CARAMOAN
ADVENTURE: PUYATERs EXPLOREs KULAPNIT
CAVE
BY:
BELLE ALDE & EXZUR CHAVEZ
“The beauty of one thing is not always shown on it
physical appearance, look what is inside and explore what you have found and
then tell me.”acern.talk
The local of
Tabgon, Caramoan is once to discover the truly captivating and breathtaking
beauty of Kulapnit Cave. Unexploited, untouched, and built naturally by nature
itself. Kulapnit cave is used to be the sanctuary of the famous big bat “KULAPNIT” were the
cave named after. Traces of Kulapnit are
still noticeable, although the local mention Kulapnit abandoned the cave years
ago. Unlike any other cave the Kulapnit cave has natural running water from the
opening till the end.
The Kulapnit
cave was once closed to the public due to the ownership issue until it was
resolved, now tourist and visitor can freely visit the cave.
OUR EXPERIENCE
Just like anybody, we are hesitant, coz we
don’t want to spoil our vacation we decided to explore the cave. To get to
Kulapnit cave we have to rent a “top down” the modern transportation the town
can offer aside from Bangka.
From the “Groto” it takes ten to fifteen (10-15
min.) minutes, plus five (5) minutes walk through the rice field to the house
of care taker and to meet the cave tour guide.
Another 5 to 10 minutes to get to the cave entrance
And we have to cross the river
Before we get into the cave entrance
The cave tour guide and another guide
at the end of that staircase is the true challenge
We found this peel with a heart shape... wait a
minute is she wearing a diamond ring while exploring cave?
a fun after
eye on the camera please... another group would want to explore the cave I just told myself hehehe GOOD LUCK!
The cave is a miraculous one of the guide told us!
They say face of the Virgin Mary formed in of one the stalagmite, other said
face of Jesus Christ is formed in one of the stalactite but all of this was seems
to be true since one of the guide just broke the lamp (unintentionally) which
we are about to used inside the cave, and soo the guide had a hard time which of the stalactite
and stalagmite, miraculous or not faith in God is not about what you saw but
rather what you believe in.
IPhone camera
light plus head torch light served as our only survival kit inside the cave... bruises
and scratches left as my evidence but hey nothing to worry about.Narrow passages and small holes and an almost ten feet
rocky wall need to be climbed (rope and cable free) just to get to the end of the cave.
Yes we made it!
