
Calauit Island Game Preserve and Wildlife Sanctuary
Calauit one of the islands in Coron, north of Palawn Province.
The second set of Coron photos I posted, Calauit is a 3,700 hectare home for grazing giraffes, zebras, about half-dozen of antelope species and other exotic creatures roaming freely on their own island preserve. This is a sparsely occupied island within an hour's flight from Manila but a world away from the paths and byways of civilization.
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the highest among the limestone hills of the Mantalongon Range in the town of Dalaguete in the island of Cebu, it is also reputed to be the island's highest point. From the summit, one is rewarded by views of nearby Negros Island and the much smaller resort-island of Badian.
The Philippine Eagle. Photograph by Klaus Nigge for the National Geographic
The King of the Philippine Rain Forests.
Tubbataha Reef
Photo by Pinay Diver
Tubbataha Reef is a marine sanctuary protected as Tubbataha Reef National Marine Park located in the Sulu Sea. Declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, it has become a popular site for seasoned sports divers because of its coral “walls” where the shallow coral reef abruptly ends giving way to great depths. The seemingly diverse ecosystem of this sanctuary rivals the Great Barrier Reef and many are already endangered species.
Tubbataha is home to giant jacks, hammerhead sharks, barracudas, manta rays, palm-sized moorish idols, parrot fish, moral eels, clownfish, lionfish and hawksbill sea turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) which are endangered species.
Aside from being a marine sanctuary, Tubbataha is also renowned for being a bird sanctuary. A lighthouse islet, at the southern tip of the South Atoll, supports a large number of seabirds which nest there. Around the Tubbataha, there are tens of thousands of masked red-foot boobies, terns, and frigate birds resting during their annual migrations.
Map of the Philippines showing Tubbataha in Sulu Sea.
