Cagsawa Ruins, a safe viewing spot for restive Mayon Volcano

Alert level 3 has been raised at Mayon Volcano. Residents from the danger zones extending up to eight kilometers have been evacuated. But tourists still flock to Albay to witness the eruption of the world's perfect cone. 

 

One of the viewing spots they can mark is the Cagsawa Ruins in Daraga, Albay. 

 

The Cagsawa Ruins is actually the remaining belfry of the Cagsawa Church which was engulfed by lahar and pyroclastic flow when the Mayon erupted in February 1814.

Today, however, it serves as a safe spot to marvel at Mayon's endless beauty.  

 

Aside from a great view of the volcano, Cagsawa Ruins also offers souvenir shops for tourists who want to bring home pasalubong as well as services of photographers and guides to make their experience more memorable.

 

In an interview with Daraga's tourism officer Cristina Agapita Pacres with Unang Balita on Wednesday morning, she said local and foreign tourists have started to visit Cagsawa Ruins ever since the news of Mayon's possible eruption. 

 

Pacres has also reminded the tourists that activities around Mayon Volcano are prohibited now that alert level 3 has been raised.

Alert Level 3 means Mayon "is exhibiting relatively high unrest and that magma is at the crater and that hazardous eruption is possible within weeks, Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said on Sept. 15. —Trisha Macas/KG, GMA News