Mount Manunggal is the third-highest peak in the island of

Cebu Cebu ( ; ), officially the Province of Cebu (; ), is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, and consists of a main island and 167 surrounding islands and islets. The coastal zone of Cebu is identified as a ...

after Osmena Peak and Lugsangan Peak. It is located in

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Magsaysay in Balamban,

province, rising above sea level. It is the site of the crash of the presidential plane '' Mt. Pinatubo'' that killed President

Ramon Magsaysay Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay Sr. (August 31, 1907 – March 17, 1957) was a Filipino statesman who served as the seventh President of the Philippines, from December 30, 1953, until his death in an 1957 Cebu Douglas C-47 crash, aircraft disast ...

and 24 others on March 17, 1957.

History

Mount Manunggal is within the Central Cebu Protected Landscape and is protected by ''Republic Act 9486'', otherwise known as the “Central Cebu Protected Landscape Act”; which also covers the Mananga-Kotkot-Lusaran river system, the Sudlon National Park and the watersheds of Buhisan, Mananga and Lusaran. It is the site of the crash of the presidential plane '' Mt. Pinatubo'' which killed President

and 24 others on March 17, 1957. An annual trek is held here to commemorate his death. The site is accessible through many trails but the trail from Tagba-o and at Cantipla in Tabunan,

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is the main route from which the yearly Pres. Ramon Magsaysay Death Anniversary Climb is held.

Accessibility

The trail to Mount Manunggal from the jump-off point at the river that separates

from Balamban is quite steep and takes between 2 and 7 hours to traverse. The trail to Mount Manunggal from Tagba-o is absent of forest canopies and wildlife, and traverses through many upland farms planted with onions, tomatoes,

ginger Ginger (''Zingiber officinale'') is a flowering plant whose rhizome, ginger root or ginger, is widely used as a spice and a folk medicine. It is an herbaceous perennial that grows annual pseudostems (false stems made of the rolled bases of l ...

, garlic,

eggplant Eggplant (American English, US, Canadian English, CA, Australian English, AU, Philippine English, PH), aubergine (British English, UK, Hiberno English, IE, New Zealand English, NZ), brinjal (Indian English, IN, Singapore English, SG, Malays ...

cabbage Cabbage, comprising several cultivars of '' Brassica oleracea'', is a leafy green, red (purple), or white (pale green) biennial plant grown as an annual vegetable crop for its dense-leaved heads. It is descended from the wild cabbage ( ''B.& ...

, carrots, etc. It is wide enough to let two persons pass by each other at its narrowest part, and there are no prominent barriers which impede movement.

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abound within the foot of the mountain like rivers, springs and waterfalls.

Monument

At the campsite, the monument to President Magsaysay and the cylinder block of one of the ''Pinatubos engines remind visitors of the historical value of Manunggal in Philippine history. A chapel, erected nearby during the height of a communist insurgency in the 1980s, guides the local inhabitants' spiritual yearning.http://www.pinoymountaineer.com/2008/06/mt-manunggal-1003.html The Monument of

in the Mount Manunggal On April 24, 2012, the crash site was declared a National Historical Landmark by the

National Historical Commission of the Philippines The National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP; ) is a government agency of the Philippines. Its mission is "the promotion of Philippine history and cultural heritage through research, dissemination, conservation, sites management ...

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