Bulalacao features the best adventure sports on Mindoro Island on a scale that is surpassed by few other Philippine travel destinations: mountain biking, hiking, trekking, birdwatching, caving and climbing.
Mountain Biking
For mountain biking athletes Bulalacao has Mindoro mountain trails and valleys that few have ever biked. With spectacular scenery and challenges galore for mountain biking athletes, the foothills and mountains of Mindoro offer a totally refreshing and new experience; and, Bulalacao is a new destination to record and share in mountain biking blogs across the Internet.
Hiking and Trekking
From the dense mangrove forests along the southern Mindoro coast, to the lush foothills of pasture and scrubland and all the way up into the mountains behind, Bulalacao has hiking paths and trails that nobody knows except for the Mangyans (the indigenous peoples of Mindoro Island). There are herbs and cures to discover, exotic plants and fauna to photograph and memories to bring home of spectacular views from outcrops that offer a panorama only Mother Nature could have envisaged. Because Mindoro Island is so full of unique species, hiking and trekking around Bulalacao always offers the promise of discovering something that nobody has ever seen before.
Birdwatching
From within the very town of Bulalacao itself, and the supposedly mythical bird that gave her her name, the birds of the forests and fields offer tantalizing splashes of blues and yellows and reds for birdwatching enthusiasts to chase or be patient with the camera's eye. The chance of pixilating some of the rarest birds in the Philippines is here in Bulalacao while birdwatching in any season. And, when birdwatching Bulalacao there is the chance of discovering the real bulalacao - for nobody is really sure if she is the stuff of myth and legend or simply so wary of her own beauty that seclusion is her only defence.
Caving and Climbing
The rugged and beautiful Buyayao Island has a cave so deep and fearful that no local has ever dared to discover its full dimension. Other caves in the limestone and sandstone hills await the serious caving and climbing enthusiasts and offer the chance to be the first to document and photograph the enormous beauty left by eons of weathering after the volcanoes of Mindoro fell silent. If you want to go caving and climbing where nobody has gone before then Bulalacao is waiting for you.
