The longest underground St. Paul river in the world

In the Philippines, I liked two places most of all ...

On the first - an underground river, on the second - snorkeling with whale sharks on the island of Cebu)) About the underground river. The river is amazing, worth a look ...

To get to the river, you can get from Puerto Princess by minibus. In the nature park, you take a turn on the boat and wait for it to be free.

Puerto Princess National Park - Subterranean River.

One could walk to the underground river and back through the jungle. This option is for true adventure lovers, as the way there and back runs along the paths through the mountains. The path is short, about 2 hours one way (everything is relative), but we walked so much, shoes were not with clothes for the forests, so we decided to take care of ourselves))

The boat waited several hours. We had lunch and walk around the local market. Then about 30 minutes they sailed on a boat ...

The views around are picturesque. At the underground river a short walk through the woods among the wild monkeys trying to steal at least something ... and here we are at the entrance to the cave.

The underground river is known as St. Paul - the name of the national park in which it is located.

A permit to enter the national park is included in the price of the tour. The price of the tour is about 2,000 pesos.

The length of the river is 8 kilometers, it is the largest underground river in the world, you can sail on it by boat at a distance of 4 km from the sea. There is a current. At high tide - in one direction, at low tide - in the other. Therefore, the river.

8 km river cruises are not permitted due to safety reasons. In the depths of the cave there is a lack of oxygen. However, boats are allowed one and a half km deep in the cave, where you can admire the stalactites and stalagmites. At such a distance from the sea, there is enough oxygen, since there are occasionally holes in the dome of the cave through which daylight and air penetrate.

The cave is one of the largest in the world. The height of the dome of the cave in individual rooms reaches 65 meters, and the width is up to 140 meters. National Park in 1999 was included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.

The natural formation consists of mountain limestone karst landscape, surrounded by a dense forest along the 8.2 km navigable underground river, which flows directly into the South China Sea.

Another boat was floating next to us and involuntarily fell into the frame. There were oncoming boats, the traffic here was sometimes brisk))) even there are accidents.