Calauit Game Preserve and Widlife Sanctuary of Palawan: The African Safari of the Philippines

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"Surprisingly, travel to Calauit Island is not so popular, and many are not aware of the existence of the herds of African animals roaming freely in the island. The relative inaccessibility, the lack of promotion, and the high cost of travel may have something to do with the low interest of the people."

The Calauit Game Preserve and Widlife Sanctuary or Safari Park in Palawan, specifically located at Calauit Island, a 3,700 hectare island in the Calamian Islands chain that lies off the coast of Palawan in the MIMAROPA region of the Philippines, is like a spitting image of Africa in the Philippines.

"The sanctuary holds the single distinction as the first successful wildlife translocation experiment in Asia, and it is also one of the eight places outside of Africa that is hosts to African wildlife."

Aside from zebras and giraffes, the game reserve is also home to peacock pheasants, porcupines, sea eagles, wildcats, scaly anteaters, and pythons. Whether endemic or imported from Africa, the animals here seem to be mostly living in a peaceful co-existence. Though the animals are free to roam and make their own territories that they can claim as their own, there exist fighting among some animals ending to some dying from the wounds after the ruckus. Sadly, there were also reports of poaching.

Unlimited Hoegaarden Beer for All to Celebrate World Beer Cup Win

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Thank you to Booze Online for inviting Wazzup Pilipinas to attend the extended celebration of Hoegaarden's win at the 2016 World Beer Cup which evaluates beers around the world and recognizes the most outstanding breweries and their beers every two years. 

The celebration was held on May 12 at the rooftop of Manila House located at Net Park in Bonifacio Global City (BGC). The place was a little bit hard to find if you don't know the entrance that's near Green Pastures. Luckily I was told where exactly to find it.

Starting as early as 4 pm, attendees were treated to some craft-making activities along with eco-bags that they can personalize by picking stamp designs depicting ingredients of the beer as well as the Hoegaarden logo. Creativity is of course on your side as it was very easy to come up with your preferred look.

These eco-bags were given at the event registration where they would ask you to sign up. When I felt they were empty and plain dirty white, I knew there will some sort of activity at the event that will make use of the eco-bag.

You will also be getting the air plants (with an almost blooming flower in the middle) that can be placed on a wooden square with threads thingy where you could hang the air plants. They are said to grow bigger and the flower to fully bloom soon. Now, that would be fun to watch everyday as it progresses to become a beautiful flowery air plant. I just hope it survives long for I may no longer be a green thumb.

Strikingly Beautiful Photos of the Underground River of Palawan

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The Underground River of Puerto Princesa, Palawan, also known as the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park, is best appreciated when personally seen because most photos do not give enough justice to how strikingly beautiful it really is.

However, I am pretty impressed with the photos seen here done by Professional photographer Collin Sarthou Yap, one of our partner photographers at Wazzup Pilipinas. He did a marvelous job of capturing the beauty of the underground river.

The underground river has placed Palawan in the forefront of tourism after it was hailed as one of the new seven wonders of nature. 

"This park features a spectacular limestone karst landscape with an underground river. One of the river's distinguishing features is that it emerges directly into the sea, and its lower portion is subject to tidal influences. The area also represents a significant habitat for biodiversity conservation. The site contains a full 'mountain-to-sea' ecosystem and has some of the most important forests in Asia." - UNESCO

It may be just a short ride, but the experience seeing these wonders of nature is a sight to behold giving it a rightful place on all bucket lists. You should not miss seeing the beauty of the underground river.