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KOMODO ISLAND

One of three major islands of the Komodo National Park

Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesian archipelago,  Province of East Nusa Tenggara Province

World Heritage Site and UNESCO Man and Biosphere Reserve

Tourist attractions

Komodo is part of the Lesser Sunda chain of islands in Indonesian archipelago and one of three major islands of the Komodo National Park. It lies between the substantially larger neighboring islands Sumbawa to the west and Flores to the east. The island's surface area covers 390 square kilometres. Administratively, it is part of the East Nusa Tenggara Province.  The island is particularly notable as the habitat of the Komodo dragon, the largest lizard on Earth, which is named for the island. Komodo was accepted as a biosphere reserve under the UNESCO Man and Biosphere Programme in January 1977, in 1980 it was declared  World Heritage Site and a Man and Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1986 as part of Komodo National Park, both indications of the Park's biological importance. The island is also a popular destination for diving and it has been included into the controversial New7Wonders of Nature list since November 11, 2011.

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Wright Park, Baguio City, Philippines

Wright Park is located right across The MANSION (the official summer residence of the President of the Philippines) with the beautiful, and much photographed Pool of the Pines. Wright Park Riding Circle is the flat and wide triangle below it where 200 horses are available for hire.

Little kids often refer to the riding area as "Ride Park" because of the horses of course -- after all, they have no idea who Luke E. Wright is, after whom the park is named.

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TIGER SAFARI

(Subic, Olongapo City)

SN: 8-07903   300P8-129-29

The only Tiger Safari in the Philippines where you can witness an exciting close encounter (2 ft. away) with Siberian and Bengal tigers found inside Zoobic Zafari.

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AVILON MONTALBAN ZOOLOGICAL PARK

 Rodriguez, Rizal, Philippines

is the largest zoological park in the Philippines with 7.5 hectares located in the province of Rodriguez (formerly Montalban), Rizal. Its name is derived from the word "Aves" or birds and "lon" for land.

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MANILA ZOO

Adriatico St, Manila

with a land area of 5.5 hectares (14 acres,) opened on July 25, 1959.  It houses several endemic and indigenous species of animals. The most popular resident is Mali, an Asian elephant.  The zoo has souvenir shops, boating rentals at the lagoon and several playgrounds.

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ZOOBIC ZAFARI

Subic, Olongapo City

SN: 8-08206   300P8-229-01

A 25 hectares amusement park where visitors enjoy watching exotic animals

roaming in their natural habitat and surroundings. 

SAVANA: Ostritch 

SERPENTARIUM: Crocodiles, Snakes etc. 

ZOOBIC PARK (petting zoo) with albino carabao, lamb among other creatures

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 TONGARIRO NATIONAL PARK 

New Zealand 

UNESCO Dual World Heritage

New Zealand's First National Park

Fourth National Park to be created in the World

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GUNUNG MULU NATIONAL PARK 

Sarawak, Malaysia 

UNESCO World Heritage Site 

Largest Sarawak National Park 

Major Tourist Attraction

Type:  Natural          Criteria:  vii, viii, ix, x          Reference:  1013          Inscription:  2000 (24^th Session)

  

Gunung Mulu National Park near Miri, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that encompasses caves and karst formations in a mountainous equatorial rainforest setting. The park is famous for its caves and the expeditions that have been mounted to explore them and their surrounding rainforest, most notably the Royal Geographical Society Expedition of 1977–1978, which saw over 100 scientists in the field for 15 months. This initiated a series of over 20 expeditions now drawn together as the Mulu Caves Project.  The national park is named after Mount Mulu, the second highest mountain in Sarawak.

Gunung Mulu National Park is one of Nature’s most spectacular achievements and the ‘Jewels in the Crown’ of Sarawak’s expanding network of national park. It is also the largest national park covering 544 sq km of primary rainforest contain significant natural habitat for in-situ conservation of biological diversity and the protection of threatened flora and fauna species. Mulu’s greatest attractions lie deep below the surface, one of the largest limestone cave system in the world.

The National Park is renowned for its caves that have amazing record in the world. They are the (Sarawak Chamber), which is the world’s largest (natural) cave chamber in the world. Sarawak Chamber, found in Gua Nasib Bagus. It has been said that the chamber is so big that it could accommodate about 40 Boeing 747s, without overlapping their wings.  (Clearwater Cave), which is the longest cave in the South East Asia is believed to be the largest interconnected cave system in the world by volume and the 8th longest cave in the world at 207 km (May 2014), and also (Deer Cave), the world’s largest cave passage.

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MANILA ZOO

Manila, Philippines

MANILA ZOO was one of the first in Asia. Among of its new attraction is the Kinder Zoo, where visitors can interact with pet animals. It has also the so called “Interactive fountain” and an amphitheater, a lagoon as well as a spacious playground.