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Caving Adventure Travel
Mark Dia
Philippine Cave Guide Association
Gaia Exploration Club
Philippine Speleological Society
Why Caving
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The great mountains have been
climbed, the vast deserts crossed,
long rivers run. Every corner of the
planet has been mapped and
analyzed, studied by satellite. As
the global community shrinks, any
explorer who would be the first to
set foot on unknown land is left with
three choices: fly into space,
descend to the ocean floor, or go
caving.
What Caving Offers
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Has elements of various sports
Has different levels of difficulty
– Horizontal, Vertical
Adventure/Tourism
–Dry, Wet
Adventure/Tourism
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Offers various points of interest
 GEOLOGY
Adventure/Tourism
–Biology
Adventure/Tourism
–History
Adventure/Tourism
–Archaeology
Sagada burial caves
Philippine Caving Potential
Karst areas in the Philippines
based on Balázs 1973
Caving Areas and Infrastructure
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Guides
– Philippine
Cave
Guides
Association
– Local cave
guides
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Rescue
Network
Many areas
are
unexplored
Source: Varstvo Krasa Na Filipinih by D. F. Restificar, M. J. Day and P. B. Urich
Points of Contact
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Philippine Speleological
Society
– Luzon
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Gaia Exploration Club (GEC)
Sang-at Salog Outdoor Club
(SSOC)
– Visayas
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Speleo Cebu
Western Visayas Caving
Association (WVCA)
Bohol Explorers (BoEx)
– Mindanao
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Conservation Recreation Exercises
(CORE)
Davao Speleological Society
(DSPECS)
Sarangani Bay Outdoor Club
(SBOC)
Speleo Mindanao
Training
 Basic
caving
Training
 Survey
and
mapping
Training
 Vertical
Caving
Techniques
Training
 Cave
tour
guiding
Training
 Cave
rescue
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