillera Administrative Region. It is bounded on the north by the city of Baguio, on the east by the municipality of Itogon, on the south by the province of Pangasinan, and on the west by the province of La Union.
Tuba was part or the Baguio Township in the early part of 1900 during the American Regime. It is generally considered a mountainous area characterized by irregular rugged terrain and steep slopes.
Points of Interest
Mount Santo Tomas: The highest mountain in the town which soars to 2,252 meters ... -
Saving and Reinvigorating Baguio City Watersheds
With smoke-belching vehicles climbing the Kennon Road slope of Camp-8 towards the Baguio General Hospital area, one can perhaps reflect on what we learned in school as the eco-system and note the importance of the patches of green within the area that serves as carbon sink that arrests pollution.
However, pollution generated in a place where forest exists is not always the case in most part of our city especially in Baguio's central business district which was once noted as among the most unhealthy places because of the amount of suspended particulates that showed an alarming rate at the f ... -
Islam group conducts clean up in Mount Kabuyao
An Islam group in the city recently conducted a clean-up drive in the Mount Kabuyao in Tuba, Benguet recovering more than 40 kilograms of non-biodegradable trash.
Participating in the Second National Mountain Clean-up Day last May 9, the Discover Islam Baguio led by Imam Bedejim Abdullah of the Baguio Muslim Community did a clean-up drive around the water reservoir in Mount Kabuyao.
"I spearheaded this group as part of our advocacy on environmental concerns as well as to inculcate among the Muslims a sense of responsibility to the community," Abdullah said. The group was composed o ... -
761 trees bulldozed for a private road
Civic leaders in Baguio City are up in arms against their congressman and want two Cabinet members and leaders of the House of Representatives to investigate his alleged involvement in wide-scale environment destruction in Benguet province.
His critics also want lone Baguio Rep. Nicasio Aliping Jr., a member of the ruling Liberal Party (LP), suspended from Congress until the cases filed against him are resolved.
Aliping and his coaccused allegedly violated the Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004.
The congressman was said to have hired private contractors in June 2014 to pave part of Mt ... -
Mount Cabuyao hike
Hiking the second highest peak near Baguio City.
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Embracing Mother Nature the Kalikasan Camp way
They carried backpacks, bags on wheels, mats and beddings. They came in droves and were clad in jackets and thick clothing.
The event was the Kalikasan Youth Leaders Camp held at the Baguio City National High School from Nov 28-30 where 700 youth from the provinces of Regions 1, 2 , 3 and the Cordilleras internalized "Walang Iwanan para sa Bayan at Kalikasan."
It was an adventure-filled and freezing three-day camp. Temperature in the City of Pines dropped to 16 degrees. So instead of the usual camping in tents, organizers deemed it proper to just house the students in the school's classr ...