Cagsawa Ruins and Mayon Volcano

Cagsawa Ruins and Mayon Volcano

Mount Mayon

Mount Mayon is as alluring as it is deadly: tourists are constantly drawn to the near-perfect cone for its picturesque symmetry as well as for bragging rights to having scaled one of the planet's deadliest volcanoes.

Mayon Volcano has a dramatically perfect cone shape that stands out in the landscape outside of Legazpi City, Albay. Of course, it’s also one of the most active volcanos in the Philippines. In the past 400 years it has erupted 49 times.

Mayon Volcano

Mayon Volcano is an active volcano on the Philippines. It is located 15 km northwest of Legazpi City. Mayon is classified by volcanologists as a stratovolcano or composite volcano. Its symmetric cone was formed through alternate pyroclastic and lava flows. Mayon is the most active volcano in the country, having erupted over 47 times in the past 400 years and is a part of what is called the Pacific Ring of Fire.