Callao Cave
Callao Cave is one of 300 limestone caves located in the Barangays of Magdalo and Quibal in the municipality of Peñablanca, about northeast of Tuguegarao City, the capital of Cagayan province within the Peñablanca Protected Landscape and Seascape in the western foothills of the Northern Sierra Madre Mountains on Luzon island in the Philippines. The town Peñablanca's name refers to the predominance of white limestone rock formations in the area. First excavated in 1980 by Maharlika Cuevas, the seven-chamber show cave is the best known natural tourist attraction of the Cagayan province and in February 2020 has officially been recognized as an important cultural property of the Philippines.
Details
- Access
- Public
- Geology
- Limestone formation
- Hazards
- Wet cave floor
- Map Alt
- Callao Cave in the Philippines
- Features
- Church built inside the first chamber
- Lighting
- Natural roof crevice
- Location
- Peñablanca, CagayanPhilippines
- Show Cave
- Callao Cave's seven chambers
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Photo Caption
- Callao Cave's fifth chamber
- Entrance Count
- One