Taal Lake lies in the crater of an extinct volcano on Luzon Island, about 56 km south of Manila, the capital of the Philippines. One of the most picturesque places in the country, it contains Volcano Island, with Mt Taal, an active volcano, rising to 984 ft (300 m).

A smaller volcano erupted to form the island in the middle of the lake. Later on, a smaller volcano erupted to form the island in the middle of the lake. Widely known as the smallest volcano in the world, Taal Volcano is a scenic view that can be seen from the stretching slopes of Tagaytay highways elevated at 2500 ft. above sea level.

The first recorded scuba dive inside the crater was made by a team led by Thomas Hargrove in 1986 to a depth of about 20 metres. Taal as the Decade Volcano for the Philippines Thirty three eruptions have been recorded since 1572 at Taal, mostly on Volcano Island.