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Busuanga, Calamianes

Calauit Safari Park

Calauit Island became a wildlife reserve in 1976, when Presidential Proclamation 1578 set aside the island as a game preserve and brought in African animals that were facing habitat loss at home.

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Two reticulated giraffes on open grassland under a clear sky at Calauit Safari Park, Busuanga
Photo: John Michael Tadeo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Rangers relocated 104 animals from eight species, among them giraffes, zebras, elands, gazelles, impalas, waterbucks, topis and bushbucks. Their descendants now share the grass plains with the Calamian deer, a small deer found only in this part of Palawan.

Visitors tour the 3,700-hectare park by vehicle with a ranger guide, stopping to see giraffes and zebras at close range alongside native Palawan species such as mouse deer and monitor lizards.

Giraffes and zebras grazing together beneath a broad tree, with green hills behind, at Calauit Safari Park
Photo: Heigen Villacarlos, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A Calamian deer, the endemic deer of the Calamian Islands, crossing a grassy clearing at Calauit
Photo: Bien02, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Zebras grazing on a wide green lawn edged by trees at Calauit Safari Park
Photo: Jordan Balintac, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Close view of a reticulated giraffe's head and patterned neck against green foliage on Calauit Island
Photo: lumoplank, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Nearby

The west lobe of Twin Lagoon on Coron Island, still dark water enclosed by tall limestone cliffs
Twin LagoonCoron, Lagoons and lakesPhoto: Patrickroque01, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Limestone islets above the turquoise cove below the Kayangan Lake viewpoint, with outrigger boats moored along the shore, Coron Island
Kayangan LakeCoron, Lagoons and lakesPhoto: Giuliano Gabella, via Unsplash, Unsplash License
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