About Philippines
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Hundred Islands National Park
Hundred Islands National Park is situated in Alaminos City in Pangasinan. It is 250 km from Manila. Declared as a national park in 1979, these small islands scattered like emeralds…
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Mt. Data National Park
Mt. Data National Park is a 5,512 ha of land that is 50 km north of Baguio City along the Halsema Highways. This national park was created in 1936; it…
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Mt. Calavite National Park
Mt. Calavite National Park was created in 1920 to serve as a bird sanctuary and game refuge. The total land area is 17,000 ha. Located on the province of Mindoro…
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Bataan National Park
Bordering Manila Bay in the east and South China Sea on the southwest is 23,668 ha island known as Bataan Peninsula. This island is surrounded by jungle and traversed by…
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Mt. Banahaw National Park
The 3,539 ha Mt. Banahaw was proclaimed as a national park in 1941. Located 100 kilometers southeast of Manila and bounded on the north of Laguna Lake, the southeast of…
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Bulusan Volcano National Park
Situated in the province of Sorsogon is a volcano with 3,673 ha of mountain range and an elevation of 5,077 ft. This stratovolcano has 3 craters on the southeast edge;…
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Balbalasang Balbalan National Park
In 1973, the Balbalasang Balbalan National Park was created. About 25 km west of Tabuk, the provincial capital of Kalinga Apayao and 50 km north of Bontoc is a peripheral…
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Aurora Memorial National Park
This quiet 5,676 ha forest park of Aurora Memorial National Park was established in 1937. The Aurora Memorial National Park is within the Sierra Madre, an elongated chain of mountains…
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Mt. Arayat National Park
An extinct volcano measuring 3,715 ha was declared as a National Park in 1933 intended for eco-tourism with overriding concern on conservation and preservation of the natural resources. The park…
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Christianity
Catholicism is by a long way the predominant religion, and the visit by Pope John Paul II in January 1981 on the occasion of the beatification of the Dominican Lorenzo…