𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬

At the heart of the Cordillera Mountain range rises perhaps its most formidable and enchanting mountain, Mt Napulauan. Often Associated with the memory of Gen. Yamashita, the "Tiger of Malaya" who sought refuge in its slopes, this mountain has an enchanted mossy forest as well as trails that earn the reputation of the most challenging in the cordilleras and the most difficult in the whole philippines.

Locals say that the summit is enchanted. A fairy, called bibi-yo, is said to protect it. Ten minutes away from the Hungduan trail, there is a viewpoint where you can see the summit (and vice-versa). In either direction, objects including humans would seem enlarged, hence the viewpoint was dubbed by the locals as “Magical Hill” or “Mirror Mountain”. This phenomenon, however amazing, is an optical illusion: the life-size appearance of the dwarf trees create a relative enlargement of the nearby objects, making them appear as giants.

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