Mayon ATV Tour

Mount Mayon, is an active stratovolcano in the province of Albay in Bicol Region. It is renowned as  "perfect cone" because of its symmetric conical shape and was declared as a national park on July 20 of 1938, together with the surrounding landscape. It was then reclassified as a Natural Park and renamed as the "Mayon Volcano Natural Park" in 2000. According to local folklore, the volcano refers to the legendary princess-heroine Daragang Magayon which means as "Beautiful Lady".

As of this writing, the famous volcano is still closed and prohibited from any hiking activities as amended by the local government and Philvocs. Several ATV tours were organized to provide the safest and legal way to enjoy it's beauty, so that tourists can still experience the thrill of what Mayon has to offer. It features riding on an all-terrain vehicle, driving through lahar field, streams, passing lava walls, rocks and even grassland with Mt. Mayon on the background for a post card-like setting.

Let us all be a responsible mountaineer and law abiding citizen. Please refrain from participating and organizing "backdoor hikes" aka as illegal hikes.

***The following images were shared to me by my sister who went on a Mayon ATV Tour.