Mount Pulag
Kabayan, Benguet
Mount Pulag (Pulog) is the 3rd highest mountain in the Philippines. It is Luzon's highest peak at 2,922 meters above sea level.
The mountain hosts 528 documented plant species. It is the natural habitat of the endemic Dwarf Bamboo, and the Benguet pine which dominates the areas of Luzon tropical pine forests found on the mountainside.
Among its native wildlife are 3 ...
3 bird species and several threatened mammals such as the Philippine Deer, Giant Bushy-Tailed Cloud Rat and the Long-Haired Fruit Bat. Mount Pulag is the only place that hosts the 4 Cloud Rat species.
It has one of the most diverse biodiversity of the Philippines, with the newly found (since 1896) 185 grams Dwarf cloud rat, Carpomys melanurus, a rare breed (endemic to the Cordillera) and the Koch pitta bird among its endangered denizens.
On February 24, 1964, a large part of the mountain was designated as a National Park with Proclamation No. 56. This act aims to preserve the environment around the mountain due to threats from increased development such as conversion to agricultural lands, timber production, hunting, and increased tourism.
The Ibaloi people of Benguet mummify their dead and house in caverns in the mountain. The Kabayan mummy burial caves, one of the main attraction of the site, is considered as Philippine National cultural treasures under Presidential Decree No. 432.
There has been trouble in the paradise of Ibaloi lore. Large parts of Pulag's mossy forest where the dwarf cloud rat was found last year had been logged over in the 1960s, and only a few large trees remain standing today.
Mount Pulag National Park News
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Biyahe Ni Drew: Revisiting Mount Pulag (Full Episode)
Drew Arellano revisited Luzon's highest peak - Mt. Pulag!
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Biyahe Ni Drew: Revisiting Mount Pulag (Full Episode)
Drew Arellano revisited Luzon's highest peak Mt. Pulag!
Watch 'Biyahe ni Drew' Fridays at 8 PM on GMA News TV, hosted by Drew Arellano. -
Mount Pulag 2018
Mount Pulag is considered as the third highest mountain in the Philippines. I was planning this trip ever since. According to our tour guide, Pulag or Pulog means "Kalbo" I promise myself that I will visit Mount Pulag before the year ends. If you are planning to visit Mount Pulag choose Larga Pilipinas they will give you everything you want. The fee is two thousand eight hundred pesos inclusions of van transfer (Manila to Benguet and vice versa), food, and certificate. They will also give you time to buy some pasalubongs in Baguio. The organizers are very friendly and they will treat you as th ...
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Banario Makes Most Of Off-season By Conquering Mount Pulag
After winning his year-end bout this past November, former ONE Featherweight World Champion Honorio "The Rock" Banario had an opportunity to check off an item on his bucket list.
Last Wednesday, 5 December, the 29-year-old native of Mankayan, Benguet reached the summit of the well-known Mount Pulag, the third highest mountain in the Philippines and one of the country's well-maintained national parks.
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