Getting Ready for Legazpi

I am so excited for my first out-of-town-without-the-family trip for this year. What makes this trip even more exciting is that I will be travelling with our awesome TA buddies! :)

To make sure that Kelvin, our friends and I will have the time of our lives, I have prepared a list of things, places, and activities that I'd like our group to experience.

Travel buddies, read on!

PLACES TO VISIT:

1. Mt. Mayon (but of course!) and Casagwa Ruins

Mayon Volcano is renowned as the “perfect cone” because of its almost symmetric conical shape. The Casagwa Ruins are the remnants of an 18th century Franciscan church, the Cagsawa church, built in 1724 .

2. Mayon Resthouse Observatory 

A nature park where one can enjoy different recreational activities in the hearts of the Mayon Planetarium and Science Park, picnic areas, wall climbing facilities, and zip lines.

3. St. Raphael Parish Church

One of the unique attractions of the present St. Raphael Church is its altar table made of a single block of solid hardened lava. 

(photocredit: wowlegazpi.com)



4. Albay Pilinut Showroom

Established in 1936, Albay Pilinut Candy is the first pili nut candy factory in Bicol

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5. Albay Park and Wildlife

A picnic grove and park which houses 347 animals belonging to 75 species.

(photocredit: http://www.tourifictravelservices.com)

 6. The Embarcadero de Legazpi

Bicol’s premier waterfront lifestyle and commercial hub which offers exciting different attractions such as go karting, zipline, jetski, dinning, shopping, and many more!

photocredit: www.wowlegazpi.com

 7. The Japanese Tunnel

A 40-meter lomh L-shaped and seven-feet deep tunnel used by the Japanese forces as an arsenal during the 2nd World War.

(photocredit: http://www.legazpicity.gov.ph)

8. Kapuntukan Hill (Sleeping Lion Hill)

photocredit: www.wowlegazpi.com

Because of its shape, it is also fondly and more popularly called by Legazpeños as the Sleeping Lion Hill, with the higher peak resembling a lion’s hunched shoulders and mane and the lower peak, its rump.

9. Ligñon Hill Nature Park

photocredit:  byaherosnapshots.com

A popular destination where one can enjoy activities such as hiking, biking, rappelling, paintball, airsoft, shopping, sightseeing, and dinning.

ACTIVITIES TO ENJOY:

1.  Whaleshark (Butanding) Watching
2.  ATV on foothills of Mayon Volcano
3. Extreme Mountain Biking in Albay
4. Skimboarding in Legazpi’s Black Sand Beaches
5. Hiking
6. Biking
7. Rappelling
8. Paintball
9. Wallclimbing
10. Ziplining

What else do you recommend?