Sohoton Natural Bridge National Park
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| Location: | Philippines | ||
| Specialty: | Province of Samar Island Samar | ||
| Next city: | Basey , Tacloban City | ||
| Surface: | 43.03 km² | ||
| Founding: | 1935 | ||
The Sohoton-Natural Bridge National Park is located on the island of Samar , Philippines . It was established in 1935 in the province of Samar in the municipality of Basey and has a current size of 43.03 km². It was named after the Sohoton River and the naturally formed rock bridge that spans the river. Since 2003 the national park has been in the area of the Samar Natural Park and is administered by him.
The national park is located approx. 50 km northeast of Tacloban City , 35 km east of the community center of Basey and can only be reached by boat. The boat trip takes about two and a half hours from Tacloban City and about two hours from Basay. The national park has numerous naturally formed attractions, the three great caves Sohoton, Panhulugan I and II, the wooded rock bridge and the Panhulugan rock cliff. It lies in a karst rock formation that is forested and in which the Sohoton River has carved deep gorges with almost vertically sloping walls.
The caves in the national park are all passable by boat or with stretched bridges. They offer a wide variety of shapes, so the Sohoton Cave has a cathedral-like shape and is approx. 50 meters high. The Panhulugan I cave is the most branched cave, it has two main passages which are approx. 7 meters high and approx. 50 meters long. The Panhulugan II cave has a tunnel-like character, it is approx. 50 meters long and 5 meters high. All three caves are covered with milky white stalactites on the cave ceilings.