Thursday, July 16, 2009
MARINDUQUE'S NEWEST DISCOVERY: A HIDDEN CAVE WITH SUBTERRANEAN RIVER
The first underground river to have been found in Marinduque was recently discovered by a team led by provincial tourism officers. This find, together with the development of existing sites unique to the island, augurs well for combined LGU efforts under Gov. Bong Carrion to promote the island-province as an eco-tourism destination in the region - the San Isidro Cave and Subterranean River, Sta. Cruz, Marinduque, Philippines. Village leaders in San Isidro now bent on carefully preserving the site.
To the old folks of the village of San Isidro, the cave is referred to as 'Bagungbungan', a place avoided even by the curious, as it has been associated with phantom stories reinforced by actual accounts of persons who have gone to the cave periphery and, without a trace, disappeared.
Two weeks ago, provincial tourism chair Allan Velasco together with the tourism team, revisited San Isidro cave and conferred with the village chief (who hadn't been to the cave, himself), on the importance of community involvement to preserve the state of this natural treasure.
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4 comments:
I love the background music and the video. Hurrah to ecotourism in Marinduque, Palawan better watch out for the competition!
A very good blog. Very informative. Would you like to contribute for http://www.visitmarinduque.com? Please do. This is an unofficial tourism website for marinduque designed by Marindukenyo
Hope to hear fro you
Thanks Dave. Am doing a series on the tourism team's cave explorations and adventure sports... 'My', thanks also. Have noted your site and will be in contact.. Have a nice day!
Incredulously beautiful!!! It never occurred to me there's such a place fashioned by ages of nature. I also followed the activities of the team in discovering and rediscovering places of interest in Marinduque. I feel elated of your accomplishments. It is now high time to sit down and customize marketing plan that will bring out critical mass market for adventure tourism in 2 to 3 years. Can adventure tourism gravitates to the center of the Philippines? a challenge for all of us.
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