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Camping in Bukidnon

A night at roughly 1,300 metres above Malaybalay City. What the cold is actually like, what the wet season changes, and the three ways to sleep up here.

What the mountain is actually like

Cool, damp and often misty, and colder after dark than anything in the lowlands. Malaybalay City runs between about 19°C and 30°C across the year, and Barangay Kibalabag sits some 700 metres above it, so plan for several degrees cooler than that and a jacket at night. Cold is the one thing guests underpack for.

Cloud moving through the site is normal rather than bad weather. It is where the name comes from, and it is usually thickest early in the morning and gone by the middle of the day. The wet months run from roughly mid-May to late November, June being the wettest; December through April are the drier ones and the easier driving.

Three ways to sleep up here

  • Tent camping from ₱250 per person per night. You bring the tent, the sleeping equipment and the cooking utensils; we provide the pitch, the pool and the view.
  • Car camping for one vehicle and a small party, if you would rather sleep beside what you drove up in.
  • Cottages for two, for a family, or for a barkada of ten to fifteen — one of them with a swimming pool of its own.

Live rates and what each one includes are on places to stay, and the price you see at checkout is the whole price: nothing is due on arrival.

What to bring, and what is already here

Warm layers, a torch, shoes you do not mind getting muddy, and a power bank. The cottages provide mattresses or beds, blankets and pillows, and the ones with private bathrooms provide towels; tent campers bring their own of everything. Fill up with fuel and buy supplies in Malaybalay, because there is none past the last barangay.

Mobile signal thins out badly on the road above that barangay, so send anything urgent before you leave town and tell whoever is expecting you that you may go quiet. The rest of the practical answers — the road, the pool, day tours, large groups — are on the questions page.

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