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During our training program we also make sure all our students are taking advantage of being in Philippines which has many great tourist attractions. Master Ariel will personally take you to visit Filipino best natural wonders which includes

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During our training program we also make sure all our students are taking advantage of being in Philippines which has many great tourist attractions. Master Ariel will personally take you to visit Filipino best natural wonders which includes

1. Puerto Princesa Underground River, Puerto Princesa, Palawan

   

Puerto Princesa Underground River, Puerto Princesa, Palawan

 One of the New Seven Wonders of Nature, The Puerto Princesa Underground River (PPUR) is indeed one of the most astonishing and amazing cave systems in the world. Located in the Saint Paul Mountain Range about 76 km north of the Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, the PPUR is the Longest Underground River in Asia and the Second Longest Underground River in the World with an 8.2 km long traversable underground river that directly flows to the sea.

Also knownas St. Paul’s Subterranean River and Puerto Princess Subterranean River National Park, the PPUR is actually one of the most protected areas of the Philippines.

What’s the wonder of this underground river is that it is naturally-inspired by Mother Nature. As the New 7 Wonders of Nature stated, “At the mouth of the cave, a clear lagoon is framed by ancient trees growing right to the water’s edge. Monkeys large monitor lizards, and squirrels find their niche on the beach near the cave.”

Meanwhile, it features a limestone karst mountain landscape with a full mountain landscape with a full mountain to sea ecosystems and protects a forest which includes major formations of stalactites and stalagmites, and even several large chambers inside the underground river.

Just don’t be surprised to see naturally sculpted arrays of stalagmites and stalactites that forms like Pegasus-the winged horse of Hercules, or the Last Supper of Jesus Christ. Not only that, expect to witness the formation of fruits and vegetables inside the cave, religious figures or even the extinct formation of a T-rex.

2.Boracay Island

Boracay Island

 Formed like a dumb-bell and best known as a vacationer’s paradise, Boracay Island is one of the best    beaches in the world and always on the list of the best beach destinations in Asia because of its 4 km long powdered-like white sand beach and the crystal clear turquoise water.

Boracay Island has 12 beaches to count. The most famous is the White Beach which most of the Night Life, establishments such as hotels, restaurants, shopping malls, and bars are situated. Bulabog Beach on the other hand is directly opposite and is the secondary water sports beach which mainly protected by a great reef.

Boracay Island sunset

Aside of its famous white sand, Boracay Island also have one of the best sunsets in the world that will surely inspires you to enjoy life and live to the fullest. That is why it is being tagged as a vacationer’s paradise.

3 Hundred Islands, Pangasinan

Hundred Islands National Park is a group of Islands with 124 islands at low tide and 123 at high tide scattered along the Lingayen Gulf located in the Alaminos City, Pangasinan.

It covers an area of 18.44 square km (4,557 acres) and believed to be about 20 million years old. Some of the islands are actually have the peculiar “mushroom”-like shapes.

What made it on the list of the best nature spots in the Philippines is that it is wildlife and a home of the following animals. These are monitor lizards, crab-eating macaque, dugong, fraser’s dolphin, common palm civet, laticauda colubrina, olive ridley, green sea turtle, species of red turtle, gecko, various bat species and rodent species.

4.Taal Volcano, Batangas

                                                Taal Volcano, Batangas

Where can you find a volcano within a lake within a volcano within a lake within an Island within a sea? The answer is located between the towns of Talisay and San Nicolas in Batangas well known as the Taal Volcano.

Taal Volcano is a complex volcano, the Smallest Active Volcano in the World, and part of a chain of volcanoes along the western side of the edge of the island of Luzon, which were formed by the subduction of the Eurasion Plate underneath the Philippine Mobile Belt.

It is one of the best nature spots because it offers and provides a picturesque and panoramic view to its tourists. And what’s unique about this nature wonder is that it is a volcano within a lake called the Crater Lake within Volcanoes called Volcano Island and Mt. Macolod surrounded by another lake called the Taal Lake within an Island of Luzon surrounded by the West Philippine Sea.

 5.Maria Cristina Falls, Iligan City

 Maria Cristina Falls, Iligan City

- The Maria Cristina Falls is the Second Highest Falls in the Philippines with a 320 feet high waterfall which is located in the boundaries of Barangay Maria Cristina, Ditucalan, and Buru-un, Iligan City, 9.3 kilometers away southwest of the city proper.

Maria Cristina Falls is sometimes called the “twin falls” as the flow is separated by a rock at the center of the waterfall. Maria Cristina Falls considered as the most splendid falls among the 23 waterfalls found in Iligan City mainly because it offers an alluring natural beauty and grandeur of Mother Nature. As a matter of fat, is it called as the Mother of Industry and Fountainhead of Progress because it generates 70% of Mindanao’s electricity system.

