Trip Ko Lang

Second adventure – the Tree Top Adventure Canopy Ride

Start of the Ultimate Adventure

For this ride, you should be in a group of 3 to maximize the seats. For couples, this can be a good ride for some quiet moments together and sweet chats. But for loners who want to be with the trees then go ahead and ride on your own. Hehe.

Riding the Canopy

As you can see in the picture above, seats are just made in plastic like a typical chair but hanging and without any feet. Ropes used are made of hose and sealed with heavy duty tapes and wires. Honestly, looking at it, would make you feel uncomfortable, doubt if this thing really works and if these seats can really support you… Waaaaahhh… I got scared at that time and was very careful in riding and really held on those hose real tight. Haha.

Sit back, relax and enjoy the ride...

During the ride, you just have to enjoy the view but if you are afraid of heights never look down! Ride between platforms takes about 5 minutes or less, short cables but waiting time can be long in changing cables. When we had this ride, it was a weekend; there were a lot of people so the whole ride took us almost 2 hours.

Canopy ride in Action

When you reached the platforms, you can also be educated with some basic information about these old big trees… Canopy ride guides/assistants are also very friendly, entertaining and share their different funny stories.

Learn something about the trees...

If you get bored with their informative signs, entertaining guides, then all you can do now is to take some pictures, just like this… Hehe.

Take shots while waiting for your ride...

Overall, the whole ride was too long, boring, and scary for me. I’m not really afraid of heights but being 100ft above the ground seeing only the trees, riding those plastic chairs in hose cables and feet floating in the air is quite a challenge and a bit scary. I would suggest you try this ride just to get the thrilling experience but riding it again never came into my mind. Sorry…Hahaha.

First adventure – Tree Drop/Rappelling

Tree Drop 1

See that caution sign? No one can get in without safety belts in place. Below is a shot of the short bridge going to the main area of Tree Drop or the dropping/falling area… walked here just fine, no tension yet! I know I can do this!

Tree Drop 2

Okay, we’re here now…you have to stand on the ledge with helmet, gloves, harness attached and most important – LISTEN and FOCUS with Kuya’s instructions… I must admit I failed here, didn’t focused and can’t even remember now what Kuya was saying because I was at that time too damn scared…My Gahhhhhhhd! TIP: Never look down!

Tree Drop 3

Now, it is time to make your harness work and compose yourself as if you are flying… this drop is called the Australian style. Kuya will hold your hand for awhile then with his loud go signal whatever word he was saying you will quickly go down… Weeeeeeeeeeee! It was really so so fast, as if your face was being erased…Hahaha.

Tree Drop 4

Here’s another shot while falling…

Tree Drop 5

A shot from below…

Tree Drop 6

Another way to go down is the Spiderman style, head first, feet on top, and you have to make your way down with your hands. Looks more fun and easier? Well, you can just try both styles and see which you like best…

Tree Drop 7

Another shot of the Spiderman style…still trying to position herself the right way…

Tree Drop 8

For emergency landing…hehe or in case whatever style you were trying didn’t worked, you can just do this position, as if you’re lying down… then they can just pull you down…

Tree Drop 9

Once you landed, someone will be there waiting for you, will assist you in removing all those stuffs…hairnet, helmet, harness, and gloves…

Tree Drop 10

Just sharing this shot, I love this picture, find it so funny, my friend was so happy and laughing real hard when he landed…a funny side-effect of this Tree Drop Adventure…Hehe.

Tree Drop 11

Want to try it? It looks easy when you’re watching others do it but once you’re there on top, you really have to compose yourself and remove all the fright… it was so FUN and a very thrilling experience!

One weekend, we decided to travel and do something different as a group. Subic Tree Top Adventure was our choice of destination for our March getaway. We knew that we would wear harness, swing from trees, easy and fun as that, right?   But…uhhhmm… hanged and dropped 60ft high to the ground, soared from tree to tree up to 450 ft long and 100ft high and explored the forest sitting up to 100ft above the ground was definitely a thrilling, heart-stopping, challenging and one-of-a-kind adventure!

Tree Top Adventures

Tree Top Adventures offers 6 different activities namely, rappelling, canopy ride, trekking, interactive free fall, superman ride, and silver surfer. Interactive free fall is their newest ride but we were not able to try it, we just had their Package E adventure at 620php per person which includes rappelling or tree drop adventure, canopy ride and superman ride. We had so many pictures so I’ll be blogging each ride we had, a better and closer view of everything about it.

