Day 1 (Leg #1 Rendezvous Day): Group members rendezvous at Manila area hotel and head overland for Batangas Port. Cross the Verde Passage by ferry to Sabang Beach, Mindoro. Night at seaside hotel in Barangay Sabang Beach;

Day 2: 0600 departure for coastal Mansalay, a 6-hour drive south of Sabang. Begin guided, porter-supported 5 to 6-hour trek west into mountainous tribal area of the hunter-gatherer Mangyan people. Camping this night in the Mangyan settlement;

Day 3: Hiking this day to amore remote Mangyan enclave. Follow Mangyan hunters and their hunting dogs as a wild boar is tracked, cornered and dispatched at close quarters with spears. With luck, dinner includes fresh boar liver and pork chops. In Mangyan camp;

Day 4: Morning hunt with the Mangyan. Return to road and drive back to Sabang. Night at beachfront hotel;

Day 5: (Leg #2 Rendezvous Day) Return by ferry and bus to Manila. Rendezvous with Leg #2 travellers; night in Manila;

Day 6: Fly to Puerto Princesa, Palawan. Drive south to Quezon; in afternoon visit by boat tribal cave dwellers at Tabon Cave, then by land to Diwata Cave. Night in Quezon;

Day 7: Continue overland 4 hours south to Ranzany and trailhead. With guides, porters & cook hike 6 hours to Mt. Mantalingajan (6,843'), Palawan's highest peak. Night in a forest camp en route to the cave-dwelling Tao't Bato;

Day 8: Reach Tao't Bato after 6-hour hike and observe their undergound river fishing. Night in camp with Tao't Bato;

Day 9: Follow Tao't Bato tribe members hunting wild boar and small game with spears and blowguns, using small dogs to corner the wild boar until hunters arrive. Night in camp;

Day 10: Day afield observing Tao't Bato hunting techniques, weapons prowess and survival skills. Night in camp;

Day 11: Dawn departure for an all-day descent to the nearest roadhead. Return overland to Puerto Princesa. Night at hotel;

Day 12: Morning flight to Manila and end of the adventure.

• The beauty of Mindoro's rugged mountainous terrain and the island's spectacular coastline;
  
  
• Palawan's pristine forests & waterfalls;
  
  
• The abundance of birdlifein the Mindoro & Palawan tropical forests;
  
  
• Cultural encounters with the indigenous Mangyan, a primitive Mindoro ethnic group of hunter-gathers;

• Encounters with the cave-dwelling Tao't Bato, a fascinating isolated tribe on the slopes of Palawan's highest mountain;
  
  
• The wild boar hunt with the spear-carrying Mangyan men and their dogs;
  
  
• The blowgun hunts for birds and bats with the Taou't Bato.