Adventure in Botolan

Adventure in Botolan

An area of at least 15,998 hectares including Mt. Pinatubo has been registered at the Registry of Deeds in Zambales as a Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title. The application originally covered 20,567.89 hectares but the size was reduced to 15,998.4748 hectares after

The farm covers an area of 55,000.00 square meters and is home to a variety of exotic animals and plants from all over the world.

Rama Beach Front Resort is centrally located in the very heart of Barangay Binoclutan, Botolan, Zambales, easily accessible with private vehicles or public transportation or our Airport Shuttles from Clark or Manila. It is also known as one of the "Best Beach Areas" in Zambales. The area is famous for being the sanctuary of sea turtles. The resort maintains a Turtle Hatchery dedicated to preserve the turtle population in Zambales.

some private titles within ancestral domains were recognized and segregated by the government agencies. It is said that the Aetas of Pampanga, Tarlac and Zambales have reached an understanding that Pinatubo is on the Botolan, Zambales side and the lands there belong to Botolan Aetas. After about five years from the eruption, the Aetas returned to the volcano to live and cultivate lands there. It is a family-run wildlife sanctuary, all funded and maintained by the family. It is also a national quarantine station for animals in the province of Zambales.

The barangay of Binoclutan is the "Beach Capital" of Botolan, featuring several first class resorts. The area is a habitat of sea turtles, as is all of the Zambales coastline. Olive Ridley, Green and Hawksbill turtles nest along the beaches of Botolan every year between September and January. A turtle hatchery located is located in Binoklutan. The area also has many other attractions, beach resorts, waterfalls, hiking paths, views of the lahar fields left by the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo, and views of Mount Pinatubo itself.

current site. And after 30 years, settlers have grown to more than 1500 that the superior government made a decree in March 8, 1844, elevating the doctrina (missionarea) to a parroquia (parish), having Fr. Mariano Tuto as the first parish priest The "Miraculous" Church of Ina Poon Bato

Many come with their prayers for a miracle or healing. With the kind of life condition, only God would be their source of strength, hope and redemption.

The Parish Church of Sta. Monica in Botolan, Zambales. As of this writing , the date of erection is still unknown.

According to the parish priest Father Paolo it was in the year 1736 when the Recollect-missionaries from Pampanga gathered settlers in the

Adventure in Sta. Cruz

molave-type forests at Sitio Matalahib, Brgy. Lucapon, south of Sta. Cruz. It is about 4 kms from the national highway.

Alwasan Lanum Cave is located in Sta. Cruz, Zambales. Alwasan Lanum is Zambal which means "water outflow" suggesting a concave fissure on the side of a mountain endowed with rich natural formations, the most unique of which is the sound of cascading waters coming out with cool breeze from the dark recesses of the cavern. The cave features a miniature waterfall gushing from a narrow 2-feet opening some 15 feet above the water level below. Water plunges down to a pool about 12-ft deep with a floor area of some 20 square meters. The stream flowing down the mouth of the cave teems with shrimps, biya, "tabios", eel and assorted array of small fish.

Apaan Cave Zambales

Sta.

Cruz,

Of the many caverns in Central Luzon, only the bats of the Apaan Cave can rival the millions of bats that dwell in the Bahay-Paniki Cave. Thick guano deposits cover almost all the floor area of the cave. Entering the cave is difficult though due to a narrow opening at the entrance - at 2 feet only. Trekking east from the national highway after Uacon Bridge to the foot of the Zambales mountain range takes about two hours. The cave can be reached by passing through thick Anos bamboo species and

Baloc-Baloc Cave Sta. Cruz, Zambales After a brief but arduous trek thru rocky path, one is rewarded with a magnificent spectacle: a waterfall right inside the cave. From a height of about 10 meters, natural cool spring water oozes out of the cavernous ceiling and on to the caves grotesque rocky

walls. Down under, a natureformed swimming pond awaits the exhausted trekker.

Hermana Mayor Sta. Cruz, Zambales

the venue where the candidates of the 1979 Miss Universe Beauty Pageant posed for photograph. It has standard facilities for beach combing and water sports activities.

Island

An ideal place for diving, swimming, and recreation, it is

Sagrada Familia Sta. Cruz, Zambales

Caves

Found along the cliffside of the Zambales mountain ranges, the Sagrada Familia caves are typical of others except that a mysterious image of the Holy Family was caused by a continuous dripping from the apex of the cavern. Evidences of coral fragments along the cliffside point to the fact that the area was millions of years ago part of an ocean bed.