Adventure in Botolan

An area of at least 15,998 hectares including

Mt. Pinatubo has been registered at the
Registry of Deeds in Zambales as a Certificate
of Ancestral Domain Title. The application
originally covered 20,567.89 hectares but the
size was reduced to 15,998.4748 hectares after

The farm covers an area of 55,000.00

square meters and is home to a variety of
exotic animals and plants from all over
the world.

Rama Beach Front Resort is centrally located in

the very heart of Barangay Binoclutan, Botolan,
Zambales, easily accessible with private
vehicles or public transportation or our Airport
Shuttles from Clark or Manila. It is also known
as one of the "Best Beach Areas" in Zambales.
The area is famous for being the sanctuary of
sea turtles. The resort maintains a Turtle
Hatchery dedicated to preserve the turtle
population in Zambales.

some private titles within ancestral domains

were recognized and segregated by the
government agencies. It is said that the Aetas of
Pampanga, Tarlac and Zambales have reached
an understanding that Pinatubo is on the
Botolan, Zambales side and the lands there
belong to Botolan Aetas. After about five years
from the eruption, the Aetas returned to the
volcano to live and cultivate lands there.
It is a family-run wildlife sanctuary, all
funded and maintained by the family. It is
also a national quarantine station for
animals in the province of Zambales.

The barangay of Binoclutan is the

"Beach Capital" of Botolan, featuring
several first class resorts. The area is a
habitat of sea turtles, as is all of the
Zambales coastline. Olive Ridley, Green
and Hawksbill turtles nest along the
beaches of Botolan every year between
September and January. A turtle
hatchery located is located in Binoklutan.
The area also has many other
attractions, beach resorts, waterfalls,
hiking paths, views of the lahar fields left
by the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo,
and views of Mount Pinatubo itself.

current site. And after 30 years,

settlers have grown to more than
1500 that the superior government
made a decree in March 8, 1844,
elevating the doctrina (missionarea) to a parroquia (parish), having
Fr. Mariano Tuto as the first parish
priest
The "Miraculous" Church of Ina Poon Bato

Many come with their prayers for a

miracle or healing. With the kind of
life condition, only God would be
their source of strength, hope and
redemption.

The Parish Church of Sta. Monica in Botolan,

Zambales. As of this writing , the date of erection is still
unknown.

According to the parish priest Father

Paolo it was in the year 1736 when
the
Recollect-missionaries
from
Pampanga gathered settlers in the

Adventure in Sta. Cruz

molave-type forests at Sitio

Matalahib,
Brgy.
Lucapon,
south of Sta. Cruz. It is about 4
kms
from
the
national
highway.

Alwasan Lanum Cave is located in Sta.

Cruz, Zambales. Alwasan Lanum is
Zambal which means "water outflow"
suggesting a concave fissure on the side
of a mountain endowed with rich natural
formations, the most unique of which is
the sound of cascading waters coming
out with cool breeze from the dark
recesses of the cavern.
The cave features a miniature waterfall
gushing from a narrow 2-feet opening
some 15 feet above the water level
below. Water plunges down to a pool
about 12-ft deep with a floor area of
some 20 square meters. The stream
flowing down the mouth of the cave
teems with shrimps, biya, "tabios", eel
and assorted array of small fish.

Apaan
Cave
Zambales

Sta.

Cruz,

Of the many caverns in

Central Luzon, only the bats of
the Apaan Cave can rival the
millions of bats that dwell in
the Bahay-Paniki Cave. Thick
guano deposits cover almost
all the floor area of the cave.
Entering the cave is difficult
though due to a narrow
opening at the entrance - at 2
feet only. Trekking east from
the national highway after
Uacon Bridge to the foot of the
Zambales
mountain
range
takes about two hours. The
cave can be reached by
passing through thick Anos
bamboo species and

Baloc-Baloc Cave
Sta. Cruz, Zambales
After a brief but arduous trek
thru rocky path, one is
rewarded with a magnificent
spectacle: a waterfall right
inside the cave. From a height
of about 10 meters, natural
cool spring water oozes out of
the cavernous ceiling and on
to the caves grotesque rocky

walls. Down under, a natureformed swimming pond awaits

the exhausted trekker.

Hermana Mayor
Sta. Cruz, Zambales

the
venue
where
the
candidates of the 1979 Miss
Universe
Beauty
Pageant
posed for photograph. It has
standard facilities for beach
combing and water sports
activities.

Island

An ideal place for diving,

swimming, and recreation, it is

Sagrada
Familia
Sta. Cruz, Zambales

Caves

Found along the cliffside of the

Zambales mountain ranges,
the Sagrada Familia caves are
typical of others except that a
mysterious image of the Holy
Family was caused by a
continuous dripping from the
apex of the cavern. Evidences
of coral fragments along the
cliffside point to the fact that
the area was millions of years
ago part of an ocean bed.