AWED with the majestic sights at the Underground River? Wait until you see dolphins swim with you, watch fireflies twinkle before your eyes, and a lot more nature-tripping exciting activities!“Come to Puerto Princesa and enjoy nature at its best. It’s a place where you can swim with the fish, float with the butterflies, sing with the birds, play with the dolphins, and navigate the longest underground river in the world,” Mayor Edward S. Hagedorn said in a recent interview with Palawan Times.This means that alongside the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park (PPSRNP), the country’s official bet in the world search for the New 7 Wonders of Nature, they’re also set to intensify their campaigns for tourism attractions that the city government has recently developed in partnership with various communities.These are the dolphin watching at the Puerto Princesa City Bay, Ugong Rock in Barangay Tagabenit, Firefly Watching in Barangay Iwahig, Pambato Reef Diving and Snorkeling in Honda Bay, San Carlos Floating Restaurant, view decks also in Tagabenit and Barangay Buenavista and Mangrove Paddle Tours in barangays Bacungan and Cabayugan.The dolphin watching and firefly watching are under the community management of Barangay Tulingan, which is composed of fishermen formerly engaged in illegal fishing and living in nearly ten barangays that surround the City Bay.Ugong Rock, on the other hand, is being managed by residents of Barangay Tagabenit, primarily composed of Batak and Tagbanua indigenous peoples.Soon enough, he said, a zip line, known also by other names, such as foefie slide, zip wire, aerial runway, and death slide, will be constructed in Tagabenit as another outdoor adventure in Puerto Princesa.Another is a 375-meter canopy zip line which is waiting final construction in Barangay Irawan.Pambato Reef, also known as “mini Tubbataha Reef” in Honda Bay, is beginning to attract the attention of diving enthusiasts because it maintains its beautiful corals, Hagedorn said. Pambato Reef, he added, is an exceptional diving site in spite of its being close to human habitation.“Pambato Reef has become one of the well-known tourist spots in Honda Bay. It has surprisingly good reef life and fishes abound too. Nowadays, it is difficult to see still viable reefs in many parts of the world, especially in areas where many people reside”, he said.
By Clarinda I. Catimpo
The Palawan Times
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