EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This management plan for Hundred Caves is developed and prepared by the Palawan Council for Sustainable Development Staff (PCSDS) in coordination with the City Tourism Office, Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park – Project Management Office (PPSRNPPMO), Centre for Sustainability, Barangay Council of Tagabinet and stakeholders.
On September 15-24, 2014, PCSD Staff together with PSU Anthropologist Dr. Jun G. Cayron and PPSRNP Biologist Mr. Nevong Puna and selected members of Tagabinet Neighborhood Tourism association (TNTA) conducted cave identification, assessment, survey and mapping, and classification of Hundred Caves in Barangay Tagabinet, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan. The Cave Assessment and Classification Report is used in determining the resources and status of resources within the cave. The report contains the physiographical profile, cave mapping, rapid archaeological and ecological assessment, and socioeconomic information pertinent to developing a plan that integrates ecology and biodiversity with economic concerns and emphasizes the archaeology and local culture in and around the cave system.
Hundred Caves is located in Barangay Tagabinet, Puerto Princesa City and has geographic coordinates of N 10⁰ 04′ 55.4″, E 118⁰ 50′ 56.8″. It is bounded on the north by Barangay Cabayugan and Marufinas, Barangay Maoyon and Buenavista on the south, Barangay San Rafael on the east and Barangay Buenavista and West Philippine Sea on the west. It is a solution-type of cave, the most frequently occurring type of cave in the Philippines. It is formed by chemical reaction between circulating groundwater and bedrock composed of limestone or dolomite. Hundred caves is a horizontal cave with an elevation of 80 meters above sea level. It is accessible by land 1.15 hours from the center of Puerto Princesa City and by foot for about 15-minutes trail walk from the cemented road system going to Sitio Sabang (take off point to PPSRNP). Its straight distance is 400 meters parallel to the road system with second growth forest over limestone surrounding its periphery. The surrounding land development is devoted to agriculture such as rice paddies and farm lots.
This cave system is multi-storied and possesses a series of continuous narrow “maze-like” and/or winding interconnecting passages and vertical pitches which are both challenging and beautiful. Speleothems are well defined and various concretions were present. The passages of the cave network below contain knee-deep water and some of those dry passages have alluvium deposits cemented in blocks by chemical/mechanical weathering. Mini-rimstone dams are abundant as well as columns and draperies. Special feature of speleogen, such as cave scallops (flute casts) are found on the walls and floors of the main entrance. Rock pendants also exist in various scales. The cave system also has a bat chamber located at the end of the main passage…
HUNDRED CAVES MANAGEMENT PLAN 2016-2020
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