Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park (also called Puerto Princesa Underground River) is a protected area in the country which features a spectacular limestone karst landscape and an underground river. The site represents a significant habitat for biodiversity conservation and boasts a full ‘mountain-to-sea’ ecosystem.
Because it represents a unique ecosystem and features the most important forests in Asia, it was declared by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site on December 4, 1999. On November 11, 2011, Puerto Princesa Underground River was provisionally chosen as one of the New7Wonders of Nature and was officially confirmed on January 28, 2012.
The cave inside the national park is one of the largest cave rooms in the world while the river winds through it before flowing directly into the West Philippine Sea. The forest formations represent eight of the thirteen forest types found in Asia such as mountain forest, beach forest, and mangrove forest.
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