Pagsanjan Gorge

Pagsanjan Gorge National Park covers 152.64 hectares in Laguna province, about 100 km southeast of Manila. It protects a series of gorges on the Bumbungan River that lead to Pagsanjan Falls^[1].

Sources consulted do not describe the park's fauna. The park is a forested river gorge in the Laguna highlands.

Sources consulted do not list the park's plants; the gorge walls are steeply forested.

The Bumbungan River has cut a series of gorges that lead to Pagsanjan Falls^[1].

The gorge lies in Laguna in a tropical climate with a wet and a dry season.

In 1904 the area was set aside as the Caliraya Falls Reserve, covering 5,892.22 hectares, initially for water power development from the Caliraya River falls^[1].

The 1904 reserve was cut to 2,019.34 hectares in 1913 by Executive Order No. 65. In 1939 Proclamation No. 392 renamed it Pagsanjan Gorge National Park and reduced it to its present size, and in 1976 it was declared a tourist zone under the Philippine Tourism Authority^[1].

Pagsanjan Falls, at the end of the gorges, is the main feature^[1].

The park is about 100 km southeast of Manila; the nearest city is Calamba^[1].

The park is governed by the DENR and the Philippine Tourism Authority, and is one of two protected areas in Laguna^[1].