Bulusan Volcano Natural Park

The Bulusan Volcano National Park is on the members of the island of Luzon Bicol Peninsula in the province of Sorsogon, about 250 kilometers southeast of Manila and it was originally established in 1935 as a national park. On 27 November 2000, the National Park was according to the proclamation 421 a revaluation in accordance with the guidelines of the National Integrated Protected Areas System, subjected. Since then, he is officially designated as Mount Bulusan Natural Park.

National park

The National Park covers an area of ​​3,673 hectares. The eponymous volcano Bulusan reaches a height of 1,565 meters; He is described as an active volcano.

There are three main peaks in the national park: the active volcano Bulusan, which is characterized by many deep gorges and caves, the Sharp Peak, which reaches a height of 1215 meters and Mt Jormahan.

The center of the mountain range is an area that is known as the " Switzerland of the Orient" and includes two lakes, the endorheic Aguingay Lake, which dries up in the summer, and the Bulusan Lake.

The region around the National Park lies within the typhoon belt of the Philippines; It must therefore be expected from September to November with partly severe storms.

Flora & Fauna

The flora and fauna of the national park is varied: on the slopes of the mountains there are vast forests in the lowlands of the valleys also ausgedehnete grass surfaces. In the national park there are endemic species of ferns Prenephrium bulusantum and Schefflera bulusanicum and an endemic orchid of the genus phagus and the wax flower Hoya davidcummingii home.

At large mammals in the National Park and the Philippines is home to deer, but this is less common in recent years.

Birds are lacking in the national park not also, the Philippines duck ( Anas luzonica ), the Philippines Eagle ( Spizaetus philippensis ), the Flaumfußtauben ( Ptilinopus marchei ) and the Streifenuhu (Bubo philippensis ) can be observed.