Legazpi City: Mayon Volcano Sightseeing Tour with ATV Black Lava

Legazpi City: Mayon Volcano Sightseeing Tour with ATV Black Lava

Visit and see the Majestic Mayon Volcano which is the most active stratovolcano erupting over 47 times in the past 500 years in the province of Albay in Bicol Region, on the large island of Luzon in the Philippines. Renowned as the "perfect cone" because of its symmetric conical shape (like Mt. Fuji in Japan) of the volcano and it's black lava flow thus making it the most popular tourist destination in the region.

Tourists will find many remarkable places that were previously known only to locals and are still untouched by commercialism. Many of these destinations have never been featured in travel literature and awaits discovery. The best time to visit the volcano is the summer season in the Philippines.

A pick up to your hotel or airport early in the morning starts in the place called Mayon Skyline, 8km from the crater, you will experience the awesomeness of the Volcano, traveling going here will give you a chance to see the simpleness of life in the countryside,  upon arrival take a picture of your jump shot overlooking the baseline of the volcano.

A chance to meet the locals and experience first hand the beauty of Albay : Kawa-Kawa Hill, taste the Tiwi Original DJC Halo-Halo, see how the Tiwi Pottery works with a side trip toTabaco Cutlery.

A visit to the Cagsawa Ruins now stands as the site of the Cagsawa Ruins Park, one of the most popular tourist destination as the 1814 eruption was recorded to be worst eruption of Mt. Mayon. Some 1,200 people who took refuge and sought the sanctuary of the church during the eruption all died when the church was engulfed by the flowing lava. Only the Cagsawa church belfry remains today. It is a grim reminder of the events that took place and many people come to see the belfry as a reminder of times past. Through all the developments done by the local government, the Cagsawa church belfry remains standing, with the giant stones spewed by Mt. Mayon around and with the history of the region buried underneath including the old Daraga Church and Our Lady of the Gate Parish Church.

A jaw dropping view from Ligñon Hill will surely amazed you and the most important adventure of the day awaits you with all-terrain-vehicle (ATV) tours which allow tourists to trail down the lava front.

if you have time to spare, visit the following local destination in Albay; Japanese Tunnel, Padang Monument, Albay Pilinut Candy Factory, Albay Capitol Building Peñaranda Park, Legazpi Boulevard, First Colonial Grill for Sili Ice Cream and Embarcadero de Legazpi and Souvenir Shops before we dropped you off at the hotel.