6.Mt. Apo, Davao

Mt. Apo, Davao

Mount Apo is best known as the country’s highest peak towering at 2,954 meters (9,672 ft) above sea level located between Davao City, Davao del Sur, and Cotabato Province. Being the highest mountain and volcano in the country, Mount Apo is also known as the Grandfather of Philippine Mountains.

It is also one of the best nature spots because aside of being the most popular climbing destinations in the country and a climber’s dream destination, it also houses the Second World’s Largest Bird and Country’s National Bird called the Philippine Eagle (Pithecophaga Jeffreyi). Not only that, the mountain is also an home to over 272 bird species, 111 of which are endemic to the area, 69 families of amphibians, reptiles and mammals and 118 species of butterflies. Plus the fact that the King of Fruits called the Durian grows abundantly to this area.

- A newly discovered water fall, Asik-asik falls is becoming a new tourist destination in the Philippines. Located in the remote sub-village of Dulao, Barangay Upper Dado, Alamada, North Cotabato, Asik-asik falls is the Only Waterfall Spring in the Philippines. 

What’s unique and best of this spot is that the water sprouts from the rock on a cliff at the edge of a hill. Thus, the water flows from the wall of the rocks. It has even being tagged by the National Geographic Channel as the "No-River-On-Top Falls" because of this unique formation of the water-spring falls.

Indeed, this newly discovered attraction is one of the natural wonders of Mother Nature and one of the best nature spots in the country which possesses pristine and a quaint sight of natural world.

Asik-asik Falls, North Cotabato

There are more nature spots that can be seen and found in the Philippines aside of the above-mentioned destinations. The Top 10 results are based on the author’s point of view of the article’s topic. Hence, it will not reflect directly to other’s perception of the best nature spots in the Philippines. Moreover, the selected natural wonders are being carefully examined, researched, and chosen by the author on his journey on traveling and exploring the best spots in the Philippines.

 

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About Master Ariel Amato

Hall of fame 2014 2nd Philippines Martial Art. Started Practicing Martial arts at a tender age and now he is regarded as one of the best Karatekas in the Philippines specializing in Arnis. Master Ariel, has learned the craft of martial arts and he has proved to be a world class Arnis (Philippines Martial Arts). Master Ariel Amato has received several certificate as well as a qualified master instructor. He has proven to be a very good master instructor by leading a team of local and international students from basic technic to advance black belt technics.

Every year several students graduate from his club with black belts and according to the analysis made all of them are well satisfied by his training. He is still welcome students from all parts of the world as he says Martial arts is his calling and he wants to share it with everyone who is willing 

Amato Arnis Classic Combat Martial Arts Organization

Fast growing Arnis Martial Arts Club  in Philippines with both local and international students coming from all parts of the world to be trained by one and only talented Junior Grand Master Ariel Amato founder and president of of Amato Arnis Classic Combat Martial Arts organization of the Philippines inc. 

History of Arnis

The onset of the twentieth century brought about the demise of Arnis in the country. With the coming of the Americans, the Filipinos were in awe with the new culture, that most indigenous cultures were relegated almost to oblivion. Our very own Arnis, the Filipino martial art, almost suffered the same fate.

Once a prevalent martial art of the pre-Spanish natives and the illustrados of the Spanish era, Arnis all but disappeared in the urban areas and was mostly preserved in the provinces. Credit should be given to our traditional guro / maestro or grandmasters, illustrious men who painstakingly preserved Arnis for us.

  The rise to popularity of various foreign martial arts also placed our local martial art in the limelight. Suddenly, interest in Arnis began to surge. Popular practice of the art however, also had its share of problems. For one, there was a dire need to consolidate the various forms, styles and strains of Arnis. Arnis is not just one technique nor just one school, it is as varied as the islands of the country, with its more than eighty (80) languages and about one hundred forty-two (142) dialects in an archipelago of seven thousand and one hundred (7,100) islands. Furthermore, there was also a need for a strong leadership to hold such schools or groups together, to steer it towards a direction, so as to prevent Arnis from slipping into oblivion.

Behind Arnis and Master Ariel Amato

Alphanelonggazola(old Bacolod Negros Island Located in central Visayas region. Has been the prime centre of Kinaradman (Power) Kalaki Amban Kaapo Apohan tribu pulahahangan ilongo magahat (aborigines), where the great ancestor of my family Amator Antau  Sidlakandula Mandririgma (warriors). Bagainihan De Babaylanoo my royal bloodlines had came from the original ALIBATAM MYSTIGUE WARRIORS anannangkilantiaohan central region de visayas empire cimuhumuh . Eagle cosmec mentors of great antiquity with my grand father(Lolo Shook inocenscio yorak glaraga The Great Mystique warriorsAmaraha Yabatora).

I studied the use of both traditional and bladed weapons and Olisi Baraw stick fighting, empty hands fighting(karate). Probaton/tonpa and specializing in Combative

system in accordance with the science of strategies and tactics.