Mascap Trilogy Itinerary – Mt. Ayaas, Mt. Sipit Ulang and Mt. Oro + Payaran Falls

Mascap Trilogy Dayhike in Rizal is composed of three mountains – Mt. Ayaas (Difficulty 3/9), Mt. Sipit-Ulang (Difficulty 2/9) and Mt. Oro (Difficulty 3/9).

To be honest, I never really realized what I got myself into until I was already in that moment. 😂 That’s what I felt during our journey to finish Mascap Trilogy in Rizal.

Mascap Trilogy Direction: How to go?

Our group of nine, left Manila at 3 AM in the morning. Our meet up place is in Cubao, where we took an Fx ride going to Rizal. Fare is Php 50.00. After an hour we arrived in Rizal. We rode a tricycle going to the jump off in Brgy. Mascap. It’s the same jump off going to Mt. Sipit Ulang.

The plan was to have Mt. Ayaas first, to be followed by Mt. Sipit-Ulang then lastly Mt. Oro. After we registered and hired a tour guide (Php 1,000 per guide), we started to trek.

MT. AYAAS

We started at around 5 AM going to Mt. Ayaas. It’s a long trek for us with river crossings. Along the trail you’ll see tall grasses and bamboos. As we get nearer to the summit, the trail becomes slightly inclined. We arrived at the summit at 7:30 AM.

An obligatory selfie at the summit. It offers a view of it’s neighboring mountains in Rizal.

Since it’s still early, we ate our breakfast first and relax at the summit.

We started to descend after taking a rest. Four from our group decided not to continue with the other two mountains. So we part ways at the jump off of Mt. Ayaas. We started to trek Mt. Sipit-Ulang at 9 AM and arrived at the summit at 11:00 AM.

MT. SIPIT-ULANG

Mt. Sipit Ulang’s summit is composed of limestones in different forms. “Sipit Ulang” means Crab’s Claw its summit rock formation is looked like a crab’s claw. This is actually my favorite among this 3 mountains. When the crowd is getting many we decided to descend. We took our lunch at the jump off and took a 30 minutes rest.

The sun is already up, when we started to trek Mt. Oro. So, our big challenge was the direct heat of the sun.

MT. ORO

“Oro” means Gold. We arrived at Mt. Oro’s summit at 1:30 PM. We actually didn’t stay long there because there’s no tree cover. So the heat is really exhausting. It has a really nice view though.

After Mt. Oro, we had a side trip to Payaran Falls. But the water is not that clear so we decided not to take a dip.

I am happy I was able to finish the Mascap Trilogy. Thanks to my friend Joy for inviting me. Eventhough, I was a little skeptical at first. This is another one of those where I was able to push my limits again.

It is another achievement unlocked!

MASCAP TRILOGY ITINERARY:

0300 Meet up Jollibee Cubao Farmers
0400 ETA the Jump-off(register and prep-up)
0500 (Start trek to Mt Ayaas)
0745 ETA Summit (photo ops and quick breakfast)
1045 start descent
1115 Jump off ( Start trek to Sipit Ulang)
1200 ETA Summit (lunch, photo ops)
1400 start descent
1530 Jump off (Start trek to Oro)
1700 ETA Summit(photo ops)
1830 start descent
1930 ETA Jump off point (Wash up)
2000 head back to Cubao

ACTUAL EXPENSES:

Cubao to Eastwood – 50
Trike to Wawa – 10
Registration – 50
Tour guide – 200php/PERSON
Trike to terminal – 50php
Terminal to Cubao – 50php

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