Side Track: Capones, Zambales

If you do online search for traveling to Zambales and you have set your eyes on Mt Tapulao - discussion forums, especially those of mountain climbing or 4x4 boards always suggest sidetracking to Capones in San Antonio, Zambales.


While Mt Tapulao is located in Iba/Palauig, located in northern part of the province, San Antonio is in the southern part. So, if you are heading back to Manila after the Mt Tapulao adventure, San Antonio is just along the way.

Capones Island and the Anawangin Cove are two of the tourist destinations in San Antonio, Zambales that are gaining reputation as idyllic pitstops if you are into summer getaways. The popularity of these locations are due to word-of-mouth advertising of people who have been there over the Internet, and just recently, exposure from main stream media such as GMA7's Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho.

So, here's Capones in pictures.




Zambales Map courtesy of GlobalPinoy.com

Pit Stop #2: Mt. Tapulao, Zambales

Located at Luzon, Philippines' western region, Mt Tapulao is the Zambales Mountain Range highest peak, majestic at over 2000+ meters above sea level.





A mountain-climber's favorite destination, Mt. Tapulao in Zambales possesses the same and comparable to the charms of the Cordillera's Mt Pulag.
Tapulao, means pine tree in the local dialect, a very fitting name to its pine tree dominated landscape.


The mountain was once a site of a large-scale carbide mining operations, making the mountain trails very wide, making 4x4 driving possible.

Other than mountain hiking/climbing and 4x4 driving, mountain biking and motor cross activities are possible.

Pit Stop #2: SOON! Mt Tapulao, Zambales