Climbing Mt Guiting Guiting Philippines most difficult mountain climb

Climbing Mt Guiting Guiting on Sibuyan Island in Romblom Province Philippines. This is the most technically difficult mountain climb of the Philippines.

We set out on this hike with 4 days of food knowing that we could complete the return climb in only 3 days. We knew that we may need the extra day of food if the weather was very bad, if the weather had've been much worse we would've waited at Mayo's Peak for a window of opportunity with better conditions. The first day of hiking to Camp 4 at Mayo's Peak is fairly straightforward. On day 2, the return climb from Mayo's Peak to the summit however is a full day of extremely difficult rock scrambling. I would say to anyone that climbing this mountain in the rainy season as we did is quite dangerous and only one week before us a group of climbers from Manila had retreated on the morning of their 2nd day due to their equipment being totally saturated from overnight rain at Mayo's Peak.
Hypothermia is a major risk particularly when climbing Jungle or Rainforest Mountains; many people have died on Philippines toughest trails because of Hyperthermia. Bring lots of plastic bags to keep your spare clothes dry. Keep your dry clothes in separate plastic bags to your food and other equipment.
Most people climb Mt Guiting Guiting in summer but unfortunately in summer lots of the creeks are bone dry and many summit attempts fail due to lack of water. If you intend to climb in the dry season just be aware that you'll need to carry lots more water and it'll be harder to find.

Getting to Sibuyan from Manila is quite a challenge. First go to the Buendia Bus Terminal in Manila and take a 2 hour bus ride to Batangas Pier. During holiday seasons the ferries can be sold out quickly so it's best to arrive at the Batangas Pier ticketing office at about 5-6am to get in line; the ticket office opens at 8am. We were stuck in Batangas for 2 days waiting for available ferry tickets, we stayed one night at Travellers Inn which has rooms for only P500-P800.
At Batangas Pier you need to board the Montenegro Shipping Lines ferry to Romblom City, Romblom Island. Romblom Island is a very nice place and if you have time you could stay here for a few nights. We were also stuck on Romblom Island again waiting for ferry tickets; we stayed at Romblom Plaza Hotel P1200 per night. Otherwise if you're lucky you could almost immediately board a second ferry going to Magdiwang Port on Sibuyan Island.
Once you arrive at Magdiwang you can go directly to the Tourism office (visitors center) and camp there for free but I recommend staying at Sanctuary Gardens Resort. Edgar Mayor the owner of Sanctuary Gardens has a shuttle van that can meet you at Magdiwang Port, his number is +6324010647. He can also rent out motorbikes for P500 per day.

Bermar Tansiongco is the chief Ranger of the National Park, he is highly recommend as guide for climbing Mt Guiting. He lives very close to Sanctuary Gardens. The other 2 men you see in the video acting as porters are Nolan Radan (Ranger) and Ramon Riano.
CONTACT NUMBERS
Sanctuary Gardens owner Edgar Mayor: +6324010647 or cell phone +639399171635
Bermar Tansiongco, Senior Guide and Park Ranger: +639295127563

GPS COORDINATES
Buendia Bus Terminal in Manila: 14'33'12.3"N 120'59'50.5"E
Tourism Office of Sibuyan: 12'28'58.5"N 122'32'59.3"E
Mayo's Peak: 12'25'46.6"N 122'33'25.8"E
Mt Guiting Guiting summit: 12'24'58.5"N 122'34'07.4"E

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