Caving Adventure TravelCaving Adventure Travel
Mark DiaMark DiaPhilippine Cave Guide AssociationPhilippine Cave Guide Association
Gaia Exploration ClubGaia Exploration Club
Philippine Speleological SocietyPhilippine Speleological Society
Why Caving Why Caving The great mountains have been The great mountains have been
climbed, the vast deserts crossed, climbed, the vast deserts crossed, long rivers run. Every corner of the long rivers run. Every corner of the planet has been mapped and planet has been mapped and analyzed, studied by satellite. As analyzed, studied by satellite. As the global community shrinks, any the global community shrinks, any explorer who would be the first to explorer who would be the first to set foot on unknown land is left with set foot on unknown land is left with three choices: fly into space, three choices: fly into space, descend to the ocean floor, or go descend to the ocean floor, or go caving. caving.
What Caving OffersWhat Caving Offers
Has elements of various sportsHas elements of various sports Has different levels of difficultyHas different levels of difficulty
– Horizontal, VerticalHorizontal, Vertical
Adventure/TourismAdventure/Tourism
– Dry, WetDry, Wet
Adventure/TourismAdventure/Tourism
Offers various points of interestOffers various points of interest GEOLOGY GEOLOGY
Adventure/TourismAdventure/Tourism
– BiologyBiology
Adventure/TourismAdventure/Tourism
– HistoryHistory
Adventure/TourismAdventure/Tourism
– ArchaeologyArchaeology
Sagada burial caves
Philippine Caving Potential Philippine Caving Potential
Karst areas in the Philippines based on Balázs 1973
Caving Areas and Infrastructure Caving Areas and Infrastructure
GuidesGuides– Philippine Philippine
Cave Cave Guides Guides Association Association
– Local cave Local cave guidesguides
Rescue Rescue NetworkNetwork
Many areas Many areas are are unexploredunexplored
Source: Varstvo Krasa Na Filipinih by D. F. Restificar, M. J. Day and P. B. Urich
Points of ContactPoints of Contact
Philippine Speleological Philippine Speleological SocietySociety– LuzonLuzon
Gaia Exploration Club (GEC)Gaia Exploration Club (GEC) Sang-at Salog Outdoor Club (SSOC)Sang-at Salog Outdoor Club (SSOC)
– VisayasVisayas Speleo CebuSpeleo Cebu Western Visayas Caving Western Visayas Caving
Association (WVCA)Association (WVCA) Bohol Explorers (BoEx)Bohol Explorers (BoEx)
– MindanaoMindanao Conservation Recreation Exercises Conservation Recreation Exercises
(CORE)(CORE) Davao Speleological Society Davao Speleological Society
(DSPECS)(DSPECS) Sarangani Bay Outdoor Club Sarangani Bay Outdoor Club
(SBOC)(SBOC) Speleo MindanaoSpeleo Mindanao
TrainingTraining
Basic cavingBasic caving
TrainingTraining
Survey and Survey and mappingmapping
TrainingTraining
Vertical Caving Vertical Caving TechniquesTechniques
TrainingTraining
Cave tour Cave tour guidingguiding
TrainingTraining
Cave rescueCave rescue
DoDoña ña Remedios TrinidadRemedios Trinidad
DoDoña ña Remedios TrinidadRemedios Trinidad