Sibuyan Island, Romblon, Philippines…
May 6, 2008 by wiltravelphil
Filed under Adventures, Places, Travel
Yet Another island! A perfect place for great adventure and more! So, for those of you who wish to visit this place this summer then better grab your chance now! Rest assure that you’ll definitely had a great time in this place.
Sibuyan is a crescent-shaped island of Romblon Province, Philippines. It has an area of 445 km². The island has two prominent peaks, Mount Guiting-Guiting with a height of 2,058 m and Mount Nailog with a height of 789 m. It has been dubbed by some local and international natural scientists as the Galapagos of Asia.
Sibuyan has lived with its isolation from the rest of the world since its birth. Never in its geological history has it ever been connected with any part of the Philippine archipelago. Seismic forces pushed up a 2,000-meter peak from the earth’s crust, forming a series of smaller peaks and slopes. The peak is Mt. Guiting-guiting (literally means “the saw-toothed mountain”, in reference to its jagged ridge. And because of the steep slopes, much of its original forest remains untouched), and the rest is the island as we find it today. Photo Credit: digitalEnvironmentalist