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Welcome to Puerto Princesa City – Your Gateway to Urban Adventure and Natural Wonders. From the tranquil beauty of Baywalk Park and the lush surroundings of the Palawan Wildlife Rescue and Conservation Center, to the historical richness of Plaza Cuartel and the interactive experiences at the Palawan Heritage Center, Puerto Princesa offers a city-based adventure like no other.
Butterfly Garden
A place that reflects the mesmerizing beauty of a province that is known as the “Last Frontier of the Philippines”. It showcases a sheer variety of Palawan Butterflies. These free flying butterflies are surrounded with live exhibits of scorpions, green-crested lizards, phasmid and mantises which are their natural predators. It is a window to the natural ecology of these colorful insects.
Puerto Princesa Baywalk
Puerto Princesa Baywalk is the city’s own version of Manila’s Manila de Bay, Cebu’s Plaza Independencia and Davao’s Magsaysay and People’s Park. It is a long stretch of concrete structure where public can hang out to. It also holds the emblem of Palawan’s Pheasant peacock. Here you can pig out on the food stalls surrounding the area or rent a bicycle and just play along.
Puerto Princesa Underground River
A World Heritage Site, A New 7 Wonders of Nature, this natural wonder features an 8.2 kilometer navigable Underground River, reputed to be the world’s longest that winds through a spectacular cave before emptying out in to the West Philippine Sea.
Mitra Ranch
Rancho Sta. Monica, popularly known as Mitra’s Ranch, used to be a private property. They’ve long been opened to the public from 6AM-6PM. It is among the must-see of PPS because this gives you an astonishing view of Puerto Princesa City There are lots of activities in the area like trampoline, horse back riding, and zip lining!
Whale and Dolphin Watching
Go enjoy watching long-snouted spinner dolphins leap and whales play at waters of Puerto Princesa Bay. The tour is being run by the Barangay Tulingan Fishermen’s Association that helps in the conservation efforts of protecting the bay.
Crocodile Farm and Nature Park
Enjoy a wildlife Eco tour as you visit this facility that works to conserve the two endangered species of crocodiles found in the Philippines, the saltwater crocodile and the endemic Philippine freshwater crocodile. See for real these cold blooded animals and get to know the facts about these species of reptiles, the only known survivors of the Dinosaur Age. It would be interesting as well to learn the economic importance of crocodilians.
Forest Canopy Eco Parks
The Irawan Eco Park located south of Puerto Princesa is a 3,000 hectares Flora and Fauna Protected Area which forms part of the Irawan Watershed. The Irawan Forest is accessible even to non hiking persons. Even the less adventurous who don’t want to take the Forest Canopy Zip line, the eco and river tour itself is well worth a trip up to the Eco Park just to explore and commune with nature and walk along its crystal clear river.
World War 2 Memorial Museum
Special Battalion World War II Memorial Museum” was inaugurated by the family of local hero Dr. Higinio Mendoza Sr. Some of the museum pieces that are interesting to see are a historic typewriter and stenography machine, which Mendoza claimed was used by Gen. Douglas McArthur in Manila; old vehicles used during WWII; rusting guns and ammunition; uniforms of American soldiers who fought with the guerillas; miniature war planes and ships; and old paper denominations used during the war.
Immaculate Concepcion Cathedral
On March 10,1872, six days after the Spanish expedition arrived in Puerto Princesa, the first mass was celebrated by the Rev. Fr. Exequiel Moreno in the same place where the cathedral now stands. He later erected the parish under the patronage of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception. It took almost a century though before the present cathedral was built, in 1961, under then Bishop Most Rev. Gregorio Espiga. The interesting angular structure departs from the conventional religious architecture of most churches in the country.
Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm
This unique “prison without bars” was established by the Americans in 1904. The inmates tend vast farms instead of idly spending time behind bars. The more enterprising earn by making handicrafts and other productive activities during their spare time. Iwahig has since become synonymous to finely handcrafted bags and other souvenir items.
Mendoza Park
Named after Dr. Higinio Mendoza, war hero of Palawan. Doctor Mendoza’s resistance to Japanese control led to his execution at Canigaran on January 24, 1944. His remains and those of several unknown soldiers were entered into the memorial found on one side of the park. The park is shaded by age-old acacia trees and surrounded with ornamental plants. On the east side of the park is an amphitheater where countless presentations are year-long.
Princess Eulalia Park
It features the statue of a princess whom the park was named and a memorial marker as a perennial remembrance of the founders of Puerto Princesa. It is the site where the decree of the foundation of Puerto Princesa was proclaimed by Captain Don Jose Sostao, head of the Spanish expedition, on March 4, 1872 amid salvos of gunfire.
