Tubbataha Reef
Two coral atolls and a smaller reef in the middle of the Sulu Sea, 150 kilometres southeast of Puerto Princesa. The park covers 97,030 hectares, and UNESCO listed it as a World Heritage Site in 1993. One wall of coral …
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Caramoan National Park
A national park of 347 hectares with white sand beaches, limestone formations, caves and a subterranean river. There is also a lake on an islet inside it. The park sits on the Caramoan Peninsula, a hilly headland of deep gorges …
Apo Reef Natural Park
A coral reef park in the middle of the Mindoro Strait, west of the province. The shallow reefs there are dangerous to shipping, so a light station went up on Bajo Apo Island inside the park to warn ships off …
Bulusan Volcano Natural Park
Protected rainforest around Mount Bulusan, 3,673 hectares of it, in the south central part of the province. Bulusan Lake and Lake Aguingay sit inside the park, along with two more peaks, Sharp Peak and Hormahan. Five towns share its boundary: …
Bulabog Putian National Park
The only limestone mountain formation in Iloilo, protected as a rainforest park of 854.33 hectares across the towns of Dingle and San Enrique, 43 kilometres from Iloilo City. A trail of 40 kilometres runs through it, up to Putian Peak …
Northern Negros Natural Park
A protected forest in the northern mountains of Negros, and the largest watershed in the province. It supplies water to seventeen municipalities and cities, including the Bacolod metropolitan area, and covers 80,454.5 hectares across five municipalities and six cities. Mount …
Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary
The largest wetland in the Philippines, and the biggest marsh in Southeast Asia, spread across the middle of the Agusan River basin. It holds nearly 15 percent of the country's fresh water in swamp forests. Manobo families live deep inside …
Balanga Wetland and Nature Park
An 11-hectare wetland park in Barangay Tortugas, on the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. Tet Garcia and Michael Lu, president of the Wild Bird Club of the Philippines, founded it, and it has been the site of the Ibong Dayo festival since …
Tuka Marine Park
Four coves of coral reef closed to fishing, on the coast of Kiamba. Only one of the coves, Tuka 2, is open to the public.
Bataan National Park
A protected forest in the mountainous interior of northern Bataan. People come to watch birds and wildlife and to trek to the peaks and waterfalls inside it. Pasukulan Falls and Dunsulan Falls are both here, along with ground orchids and …
Aurora Memorial National Park
A protected area in the Sierra Madre mountain range, on the boundary between Aurora and Nueva Ecija. It covers 5,676 hectares and stretches more than 50 kilometres along the Bongabon-Baler road, rising to 1,000 metres. The forest is mostly lowland …
Mount Hamiguitan
A mountain of 1,620 metres with a pygmy forest of century-old trees growing in ultramafic soil, and the first UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mindanao. The range covers 6,834 hectares. It became a national park and wildlife sanctuary in 2003 …
Biak-na-Bato National Park
A park of caves, rivers and trails in the hills of San Miguel, 80 kilometres northeast of Manila. The park is the site of the Republic of Biak-na-Bato, and President Manuel L. Quezon made it a national park in 1937 …
Biri Larosa Protected Landscape and Seascape
Islands, reefs and rock formations under protection, about 40 kilometres west of Catarman. The area covers the island municipality of Biri and the rest of the Balicuatro Islands, plus the coast of Lavezares, Rosario and San Jose, whose first letters …
Candaba Swamp
A wetland of about 32,000 hectares of freshwater ponds, marshes and seasonally flooded grassland, 60 kilometres northeast of Manila. The whole area goes under water in the wet season, and it works as a flood basin for five smaller rivers …
Bayawan Nature Reserve
The Bayawan Nature Reserve is a natural area within Bayawan City, Negros Oriental. It is one of the outdoor sites the city names in its own tourism listing, next to its coastal boulevard and city plaza.
Bakhawan Eco-Park
A 220 hectare mangrove forest grown on what used to be the muddy shoreline of Barangay New Buswang. A bamboo trail of 1.3 kilometres takes you deep into the trees, past a watchtower, picnic huts, a souvenir shop and a …
Baras Bird Sanctuary
A 2.5 hectare sanctuary where egrets and herons nest. The city holds the Sultan Kudarat Bird Festival there, and the eighth one ran on 10 and 11 May 2024.
Baliangao Protected Landscape and Seascape
Protected coast and wetland on Danao Bay, 294.10 hectares of mangrove, sea grass and coral reef. The area covers the barangays of Misom, Sinian, Tugas and Landing, and takes in part of the Sinian River, which drains into the bay. …
Angat Watershed Forest Reserve
A forest reserve in the southern Sierra Madre, part of which reaches into the city. It protects the basin that drains into the Angat River: 62,309 hectares between 490 and 1,206 metres above sea level, holding most of the closed-canopy …
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