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ASEAN Heritage Parks

Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary

This wildlife sanctuary was declared a protected area for its highly unique and important biological and physical attributes. One of the attractions in Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary is the Tinagong Dagat, a lake which holds water during the rainy season but disappears during the dry season, hence its name. Folkloric tale disclosed that the locals considered this body of water as a mythical sea on top of the mountain as they observed high and low tide scenes.

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Location
Located in the Municipalities of San isidro and Gov. Generoso, and City of Mati, all in the Province of Davao Oriental, Philippines
Area
7,132.76 hectares
Date declared as an AHP
21 October 2014, at the the 15th Informal ASEAN Ministerial Meeting, Lao PDR
Other international designations
World Heritage Site
Habitat types
Agro-ecosystem, Dipterocarp Forest, Montane Forest, Mossy Forest, Mossy-Pygmy Forest At the topmost vegetation type of the sanctuary there lies the largest expanse of bonsai field containing at least a thousand hectares of bonsai-like century-old pygmy trees and associated plants.
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Unique Flora: Mt. Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary houses a total of 963 species of flora belonging to 427 genera and 166 families,729 of which are angiosperms, 27 gymnosperms, 152 ferns, 13 fern allies, 17 mosses, 13liverworts, and 13 lichens.Other globally threatened species of flora, such as Paphiopedilum ciliolare, Diospyros philippinensis, Dendrobium sanderae var. surigaense,and Mangifera altissima are likewise located in this sanctuary.Shorea (S. astylosa, S. polysperma, S. Contorta, S. guiso and S. negrosensis are likewise available here

Unique Fauna: Philippine Eagle, (Pithecophaga jefferyi), Philippine Cockatoo(Cacatua heamatopygia), Arhopala Eridanus davalma, Taraka hamada dustinkeani, Paruparocebuensis hamiguitanensis sspn.,the highlyrare Delias magsadana, Stejgener’s Megophrys(Megophrys stejnegeri), Mueller’s Toad(Ansoniamuelleri), pointed‐snouted tree frog(Philautus acutirostris),Philippine Woodland Frog (Limnonectes magnus)

 

Some of the ecotourism attractions are the  Mt. Hamiguitan World Heritage Park (Natural Science Museum and Eco-Interpretation Trail); the mossy-pygmy forest or bonsai field; waterfalls;  the mythical Tinagong Dagat; the hidden garden; the breathtaking black mountain; and the Heaven’s Door at the summit

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