Mountain Banahaw, also known as Banahao, is an active volcano located on the Philippine island of Luzon on the border regions of Laguna and Quezon. The volcano is Banahaw – 2158 meters and a crater on the top of it has a size of 1, 5*3, 5 km and 210 meters deep. Nearby volcanoes San cristóbal, Mayabb, Mabalacat Doms and Banahaw de Lucban.

The word "banahaw" has to do with the shrines, it is close to the Tagalog word "banal", which means "Holy, sacred, divine." According to linguists banahaw" can mean "supposedly Holy place".

And the local tribes consider the mountain and its surrounding area is a special place because of the "Holy water" - numerous hot springs, which, in their opinion, have healing properties. In addition there are many "Holy places" which are also considered sacred, is a variety of natural attractions, like rocks, caves and springs, in which is erected a kind of altars. These places were opened during the Spanish colonization.

Today to the hill Banahaw is a continuous stream of pilgrims from the local community who hope to find here health and wellbeing. In addition, popular among mountain climbers and rock climbers, attracted by its height. This, incidentally, is the closest to Manila mountain, more than 2 thousand meters in height. During Holy Week, the number of visitors here has several thousand. At the top are at least 4 trails from the towns of Dolores, SARIA and other localities in the province of Quezon. The average path to the top takes 5 to 9 hours. In addition to viewing platforms located at the top of Banahaw, tourists are attracted by the Cave of God the Father and the source near the village of Kinabahan, which rumor has healing powers.