only ih Phl , smallest primate..

Only in the Philippines !! TARSIERS....
The smallest animal creature on earth, smallest primates. Maybe even smaller than your fist. Only active during nights and sleeps during the day. an be found in Leyte, Samar, Mindanao but mostly on BOHOL. They fill their tiny tummies with insects, cockroaches and crickets. They are afraid of flashes, that's why in Bohol where they have this small sanctuary, taking pictures with camera flash is not allowed.


Where to Meet the Tarsier

You can visit the tarsier at the Philippine Tarsier Foundation, and see it in its natural habitat.

The Philippine Tarsier Foundation,
Km. 14 Canapnapan Corella, Bohol 6300 Philippines
Tel: (0912) 5163375
Mobile: (0918) 6021326
Email: tarsier@mozcom.com
Website: http://www.philippinetarsier.org/.

Please avoid visiting the tarsiers kept in cages along Loboc river. Here, these shy animals have a miserable live, and normally don't survive for long.

Clark Airbase Balloon Festival

HOT AIR BALLOON FESTIVAL at Clark Airbase Pampanga, celebrated every second week of February.. Enjoy the balloons!!

Paraw Regatta Festival

Paraw Regatta Festival - Iloilo City

The Paraw Regatta Festival is a colorful boat race event in the straits between Iloilo City and Guimaras Island. It is called Paraw in the llongo vernacular. Paraw Regatta is celebrated every 3rd week of February where professional and amatuer artists do boat paintings a week before the festival. It is such of great honor of the Ilonggos to take pride and legacy to celebrate such festivity for it is likely to be the birth of the province and the Hiligaynons. And the festivity doesn't just end there, for there are a lot of fun-filled activities to look after, like Pintawo body painting contest, Miss Paraw, Beach Volleyball, and the Paraw Regatta Photo Competition. Plus to top it all, the highlights of the event is the Iloilo Governor Fishing Contest (a campaign against dynamite fishing).

Volcano's destructive eruptions.

Mount Mayon - THE PERFECT CONE!
Mayon volcano is the most active volcano in the Philippines that had had 47 eruptions for 400 years, located 15 kilometers northwest of Legazpi City. Its most powerful and destructive eruption was in February 1, 1814 that covered Albay's surface with lava and dark ashes and burried the town of Cagasawa and left only the Bell tower of the church.

Other active volcanoes:


Mt. Pinatubo - had its most destructive eruption in 1991 where hundreds of people were killed.

Mountains of the Philippine Islands . . . ..

Mount Apo is the highest mountain in the Philippines. Surging high with 9,600 feet and for sure it'll take you days to climb and reach its peak. Located at the heart of Davao, known to be the grandmother of Philippine Mountains.

Other Mountains in the Philippines:
Mount Banahaw - THE HOLY MOUNTAIN OF THE PHILIPPINES (located at the boundary of Laguna and Quezon provinces , on the islands of Luzon. (See picture below...)

Mount Kanlaon (see pic below) , located in between Negros Oriental and Negros Occidental in the islands of Visayas , 36 kilometers far from Bacolod City (the city of smiles).