We took a minivan some of the way to the underground river. After the minivan dropped us in a junction, we got a ride from a local truck the rest of the way from where we needed to take a local boat the rest of the way.
Here Carina is waiting for the boat to take us to where the underground river starts.
The Philippine boats are kind of stable with their 2 poles in the water on each side of the boat. We have now learned that the boats are very good and stable.
On the way to Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park. The river is also called "The Puerto Princesa Underground River"
The park has limestone mountain landscape.
Beneath the St. Paul Mountain lies the quiet underground river which snakes and winds through the cave before opening up into a clear lagoon for then to flow directly into the South China Sea.
The underground river is 8,2 km long and is navigable by boat up to 4,3 km.
The river was inscribed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site on December 4th 1999.
The river flows through one of the worlds largest chambers which is 360 meters long and approximate 2,5 million square meters volume.
The cave contains major formations of stalagmites and
stalactites.
We visited the underground river on the way to town of El Nido. We left Puerto Princesa in the morning and in the afternoon we caught the first of the 3 buses that would take us to further north of the island.
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