Mount Dulang-dulang Mount Dulang-dulang Mount Dulang-dulang, dubbed by Filipino mountaineers as "D2", is the highest elevation peak in the Kitanglad Mountain Range, located in the north central portion of the province of Bukidnon in the island of Mindanao. It is the second highest mountain of the Philippines at above sea level, second only to Mount Apo of Davao at and slightly higher than Mount Pulag of Luzon, the third highest at . The mountain is regarded by the Talaandig tribe of Lantapan as a sacred place. It is also within the ancestral domain of the tribe. Mount Dulang-dulang, similar to other peaks
Mount Apo of ; with two peripheral areas of and as buffer zones, provided for its management and for other purposes. Although a declared a Natural Park, the current climbing trails are littered with rubbish by irresponsible climbers, opening paths for soil erosion across the already denuded mountain sides. Some mountain and social climbing groups conduct climbs after the Holy Week/Easter, the peak climbing season, to clean the affected areas. In 1987, the National Geographic Society based in Washington, DC in the United States, published a book entitled, ""Our World's Heritage"", where Mount Apo was noted as a 'site of Word Heritage