Jackpot Cave
Penablanca, Cagayan
Jackpot Cave is one of the limestone caves located in the Municipality of Penablanca, Cagayan province, in the Philippines. The seven-chamber show cave is one of 300 caves that dot the area and the best known natural tourist attractions of the province.
Jackpot Cave and the other caves are situated in the western foothills of the Northern Sierra Madre Mountains of the Philippines. ...
They are situated within the Penablanca Protected Landscape and Seascape, which stretches from the caves to the eastern shores of Penablanca town in the Pacific Ocean.
Jackpot Cave in Sitio Tumallo, Bgy. Quibal also Penablanca is allegedly the country's second deepest cave with a surveyed depth of about 115 m and a surveyed length of 355 m. It has a walking passage, winding streams and various-sized pools, multi-depth shafts and drops for lots of rope works.
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Cagayans Callao Cave Home to the ancient Filipino
"Dumanonkayo, apo, ditoy taeng ti kataengan a Pilipino."
The greeting ??" typically Ilocano, a major language in the northeastern part of Luzon, including the province of Cagayan ??" welcomes visitors to one of the province's best tourist attractions, the seven-chambered Callao Cave, 21 kms northeast of this capital city.
Loosely translated, the Ilocano greeting means "welcome, sirs/madams, to the home of the oldest Filipino" ??" in reference to the cave where the remains of the ancient Filipino were discovered.
Local officials, led by Gov. Alvaro Antonio, are inviting visitors ??" fi ... -
Discover Jackpot Cave in Penablanca Cagayan
The province of Cagayan is a paradise for spelunkers, or cave explorers, because of the sheer number of known caves in the province, one of which is Jackpot Cave, a particularly interesting challenge even to the most seasoned of explorers.
Jackpot Cave is one of the many caves that can be found in the province of Cagayan. The Cave is located at Sitio Tumallo, Barangay Quibal in Peñablanca. At 115 meters, it is the second deepest cave in the country. The cave has a walking size passage, shafts and drops of varying depths that provide for a lot of rope work. Meandering streams and four poo ... -
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Travel Guide Callao Cave
Cave is perhaps one of the most popular caves in the Philippines (even more popular than the caves of Sagada) and the best known tourist attraction of the Cagayan Province. It is located in Barangays Parabba and Quibal, in the town of Peñablanca, a thirty minute drive from the provincial capitol Tuguegarao.
Unlike the caves of Sagada, Callao Cave is very easy to explore but requires little test of endurance as you go up the stair with close to 200 steps before witnessing the massive limestone and rock formations inside.
It is made up of seven chambers and various formations: the Column, ...