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Pamitinan Protected Landscape

Montalban, Philippines

Pamitinan Protected Landscape

The Pamitinan Protected Landscape is a Philippine protected area of approximately 609 hectares (1,500 acres) in the Sierra Madre mountain range, just 34 kilometres (21 mi) northeast of Metro Manila. It contains and protects the Montalban Gorge formed by the Marikina River that separates Mount Pamiti

nan and Mount Binacayan in the municipality of Rodriguez in Rizal. Established in 1996 through Proclamation No. 901 issued by President Fidel Ramos, the park is originally a component of the Mariquina Reserve founded in 1904 to protect the watershed of the Marikina River that supplied water to the City of Manila from the Wawa Dam located just above the Montalban Gorge in the early 1900s. The park is visited for its scenic views, as well as for recreational activities as hiking, mountain climbing, spelunking and historical sightseeing. It includes the Pamitinan Cave which played a role during the Philippine Revolution and was the focal point of the longest running battle during the Liberation of the Philippines during World War II, and is the setting of legends surrounding the Tagalog folk hero, Bernardo Carpio. The picturesque Montalban Gorge was declared a National Geological Monument and...

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