BULACAN | Exciting Activities at San Miguel!

Bulacan's exciting activities.

Here's a rough sketch of my Bulacan adventure!

1. Mt. Manalmon Hiking 
JUMP-OFF: Sitio Madlum Brgy. Sibul San Miguel Bulacan, Philippines TYPE: Minor climb
TERRAIN: Terrain minimally steep, fall hazard possible
REQUIREMENTS: Hiking shoes/sandals, some sure footedness.
Check-out more of Mt. Manalmon here.





2. Madlum River Swimming
One side trip after Mt. Manalmon Climbing is plunging you selves into waters of Madlum river to freshen up. More of Madlum River can be seen here.







3. Monkey Bridge Cross
One of the exciting side trip of Mt. Manalmon and Mt. Gola climb is Monkey bridge crossing. It is approximately 20-30 meter long of solid wire securely tied around two boulders. Check this activity here.






4. Bayukbok Caves Spelunking
Bayukbok Caves are one of the historical places in Bulacan which can be found at the territory of Biak na Bato National Park. Based on Philippine history, these were hidding spot of guerrillas from Japanese colony. Later you'll realized how they put their selves in the narrowest and the darkest holes of the caves just to hide and save their lives. More this found here.




5. Madlum Cave Traverse
Anyone who's planning to climb Mt. Manalmon or Mt. Gola will definitely pass through this part of the Madlum Cave. More of this here. 6. Zipline Another Exciting activity here is approximately 20 meters made by the locals.





6. Zipline
Last but not the least, the man-made zipline!

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BULACAN │ Monkey Bridge Over Madlum River

Crossing the monkey bridge.

One of the exciting side trip of Mt. Manalmon and Mt. Gola climb is Monkey bridge crossing. It is approximately 20-30 meter long of solid wire securely tied around two boulders. It is free of charge for everyone, just guts required.

You have to go to the side of the river where cable is located, slightly elevated and slippery area to start. Upon reaching the area and conditioning thy self, I hold on the wires up, stepped on and started my small steps. At first, the upper and lower wires were firm and closer to each other. My elbows and shoulder were bent 90 degrees. However, as I get closer to the center, I felt that my arms were stretched all up and feeling of wire under getting slacked. My arms were getting tired that made me move slower to have a little rest. As I continue to move towards 1/4 end of the line, the feeling of firmness were got back.

Monkey bridge view from the other side of the river.

This activity is easier for tall people like 5ft. above who can hold on to the wires  comfortably especially when you reached the middle. As I said earlier, wires there are slack and you might have in trouble if you disregard this. Well you can just jump into the waters if you can't continue anymore. hehe.

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