A slow walk into the 1000 linear meter paved trail from the entrance of the Park into the different spots immersed one into the greens of the surrounding. A comfortably cool temperature of 23 degrees Celsius or lower inside the Park helps one to breathe easily. It’s like basking on all the oxygen one can get from the trees that makes the lungs happy.
The Park is a second-growth Molave and dipterocarp forest that is a safe haven for many endemic species of plants and animals, even insects.
It has 13 caves, each with unique features. Most visited are the Guiso, which is a habitat of bats and swiftlets; Tuko, a small cave with unique stalactite formation; and the Maestranza, famous as a historical cave where guerillas during the Spanish, American and Japanese period took shelter.
Maestranza Cave is the site of the “Cry of Lincud” which began the Philippine Revolution in Iloilo in 1898. Inside the cave, one can see patriotic messages in old Spanish writings. One is El que ama verdaderamente a su patria no mira su provecho propio, which means: He who truly loves his country does not see his own advantage; and the other one is Los Republicanos Juran Morir Antes Que Entregarse, which means: The Republicans Swear To Die Before
