The Taal volcano is an active volcano located 50 km South of Manila in the province of Batangas. It is in the heart lake area of 243 sq km view of the volcano from the ridge Tagaytay is one of the most picturesque and attractive in the Philippines. The top of the volcano rises 984 feet above the lake's surface. The last time the Taal has erupted in 1977, but today you can see how from its crater periodically pulled out of hot vapours, and seismologists regularly detect underground activity.

Taal is only one of many volcanoes located off the West coast of the Philippine island of Luzon. But this is the smallest volcano in the world is part of the famous Pacific ring of fire – a chain of volcanoes surrounding the greatest ocean on the planet.

To get to TA'ala from Manila by boat – trip will take 45 minutes. Another 15-20 minutes will take to climb to the top, where you can enjoy the amazing, kind of primitive spectacle - from the walls of the volcano to the surface of issuing jets of steam, and in the depths of the boiling crater lake. From the top of the volcano offers panoramic views of the surrounding Taal lake and the surrounding area. If time permits, you should book a tour on the lake and visit the fish ponds that are located on its shores.

Taal waking up several times since 1572 registered 33 eruptions. At a rough estimate this eruption claimed the lives of between 5 to 6 thousand people. The largest eruption occurred in 1754 – it lasted for 200 days!

To settle at the foot of the volcano is prohibited because of the danger of eruption, however, despite this, many poor families still build shacks here, that though as-that to live, grow crops on the fertile volcanic soils, risking their own lives.