Fall for the Rock!
- MacMagik
- Feb 7, 2019
- 4 min read
Updated: Feb 14, 2019
(Mt. Masungki Summit & Nagpatong Rock Formation)
Tanay, Rizal has a huge range of mountains that you can climbed. Today we picked one of their famous mountain, Mt. Masungki. This mountain is located along the southern end of Sierra Madre Mountain Range. Mt. Masungki features jagged limestone rock formations, cliffs and bluffs just like the other mountains that can be found in Rizal. There are so many rock formation along the mountain range but Nagpatong Rock formation towers them all. This rock is made up of layers of limestone stacked together creating a breath taking scenery. This mountain and rock formation is located in Brgy. Cuyambay, which is where Maysawa Circuit and Mt. Paliparan are also located.
Mt. Masungki and Nagpatong Rock Formation Specs (*from different sources and our very own):
Minor Climb
Difficulty : 4/9+R (Rock Precaution)
Days required / Hours to summit: 1 day / 3-4 hours (+2 hours to Nagpatong Rock Formation)
Features: Rock formation, scenic view
Elevation: 660+ MASL (Mt. Masungki) , 532+ MASL (Nagpatong Rock)
TRAIL
The adventure to the summit reaches for about two to three hours.When you are near to the summit, the trail is consisted of sharp and jagged limestone. Boulders are everywhere be careful because the boulders are quite slippery. There are also sink holes along the way.
Before reaching the top, there is a "surprise"structure that you will encounter. A "billboard", imagine a billboard out of nowhere. Like why did you build a billboard in that kind of height in the middle of mountain ranges. Even our guide doesn't know the purpose of it. From this point all you can see here is shades of green. It's a panoramic vista mostly composed of ancient canopies, hills, and clusters of limestone. In the other blog you can see that they have pictures on top of the billboard structure. But sadly an accident happen their and hikers are not allowed to climb there anymore.
After you reach the "billboard" structure just a few minutes you will reach the summit of Mt. Masungki.
After spending a few minutes on the summit for resting and snapping photos, we started to descent towards our next destination. The Nagpatong Rock formation, is location somewhere in the same trail that we used to reach the summit of Mt. Masungki. Before reaching Nagpatong Rock Formation, we decided to rest in the base camp near the summit. Their is a store in the base camp, you can buy cup noodles and soft drinks to recharge yourself from descending. After being recharged, we started to hike again to Nagpatong Rock Formation. Upon reaching its base their is a signage telling the MASL of the rock formation. Climbing this rock formation is quite a thriller, there is a makeshift ladder to help you climb the formation. There are also ropes that you can hold onto upon climbing. After a few minutes of scrambling, we regrouped on top of the formation and our photos are taken by our guide in the other rock facing the formation.
ACTUAL TRIP ITINERARY
04:00 to 05:00 - Ride Bus from Calamba to Edsa Shaw Starmall 05:00 to 07:00 - Ride UV from Edsa Shaw to Tanay, Rizal (Bayan) 07:00 to 07:35 - Breakfast at Tanay, Rizal (Bayan) 07:35 to 08:35 - Ride Tricycle from Tanay, Rizal (Bayan) to Cuyambay Brgy. Hall 08:35 to 09:00 - Orientation at Brgy. Hall 09:00 to 09:15 - Ride Tricycle Cuyambay Brgy. Hall to Jump-off point 09:00 to 12:00 - Start trek to Summit 12:00 to 12:30 - Mt. Masungki Summit (rest and taking photos) 12:30 to 14:30 - Descend from summit start trek to Nagpatong Rock Formation 14:30 to 15:00 - Nagpatong Rock Formations + Rest and taking photos 15:00 to 17:00 - Back to Jump-off point 17:00 to 17:30 - Wash up and rest
17:30 to 18:30 - Ride Tricycle from Jump-off point to Tanay, Rizal (Bayan)
18:30 to 19:00 - Dinner at Tanay, Rizal (Bayan)
19:00 to 21:00 - Ride UV from Tanay, Rizal (Bayan) to Edsa Shaw Starmall
21:00 to 22:00 - Ride UV from Edsa Shaw Starmall to Calamba
BREAKDOWN OF EXPENSES
PHP 80 - Bus fare from Calamba to Edsa Shaw Starmall
PHP 80 - UV fare from Edsa Shaw Starmall to Tanay, Rizal
PHP 100 per head (500 per trip) - Tricycle from Tanay, Rizal to Bgry. Hall of Cuyambay
PHP 50 - Environmental fee / Registration fee
PHP 125 (500 / 4 person) - Tour guide to Nagpatong Rock Formation
PHP 63 (250 / 4 person) - Tour guide to Mt. Masungki
PHP 100 per head (500 per trip) - Tricycle from Bgry. Cuyambay to Tanay, Rizal (Bayan)
PHP 80 - UV fare from Tanay, Rizal to Edsa Shaw Starmall
PHP 80 - UV fare from Edsa Shaw Starmall to Calamba
PHP 400 - Food for the whole day hike
PHP 60 - Souvenir (ref magnet)
"PHP 1208" - TOTAL EXPENSES of a single individual in a trip of four.
If you want to know more, I suggests you to click this link for more travel guides for your trip to Mt. Masungki and Nagpatong Rock Formation;
http://thenovicetrekker.blogspot.com/2017/11/mt-masungki-and-nagpatong-rock-rizal.html
https://www.celineism.com/2017/07/mt-masungki-diy-guide.html
I hope i help you with you trip going to Mt. Masungki and Nagpatong Rock Formation. ENJOY !
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