Quezon Protected Landscape

The Quezon Protected Landscape is a protected area in the Republic of the Philippines, spanning the municipalities of Pagbilao, Padre Burgos and Atimonan in Quezon province. The park is situated north of the narrowest section of Luzon in Quezon province, located about 164km southeast of Metro Manila.Protected areaThe park was first established as a national park on October 25, 1934 with Proclamation no. 740. The parks has a total area of and was named as Quezon National Park. The park was enlarged to with Proclamation no. 594 on August 5, 1940. After the implementation of the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) in 1992, the park was reclassified as a protected landscape. The park was reestablished as Quezon Protected Landscape on June 2, 2003 by Proclamation No. 394, with a smaller area of.Park featuresQuezon Protected Landscape is situated in the southern Sierra Madre mountain range on Luzon island. The landscape is lowland rainforest with karst landscape and vegetation. Activities in the park include bird watching, hiking to Mount Mirador (See below), trekking to view the flora and fauna, or trekking to the 80m Bantakay Falls in Brgy. Sta. Catalina. There are least five waterfalls in the park with Bantakay, the most accessible. Near the falls is Bantakay Caves which is open for exploring. Some of the other caves in the park include Cueva Santa and Nilubugan Cave.