Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Palawan - a Great Tourist Destination - fourth series

Palawan Province
A Great Tourist Destination
Fourth series
Palawan is the last frontier in the Philippines where Man and Mother Nature happily co-exist… its natural beauty evokes bliss and serenity… its people welcome you to enjoy your pilgrimage with this reminder: bring with you  good intentions; and leave nothing but beautiful memories and the lessons of life learned from nature!  

How to reach this last frontier?... see your guide below…


  
Another Spanish Fort in Taytay town…



What Taytay can offer?...


Club Noah Isabelle … another world class island resort


Palawan is one of the major tourist destinations in the world and becoming to be Asia’s number one! It has two World Heritage Sites, world class island resorts, superb diving sites, unique flora and fauna and numerous unrivaled attractions…to mention a few. 

More to come… just follow this blog…


Palawan - a Great Tourist Destination (third series)

Palawan Province
A Great Tourist Destination
Third series
Palawan is the last frontier in the Philippines where Man and Mother Nature happily co-exist… its natural beauty evokes bliss and serenity… its people welcome you to enjoy your pilgrimage with this reminder: bring with you  good intentions; and leave nothing but beautiful memories and the lessons of life learned from nature!  

How to reach this last frontier?... see your guide below…


Third in the series...


Tabon caves
in Lipoon Point, Quezon Palawan  is known as the “Cradle of Philippine Civilization” discovered and excavated by Dr. Robert Fox in the early 1960’s. The “Tabon Man”  skull inside a “Manunggul” burial jar was carbon dated to 22,000 yrs – one of the oldest human fossil discoveries. 


Cuyo town… where a world renowned Amanpulo Resort is located at Pamalican island.



Cuyo Fort… a testimony of the Spanish conquest in Palawan…


Palawan - a Great Tourist Destination (second series)

Palawan Province
A Great Tourist Destination
Second series
Palawan is the last frontier in the Philippines where Man and Mother Nature happily co-exist… its natural beauty evokes bliss and serenity… its people welcome you to enjoy your pilgrimage with this reminder: bring with you  good intentions; and leave nothing but beautiful memories and the lessons of life learned from nature!  

How to reach this last frontier?... see your guide below…


Palawan is one of the major tourist destinations in the world and becoming to be Asia’s number one! It has two World Heritage Sites, world class island resorts, superb diving sites, unique flora and fauna and numerous unrivaled attractions…to mention a few.  

This blog is second in the series...

Tubbataha Reef National Park

Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park lies in the middle of the Sulu Sea about 150 kms southeast of Puerto Princesa City. It is composed of North and South Atolls and the adjacent Jessie Beazley Reef.




BiodiversityThe park contains roughly 10,000 hectares of coral reef and home to no less than:

About 600 species of fish

360 species of corals (about half of all coral species in the world)
12 species of sharks
13 species of dolphins & whales
Nesting Hawksbill & Green sea turtles
Over 100 species of birds


Busuanga town…

Even among its islands, Busuanga lives up to its aquatic features… see the two islands below? …resembling a fish?...a submerged stingray?... or a crab?... or whatever your imagination comes up…


What Busuanga town can offer? … sanctuary of African wildlife… islands… beaches… diving spots… choose your wild…



A former leper colony… now a flourishing communityCulion… offers a valuable lesson on human sacrifices, hope, faith, love… and its natural beauty!



Continue to the third series...


Palawan - a Great Tourist Destination

Palawan Province
A Great Tourist Destination
Palawan is the last frontier in the Philippines where Man and Mother Nature happily co-exist… its natural beauty evokes bliss and serenity… its people welcome you to enjoy your pilgrimage with this reminder: bring with you  good intentions; and leave nothing but beautiful memories and the lessons of life learned from nature!  

How to reach this last frontier?... see your guide below…


Palawan is one of the major tourist destinations in the world and becoming to be Asia’s number one! It has two World Heritage Sites, world class island resorts, superb diving sites, unique flora and fauna and numerous unrivaled attractions…to mention a few.   


The famous Puerto Princesa underground river, a World Heritage Site…



Puerto Princesa Underground River

The Puerto Princesa Subterranean River  National Park, locally known as "the Underground River" is located about 50 kilometers north of the city of Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines. It was declared by the UNESCO as a World Heritage Site on December 4, 1999. It encompasses a full mountain-to-sea ecosystem.

It features a limestone karst mountain landscape with an 8.2 km. navigable underground river, flowing directly into the South China Sea. It includes major formations of stalactites and stalagmites, and several large chambers. The lower portion of the river is subject to tidal influences. This underground river is the longest in Asia and second only (in length) to the underground river located in  Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. 


Incessant dripping of mineralized water for millennia formed these stalactites and stalagmites…reminding us of the work of Nature that no man can duplicate.


This shot reminds us of the “stargate” in the movies… see the apparent “stargate” opening in the  middle of the picture in the right…


Puerto Princesa Underground river thumbnails…


El Nido town and its sorroundings…


El Nido Resorts:  Miniloc and Lagen Islands 

The famous hidden lagoons…



The snake island at El Nido





The Calamianes group of islands and surroundings…

Calamianes in northern Palawan is a group of hundreds of islands and islets composed of Coron, Busuanga, Culion and Linapacan towns. 

What Coron can offer?... 



Natural wonders of Coron, Palawan…

Kayangan Lake at Coron Island… Asia’s cleanest inland water!



Busuanga town…
Even among its islands, Busuanga lives up to its aquatic features… see the two islands below? …resembling a fish?...a submerged stingray?... or a crab?... or whatever your imagination comes up…




What Busuanga town can offer? … sanctuary of African wildlife… islands… beaches… diving spots… choose your wild…