Caving In The Philippines

get to the heart of the action in some of Asia's most exciting, least-explore cave systems.

The Philippines is renowned for the beautiful islands, brilliant coral reefs and wild jungle, but few visitors realize that much of this country floats on limestone bedrock riddled with extensive networks of caves. Cavers and geologists are staring to take notice and specialists are helping map the cave. Foreign caving groups are also adding the Philippines to their itinerary. Other visitors, new to caving, are discovering that th cave systems of the Philippines are a great place to start exploring underground.

The Philippines has many large areas of limeston bedrock-called karst country- which is easily eroded by water. Wit high rainfall throughout the year, it is not surorising that ther are many spectacular networks of limestone caves. Because the risk of flooding, th best time to go caving is the dry season. To explore the best caves in a certain area, it is often worth hiring a local guide.