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A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999, this navigable river flows through a limestone cave; permits are compulsory and daily visitor numbers are capped.
Official websiteundergroundriver.puertoprincesa.ph→Prehistoric site that yielded some of the oldest human remains in the Philippines, proof of human presence over tens of thousands of years.
Former garrison where around 150 American prisoners of war were massacred on 14 December 1944; a memorial recalls the tragedy.
Japanese ships sunk in the US air raid of 24 September 1944, including the Akitsushima and Irako, now renowned dive sites.
Ancestral domain of the Tagbanwa recognised in 1998, this limestone island holds some fifteen lakes, including crystal-clear Kayangan and Barracuda.
The province’s big June festival, with street dancing, floats and indigenous cultural showcases, marking the anniversary of its civil government.
Held since 1991 on the fourth Saturday of June, this ‘forest festival’ gathers young people to plant trees, mainly in the Irawan watershed.
Launched on 1 May 1998, this sea festival celebrates every May the bond between local people and the ocean.
A noodle soup related to phở, inherited from the Vietnamese refugees welcomed in Puerto Princesa in the late 20th century, now a local classic.
A long ‘woodworm’ from mangrove timber, actually a mollusc, eaten raw with vinegar and lime: Palawan’s culinary dare.
Raw fish cured in vinegar, calamansi, ginger and onion, made with the day’s catch.