Manito
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About Manito
Manito is a remote municipality in the southeast quadrant of Albay with coastline facing Albay Gulf and borders Sorsogon City. It is home to a boiling lake and a geothermal power plant at the foot of Pocdol Mountains.
Manito travel guide
Understand
The town is located on the south-eastern tip of Albay, adjoining the south-eastern limit of Legazpi. The west and northwest coast of Manito lies along Poliqui Bay opposite the city of Legazpi. To the north and north-east coast of the municipality lies Albay Gulf. To the east and south of Manito is the province of Sorsogon separated by the Pocdol Mountains, which is also called as the Bacon-Manito Volcanic Complex. Because of topography, the two provinces are not connected along the coast. A mountain pass from barangay Nagotgot connects Manito to Sorsogon City in Sorsogon province.
Getting there
By plane The nearest airport is in Daraga (DRP IATA).
By land There are UV Express vans from Legazpi.
Getting around
Around the town center there are pedicabs while tricycles are available heading to the outlying barangays.
See
Nag-aso Boiling Lake (Sitio Inang Maharang, Barangay Nagotgot) BacMan Geothermal Power Plant Parish of Saint Raphael the Archangel (Barangay It-ba Poblacion)
Buy
Soft brooms (walis tambo in Tagalog and samhod in Bikol) are the local products sold in town.
Eat
1 Pitogo by Chef Muel, Purok 1, Barangay Cabacongan.
Go next
Legazpi - the vibrant capital city of Albay. Sorsogon City - just adjacent to Manito.
Overview adapted from Wikipedia, travel guide fromWikivoyage (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.