Hiking Diary Mountain # 7: Laguna Mountains, Hulugan Falls

Disclaimer: I still consider this as hiking because going to the falls was just like trekking mountains. The trails were muddy, steep and one must be very cautious.

The date was October 31, 2015.

For this day we had a trekking going to some of the falls in Laguna. As some of us may know, Laguna has several falls and some of them remained hidden as of now. Example of them are the Hulugan and Talay Falls located at Louisiana, Laguna. It has been only introduced to the public two months ago (according to our local guide).

Our meeting place was at Mcdonalds Cubao near LRT station. At 5 a.m. we then rode a bus going to Sta.Cruz, Laguna.

It has been a 2 and a half hour ride including the traffic.Fare was 138.50 pesos per head as of this writing.

At Sta.Cruz, Laguna, we then rode a jeep going to Lucban, Quezon. We told the driver to take us at Louisiana Laguna where the Hulugan Falls located.

Fare was 30 pesos.

What made this jeepney ride special was that we were on its top! It was a first time for me and I may say that I really enjoyed it!

It has been raining during that time so we got wet but we didn't mind it.

After thirty minutes, we reached Louisiana.

We had a stopover at Kapitan's house for registration. We had a payment of 10 pesos per head and we also took 2 local guide.

And the trek started!

At first, I thought that it would be easier than a mountain hike but I was wrong. It was a hard trek plus since it rained, the land was muddy. Oh yes. Slippery when wet! So the struggles are for real.

After more than hour, we finally reached Hulugan Falls. Yey!

After the photo op activity, we didn't miss the chance to experience its cold water.

There's a cave beside the falls and there we put our things. We also had a lunch there

At 1 p.m., we headed our way to the second falls- the Talay Falls. It was also an hour trek. Talay falls is smaller than Hulugan Falls.

We also had a swimming time and photo op there.

Going back, we have to cross a river. And that river was connected to Hulugan Falls.

Along the way, we saw the top of Hulugan Falls and it was pretty amazing!

At past 5 p.m. we were back near the Kapitan's house to freshen up.

We paid our local guides 500 pesos each.

It was dark already when we were all done freshening up.

We still have to walk for about one kilometer before reaching the main road. The street was a total darkness. And it's creepy! Happy Halloween, guys! We were all alone walking in that dark and empty way.

According to residents there, last trip of jeepney going back to Sta.Cruz Laguna is7:30. Luckily, we did had a chance to catch it.

And it was a home sweet home. At 10 p.m., we were back in reality.

Thank you Lord God for keeping us safe all through out the trip. It was really a fun adventure indeed.