Lake Holon

Trail description

The last 3.1 km of the Salacafe Trail, the route suggested for novice trekkers, climbing about 220 m over the crater rim and down to the Lake Holon camp on the shore of the crater lake of Mount Melibengoy in T'boli, South Cotabato. The lake, formally Lake Maughan, lies in a 2.9 km wide caldera whose walls rise 200 to 500 m above it; it formed in the eruption of 1641, and the mountain is a sacred place of the T'boli people. Lake Holon is closed to visitors for some months at a time to let nature recover, so check that it is open before going.

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