Harness Station

Above is a shot of the harness station for the tree drop and canopy ride adventure. Below is a shot of their main lounge/dining area/watching area; almost everyone there were waiting for their turn, taking pictures, resting or having lunch or snack.

We had our lunch arranged when we booked for our Package E adventure, set lunch meals for 175php… honestly, we were dismayed, food was so poor in taste and quality, they didn’t get our orders right, drink was just a small glass of iced tea but good thing their leche flan as dessert was okay.

Waiting Area

Here’s a shot of Tree Top’s house rules, have a look and get to know every detail before taking their adventures. You have been warned! Hehehe.

Tree Top House Rules

Feeling lost? Here’s some directions, know where to find each ride…

Tree Top Directions

Tree Top’s helmets, a must-wear for the canopy ride. Choose from red, green or pink.

Helmets

Tree drop adventure/rappelling main area… this is where you will be hanged from… Hehehe… more stories in my next posts…

Tree Drop Adventure

At the start of the canopy ride…whoooaaaa…are you sure, this is safe? Hehehe.

Canopy Ride

Superman ride main area, time to pull yourself up…

Superman Ride

Are you ready for the real excitement? Keep yourself posted and join us in our very unforgettable thrilling experience in Subic Tree Top Adventure…

Trip Ko Lang 2009

Congratulations to TripKoLang.com for winning the best blog award for 2009! Hahaha. Just kidding, but how I wish… This is my blog so I get to award myself… any violent reactions? Read this first… I’m writing this eye and click catching 2010 opener post to acknowledge all the effort, resources, food and travel discoveries that I had gone through to make this blog interesting and worthwhile to read. It all started last Feb 2009, from 34 unique visitors and 925 page loads to 2,000 unique visitors and 11,500 page loads by end of 2009.  Being in the online world for almost a year now, I see this blog as a success! Sharing my own experience in food and travel is my only goal in this blog. Being able to help readers get the basic and vital information on their food and travel interests is all I need to make me happy and keep this blog going…

Here are TripKoLang’s 5 most viewed and most wanted blog posts:

1. Makansutra Asian Food Village

2. Cebu Itinerary

3. Singapore Survival Tips

4. Bohol Itinerary

5. Tutti Frutti Frozen Yogurt

Here are my 5 favorite posts for 2009:

1. Pino Resto Bar

2. Republic of Cavite Restaurant

3. Makansutra – The Taste

4. Loboc River in Bohol

5. The Skywalk Extreme Challenge

TripKoLang is looking forward for more food posts on drinks, latest restos, budget meals, dating places and more. Watch out for added fun and adventure on travel posts on weekend travels, backpacker style, in & out of the metro, not well-known places worth visiting and etc. If you have any suggestions on featured posts, just drop me a comment or email. Thanks!

I would also like to thank Shotnroll.com for contributing yummy food shots. Thanks to OurAwesomeplanet’s photo contest for winning our photo entry - Lihim ni Lola. Thanks to my new found blogging friends and to all my readers. By the way, TripKoLang is now in Facebook, if you wish to join me and be fan just click here. Thanks!

Let’s all welcome 2010 with new discoveries and adventures. Cheers!

If you’re planning to take a trip to the finest city in Asia or you have decided to migrate and search for a job, here are some useful tips that I have gathered based on my experience when I invaded Singapore last Sept to Nov 2008. These items do not follow any order, so just read them.

MRT and bus

1. They are the most reliable transportation in the city.

2. Tickets are re-loadable; credits can be used in Mcdo and 7-11.

3. In mrt, one person per chair/space is strictly followed. Unlike in Manila, kung makakasiksik, sige lang, if ever you did this, people will really stare at you.

4. Expect to smell something…don’t want to be mean..but for sure you will really learn to hold your breath longer. Haha.

5. For the bus, there is always an entry and exit doors, usually, front one is the entry and back one is the exit. And make sure you tap your card once you get in and get out of the bus.

6. Buses have their numbers. They have their own routes and you have to know which bus to take, there are bus guides in all bus stops.

7. You can’t go down just anywhere, there are bus stops. And a stop button to press if you are near your bus stop.

8. Buses have schedules; usually they have an interval of 10 to 30 minutes.

9. Traffic is not an issue in Singapore. You can never make this a reason for being late in your appointment.

MRT and Bus