Underground River 2013 Unforgettable Experience

An Unforgettable Experience of One of the World’s Wonders

UnderGround River PPC

When I first learned that going to the Puerto Princesa Underground River was part of our itinerary, I and my friends literally jumped in joy. Heck, it’s one awesome experience! Just the fact that we will be seeing one of the world’s New Seven Wonders is exciting enough.

Sabang Beach Palawan

From where we were staying it was a good 2-hour drive to Sabang Beach where a boat to the Underground River waits for us. Though, it took us a little longer as we had a stop-over at Ugong Cave and tried spelunking and ziplining.

When we arrived at the Sabang Beach, we did have time to take lunch first. It was a little hassle there. There were a lot of processes. Well, I couldn’t blame them. The Underground River has been receiving too much volume of tourists in the past years and they just have to keep being organized to protect the place.

After our lunch and when we were called to ride the boat, we were just like kids who got our birthday present. The boat ride was around 20 minutes and it was wavy. I swear, the wind was so strong that it caused big waves. The big waves in turn made our travel like we were in a roller coaster ride.

Underground River

When we arrived there, the shoreline was so beautiful with a really tall lime stone on one side. I was also surprised when I saw macaques and Komodo dragons on the loose. We were reminded to not bring out shiny things to prevent these creatures from attacking us.

Anyway, we went further to the mouth of the cave. It was one thing to see the cave. It was another thing to go inside it.

The funny thing was when we were still entering the cave, we wore shades and the tour guide reminded us that it is going to be really dark inside. Stupid much.

UNDERGROUND RIVER

It was a long tour inside and we could smell something funny and the tour guide said that the smell came from bat manure. But above the smell, the rock formations were very exceptional. It was then that I realized why it was included in the New Seven Wonders of the World.

There were a lot of rock formations. The tour guide told us some background information about them. In the duration of the trip, which was around 30 minutes, I was in awe and I couldn’t be fully attentive to the tour guide. This is the reason why I could only note some formations.

There were the different formations that looked like animals. The boat guide will tell you what this rock formation looks like. We saw something like a fish, horses, elephants, and even a pterodactyl dinosaur. There was also this section called the “marketplace”. This is because the rock formations around look like vegetables. But, the section that wowed me was what they called the “Cathedral”. It was an area inside the cave where the ceiling is really very high and there was a rock formation that looked like the face of Jesus Christ.

It was a little sad when we saw the light at the end of the tunnel as it signified that the trip was over. But, it truly was an experience to remember, one that I would never get tired of sharing to people over and over again. I am definitely bringing my family there and tell them that we should be proud of this Philippine heritage.

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