Caramoan National Park
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| Location: | Philippines | ||
| Specialty: | Luzon | ||
| Next city: | Naga City | ||
| Surface: | 3.16 km² | ||
| Founding: | July 20, 1938 | ||
The Caramoan National Park is located in the Camarines Sur Province on the island of Luzon in the Philippines . It extends over an area of 316 hectares and was established on an area of 347 hectares with the entry into force of Presidential Decree 291 of July 20, 1938. It is in the appendix of the NIPAS law of 1992 as a protected nature park and is to be expanded to a size of 4,091 hectares.
It is located on the north coast of the Caramoan Peninsula in the area of the municipality of Caramoan and is a combined land and marine reserve . It has some notable scenic features such as white sandy beaches, caves , an underground river, and a lake on an island off the coast . The locals have laid out hiking trails for visitors. It is a popular destination for tourists and the local population.
The core zone of the national park is the coastal region, which is joined by karstified mountain ranges that offer the observer a surreal sight. These reach a height of 220 meters above sea level. The varied natural scenery offers a habitat for the endemic , almost two meter long gray monitor lizard (Varanus olivaceus) . Other reptiles that occur there are various skinks such as Brachymeles samarensis , Dasia grisea , Lipinia pulchellum , Brachymeles boulengeri , Otosaurus cumingi and the Sphenomorphus jagori named after Fedor Jagor . Sightings of the endemic frog Platymantis corrugatus have been reported. Observations of the dugong (Dugong dugon) date back to 1997.
Little is known of the avifauna ; only the Luzon spatula-tailed parrot ( Prioniturus luconensis ) has been reported from the national park.