Pinatubo Volcano
Pinatubo Volcano is 87 km away. from Manila and is currently one of the most visited places by tourists. And not by chance. The trip is quite interesting.
Fields of volcanic ash.
First, a jeep trip through the fields of volcanic ash, and then the pedestrian part of the crater along the canyon with very high and picturesque walls of ash.
Pinatubo Volcano is best known for its powerful eruption in June 1991. It is believed that this was the second most powerful volcanic eruption in the 20th century, and in terms of the amount of ash released into the atmosphere, in second place in recent history, after the eruption of the volcano Krakatau. The 1991 eruption developed gradually, so tens of thousands of people were evacuated, but still, 847 people died. Most are due to the collapse of roofs under the weight of volcanic ash. Also, the eruption caused significant damage to the agriculture of the region, many villages were destroyed.