Aside from the beautiful islands, beaches and amazing diving sites in the Calamian Islands, did you know that you can also find a safari park here. Calauit Safari Park is located in Calauit Islands, northwest of Busuanga. Here you can find wild animals from Africa just roaming in the open area.
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| Calauit Safari Park |
How to get there
The most convenient way to get there is to book a tour from the tour agencies in Coron town proper. They will arrange everything from transportation to entrance fees, as well as food. You can choose from a 3-hour land travel or a 4-hour boat ride. The entrance fee to the park, in case you are wondering, is PhP 200.00 for local tourists and PhP 400.00 for foreigners. |
| Calauit Island Port |
The Safari Park
Upon arriving in the park, you will be proceeding to the information center for the registration and a little briefing. After the briefing, A tour guide will be assigned to your group to start the tour. We did the tour by walking but, there is also a jeepney you can ride. |
| Information Center |
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| Calauit Safari Park Rates |
The safari park is around 3,700 hectares. Most animals like the giraffes, zebras and different species of antelopes are from Kenya. The late president Marcos attended a conference in Africa and discovered that Kenya needs some volunteer countries to adopt some of its wildlife to preserve it from threats like the war and drought. Thus, Calauit Island was declared a wildlife sanctuary.
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| "Old but not obsolete" |
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| Giraffes and herd of zebras just roaming around |
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| A closer look to our long-necked friends |
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| Each giraffe has a name, but, forgot this dude's name |
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| Zebras going for a drink |
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| A female and a baby Calamian deer. These deers are endemic in Palawan. |
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| Look, a zebra family! |
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| A Zeal; You can tell the zebra's gender by its stripe. The male's stripe is blacker than the female. |
The feeding area has a gazebo in the middle before. But, the gazebo got destroyed by typhoon "Yolanda" last 2013. Other trees and structures in the park were also destroyed by the typhoon.
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| The feeding area. |
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| Our tour guide showing us how to feed the giraffes |
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| They just love to eat |
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| They're friendly especially when you have food |
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| Our friend is still hungry |
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| Cute little wild bearded piglets. These piglets are endemic to Palawan. |
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| The plastron or belly of the turtle determines its gender. The male is slightly concave and the female is just straight. |
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| What are they doing? They're wrestling. |
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| Other animals enclosed to a cage in the park |
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| The old but reliable safari jeepney |
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| Cheers from Calauit Safari! |
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